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Passing the Patriot Act must've been the most anti-patriotic thing the US has ever done I'm not defending the PATRIOT Act by any means but I think calling it t
by jmduke 13y ago
Passing the Patriot Act must've been the most anti-patriotic thing the US has ever done
I'm not defending the PATRIOT Act by any means but I think calling it this makes you a prisoner of recency. I don't understand how someone could genuinely compare the PATRIOT Act to things like the Trail of Tears, Jim Crow, or Japanese-American internments.
- codehalo 13y agoThe Patriot Act is a precursor to worse things than these. We are just beginning to see their manifestations. It is still early...
- lifeformed 13y agoI dunno, the Trail of Tears was pretty bad. I would hope the patriot act doesn't lead to a genocide of 60,000 people.