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What a mind boggling time we are living in where the liberal government is pressing to keep such practices and conservatives are against it only because they ar

• tsotha 13y ago
  >What a mind boggling time we are living in where the liberal government is pressing to keep such practices and conservatives are against it only because they are against liberals in principle. What in the world are you talking about? Do you have any reason to believe this is true?
  • randomknowledge 13y ago
    During the bush years "conservatives" [republicans] tended to be more in favour of government surveillance, while "liberals"[democrats] tended to be more opposed. Now that Obama is in power conservatives are more opposed while liberals are less opposed. The switch would suggest that at least some of these individuals (on both sides) are motivated by politics and not principle.
    • tsotha 13y ago
      >Now that Obama is in power conservatives are more opposed while liberals are less opposed. The switch would suggest that at least some of these individuals (on both sides) are motivated by politics and not principle. But you're not talking about the same thing. The idea that you can support warrantless tapping of international calls when the other end of the line is a suspected terrorist and oppose the dragnet of all call records and emails doesn't indicate a lack of principle. We're talking about policies with a much different scope.