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1) the original post was not made on /r/conspiracy, it was crossposted there after the original was inexplicably deleted and the user banned 2) the federal gove

by 1457389 13y ago

1) the original post was not made on /r/conspiracy, it was crossposted there after the original was inexplicably deleted and the user banned 2) the federal government does use threats to coerce people to snitch on their peers 3) the federal government has in the past and is currently prosecuting journalists in leak investigations, with jailtime being a possible outcome. If you widen the scope you can see that they actively suppress journalists overseas who raise inconvenient facts about US policy.

jnbiche 13y ago
Where was it posted originally?
- 1457389 13y ago
  http://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1fv4r6/i_believe_the_government_should_be_allowed_to/caeb3pl http://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1fv4r6/i_belie... There. Whole bunch of drama, as you can read about if you enable subredit CSS.
  - username223 13y ago
    So apparently he criticized Israel -- which you can do in Israel, but not in the US. It's not worth the drama to discuss any of that.
    - cema 13y ago
      You certainly can do it in the US. Perhaps something special about the (sub) reddit thread?
      - deong 13y ago
        Sure, you can, but it's not politically acceptable by either side of the political spectrum.
  - zokier 13y ago
    The whole discussion (incl. drama) seems fairly interesting. I wonder if anyone would be up to editing it into some sort of coherent article, as of now following all the links and deleted/edited content makes bit difficult reading experience.