Back in the ‘90s at least one FReeper got a visit from secret service because of something he said about Clinton. (Can’t remember any more details.)
The New (old) Liberal Fascism...,
Anyone that dares to print anything that doesn’t meet the approved Administration/OFA/MediaMatters memes gets punished.
These people don’t want careers ended because they dared to say something politically-incorrect, as defined by the Radicals in Media and DC.
It was like that in 1930’s Germany, too.
Dare to print the wrong thing, that the government finds offensive and impolitic, and find your offices burned, your family threatened, and a late-night knock on the door.
how soon until it comes to that?
In before the redacted posts!
THIS is the terrorization of America ... we've gone from arrogantly free to whimperingly enslaved and only a few dare challenge the fictitious power of control
It’s OK because it’s surveillance for the Lightworker.
If there’s ever another Republican president, it will become the worst crime in the history of humanity, and the very fact that it was allowed to happen will be used to discredit the entire concept of the United States.
Those who rule thru intimidation and fear are no better than those that say they protect us against our ‘enemies’ by doing so themselves.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
The last few months prove that beyond a shadow of a doubt.
Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!
To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don't add you to the list...
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Bloggers too ?????
Y’think!
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Not to say that the government is not heavy handed, but if the government seeks revenge for public speech, THAT is the issue. It is independent of the government spying on private speech.
>>>or the number of Arab-Americans who avoid political topics via email<<<
Which is the real reason for Al Jazeera to print this story. The rest is just propagandistic drivel designed to push people towards the reduction of surveillance, thereby allowing the Religion of Peace to further their aim of creating an Islamic paradise on Earth for everyone except the Jews and other infidels who deserve death, torture, or subjugation.
Like all good propaganda, there’s an element of truth in here, I’m sure. I would think there are people unwilling to speak up out of fear of government reprisal. But I’m also considering the messenger.
BTW, on the subject of “child abuse and child pornography”, multiple people have been in trouble for ***cartoon depictions of non-human ‘children’.*** Zero-tolerance strikes again...I only wish I were making this up.
Probably more than 1 in 6.
If these writers are that afraid - and are unable to grow a backbone - they need to go into a different line of work.
What it means is that 5 of 6 are not concerned
That can be taken to mean that 1 in 6 or 17% have something to fear.
