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[–]SundogsPlace[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

As corny as it sounds, I do believe all that you wrote is at jeopardy; the idea of security over liberty, and the effects there of, always dictate more, and more constricting regulations/legislations.


We're seemingly living in the days of, 'first they came for people in my town, then my neighbors, then.... xyz trickle down effect.


Dying empires, and the tyrants looting what they can before hand is where I think we maybe at.

[–]MojaveCoyote 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

And people get behind this. They justify it. Oh no, we have to stop hate speech! Yet we've always had folks who hate on others and we never needed to silence free speech because of it. Then they came for dangerous speech, then they came for .. It won't stop here. There is no reason good enough to silence free speech.