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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  2677 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Attack in Berlin

You are attempting argument by thoughtcloud. Here's your core premise:

    The fact of the matter is that if someone with the appropriate clearances wants the facts of your digital life, they can get them with piddling effort. I'm not in favor of it. I'm not in favor of any part of it. But I'm trying to work with what we have, not with what I want idealistically.

Inherent in your statement is the idea that there is no different between watching what someone does and predicting what someone will do.

All the pushback you're getting is related to the fact that you're arguing for the existence and prosecution of thoughtcrime.

Yes. It's a loaded word.

No. We're not there yet.

Just because the neonazis like to be called the alt-right doesn't mean they aren't neonazis.