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Aren’t these all “Have you stopped beating your wife?” questions?
[Genuinely interested in the results of a poll on "Do you believe giving up privacy of X would help the US combat domestic terrorism.]
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When asked if they supported a law requiring toilets to be installed on the front porch, as a means of fighting terrorism, fully 93% said no.
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Interesting that they don’t ask about giving up privacy of snail mail.
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I’d like to see a simultaneous poll that asks if people believe that someone else should give up these privacies in order to help foil terrorist plots.
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Of course not—they all think the government should be monitoring someone ELSE’s internet activity to combat terrorism.
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And yet, somehow, people keep electing politicians from both parties who keep pushing for this, and we can’t get a major-party presidential nominee who’s not completely in favor of the surveillance state.
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