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Originally Posted by ratbastid
Wait, I think I maybe understand what Ustwo is saying here. I think (since it's the only halfway rational interpretation I can think of) that he's saying that dksuddeth hasn't personally lost any freedoms. Which is inaccurate, but arguable. It could be argued that since dksuddeth hasn't personally had his freedoms violated in the name of national security, he should just shut up about it.
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Thats exactly what I'm talking about. It should be obvious to everyone thats ever read my posts, that i'm a very outspoken critic of gun control, so how am I to believe that I haven't lost any freedoms if the government can raid my home on suspicion (no evidence or warrant) that I might be violating the NFA (national firearms act) by having an automatic weapon in my home because I rant and rave about how its a constitutional violation? If the patriot act can be abused by ordering a small business toy store to remove a rubiks knockoff in the name of 'economic national security', who is to say that homeland security won't search your home because you've protested about a new 'national security' tax?
We've ALL lost freedoms, though we may not have had it PERSONALLY inflicted upon us.
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