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[–] pr0nw4r 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago
Why do the democrats complain about privacy? If they have nothing to hide, what are they afraid off? Oh thats right, they do have something to hide.
[–] WeReSoScrewed 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago (edited ago)
Don't ever forget... Friday, December 18th, 2015. That was the day when the media screwed us over -- or maybe we screwed ourselves over.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released, and so much obfuscation was going on; it was ridiculous. That behemoth of $1.8 Trillion Tax and Spending Bill was signed into law by your beloved Congress (Legislative Branch) and President Obama (Executive Branch), and nobody was paying attention. It was praised for it's bipartisan, cross-aisle support from both Republicans and Democrats, but guess the fuck what? They covertly snuck in cybersecurity measures, the exact same measures that we fought so hard against on Reddit (and successfully too), when reddit was uncensored and freedom of speech was still good. We listed phone numbers, and we made phone calls. Cybersecurity was struck down. We struck the bill down once when it was called CISPA. Then later when some/sufficient number of people were still paying attention, we struck down cybersecurity against when it was renamed called CISA. By Dec 18th, 2015, nobody was fight, reddit was censored, people were tired of defending cybersecurity, and the only question asked was.... "Oh guys, did you see the Star Wars Movie last weekend?" They snuck it into the giant spending bill, so that when somebody opposes, it was a threaten to shutdown the government -- we can't embarrass our nation again, right guys? Nobody had time to read that bill. So let's just sign it into law..
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/12/18/460281572/congress-sends-1-8-trillion-tax-and-spending-bill-to-president-obama
Bernie rallied so many young people because we could see his sincerity and passion. He's real and wants real change. He didn't get the nomination, but don't like the fire Bern out you guys. Don't let it burn out like our fight against cybersecurity. I have no idea why the fuck is Trump is running. He's a businessman, so of course he's self-interested. How he plans on benefiting himself is unclear, but seeing Mr. Trump as the President of the United States of America is pretty fucking scary. At best, he's a wild card. He sounds like a Demagogue for sure when he says things like "I AM YOUR VOICE."
But so is HRC. They're all Demagogues. Fuck the establishment. Fuck the the businessmen. We're screwed.
Edit: Some grammar.
[–] Infested_Terran 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I actually fought against this. It pisses me off when they resort to tactics like that to pass a bill the people are unanimously against.