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Comment on Colorado proposing Bill to move age verification to Operating System rather than web site

SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Well, not all of them, obviously. Yet, for example, I tend to think Joe Biden actually did have good intentions considering the bulk of the PATRIOT Act was based on his prior legislation in the 90s, his Omnibus Counterterrorism Act.

People who were more clearly war hawks like Hillary Clinton? Probably a lot less likely to have had great intentions.

Yet others, like Ron Wyden, who has been a consistent critic of the out of control national security state and voted against military intervention in Iraq in 2002 also voted for the PATRIOT Act. He also spent a great deal of time trying to amend the PATRIOT Act as well.

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zarkanian@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
The left was saying that the PATRIOT Act was a bad idea from day one, just like we were with the Iraq War. People keep ignoring the left (or dismiss us as paranoid) and we keep getting proven right over and over and over again.

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- SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  No shit, I was one of those people. I just don’t ascribe to malice what can adequately be explained by stupidity, being out of touch, and not thinking through long-term political consequences. Once again, the Omnibus Counterterrorism Act was largely in response to white nationalist home-grown terrorism, which not having squashed that in the 90s is literally part of why we have the problems we have to day with a white nationalist government.
  
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  - Attacker94@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Unfortunately, if left unchecked, an incompetent ally is just as destructive as a malicious adversary. If you are from Colorado and take issue with this legislation you should contact your representatives and let them know that they are being idiotic since that is the only meaningful difference between the two. Overall, we can continue giving the dems a pass because they are the lesser of the evils, or we can attempt to use what little political capital we have to make them realise their errors.
    
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    SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    
    or we can attempt to use what little political capital we have to make them realise their errors.
    
    Exactly.
    
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hector@lemmy.today ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
You lost all credibility early on in your first statement, to anyone living in reality paying attention, your analysis is worth nothing.

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