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Comment on Texas State Police Gear Up for Massive Expansion of Surveillance Tech

SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Have you been in a riot or a protest that escalated enough to provoke swift/decisive police response?

I’m not challenging your activism bona fides here to be clear. But i am trying to say is that it is very difficult to work through a mental checklist when shit starts to get rowdy and one should never bank on making a series of proactive decisions while under duress/in a time crunch/in really any stressful scenario.

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14th_cylon@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

you should be pushing back against the laws > and practices that make you want to tell people that to begin with.

I am not disputing this part - I am just saying, there is something you can do even when the situation is not planned. I am not saying it is easy or anything, I am saying you are not without options.

I am not advocating for state survaillence.

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- SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I wouldn’t be so shitty as to grossly mischaracterize you as advocating for state surveillance, don’t worry. My point is you make it sound like a much simpler issue than it is and we should not be shifting the onus onto the general public in a situation like this.
  
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  - 14th_cylon@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    we should not be shifting the onus onto the general public in a situation like this.
    
    If we are talking about how we would design our utopia (no sarcasm here) we absolutely shouldn’t. I am just pointing out that even in less than ideal reality you are not without options.
    
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