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  • Re: truth cops

    From Rich@21:1/5 to Ben Collver on Tue Nov 1 16:59:23 2022
    Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> wrote:
    The Department of Homeland Security is quietly broadening its efforts
    to curb speech it considers dangerous,

    Which right there that should trigger everyone's "but who watches the
    watchers" response.

    To make up a current news example, in Putin's Russia today, Putin would consider any news report of a Ukranian counter attack success against
    Russian troops as "dangerous" and desperately want to suppress it.

    Meanwhile, the rest of the world would consider suppressing any news
    report of Ukranian successes as itself being the "dangerous" part.

    Those put into a position where they get to decide what is "right" have enormous power, and some may not utilize that power in a good way.

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@21:1/5 to Rich on Wed Nov 2 07:29:40 2022
    Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:

    Those put into a position where they get to decide what is "right" have enormous power, and some may not utilize that power in a good way.

    Indeed, and although that article is firmly US-focused, it also
    makes me wonder how the same system could be used to influence
    politics in other countries.

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