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In reply to the discussion: Great response in a reddit discussion about "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear". [View all]pitbullgirl1965
(564 posts)28. Spot on.
That line of thinking has irked me, and I never have a good comeback. The thing is they *are* monitoring left wing groups and have for years. Meanwhile Teabillies show up in public and at town hall meetings with firearms and they aren't arrested?! Outrageous.
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Great response in a reddit discussion about "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear". [View all]
Hosnon
Jun 2013
OP
"if you have nothing to hide" is the meme of the police state, meant to short-circuit thinking, with
niyad
Jun 2013
#15
"It's always a simple reason. Good people always do bad things for simple reasons."
OnyxCollie
Jun 2013
#24
I listened to someone talking about how rapidly things changed in Venezuela in the early 70's
Matariki
Jun 2013
#44
I may not have anything to hide but that's no reason not to distrust this kind of surveillance.
GoneOffShore
Jun 2013
#59