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ACLU suspects warrantless surveillance in neo-Nazi’s prosecution (www.theverge.com)

submitted 4 months ago by makeasnek@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/18833721

I hate that groups like the ACLU have to defend nazi scum to protect my liberties. Better that the government not violate our rights in the first place, but in lieu of that, even nazi scum is subject to the same rights and due process as any other citizen. However, I wouldn’t mind if they got pantsed a couple of times by their lawyers.

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[-] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Why didn't the ACLU defend Ross Ulbricht? What about all the whistleblowers that have been imprisoned lately? Seems like there are better candidates than this guy.

[-] thesmokingman@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago

I wasn’t aware Silk Road was taken down via FISA. I’ve read all of the long form accounts of it that I’m aware of and I don’t remember FISA being mentioned at all. Can you share a source?

[-] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

The silk road wasn't taken down by an acronym. It was a bunch of hypocritical bigots called the American bureaucracy. They talk a lot about freedom but when they see something that promotes freedom like Wikileaks, south American socialism or the silk road, they seek to shut it down, often violently.

The people who believe that war criminals such as George Bush and Dick Cheney should be walking free and people like Julian Assange and Ross Ulbricht should be locked up, these people are our enemy.

[-] thesmokingman@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago

It doesn’t sound like you have a good grasp on the differences between this case and Ross Ulbricht.

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