Opinions like these are exactly why these protests should exist. Many people are simply unable to understand the inherent dangers of measures like this that set precedents. And if and when the time comes, this is exactly how we will give up our freedom, by haling it as a solution while vilifying those who stand up for our freedom. It might not be now, but if we do allow exceptions and precedents, then it is only a matter of time.
inherent dangers of measures like this that set precedents.
Yes yes, we all have heard the slipper slope argument before. George washington forced vaccination for small pox and yet no Facist Tyranny spun out from that.
It's fear mongering, and thats all this is.
will give up our freedom,
Wearing seat belts, masks, being vacinated, these aren't "freedoms" you are giving up.
while vilifying those who stand up for our freedom.
Anything can be argued as standing up for freedom.... there needs to be more to the argument. The fact that you keep falling back on a very generic "freedom" shows a weakness in the narritive people like you are trying to spin.
but if we do allow exceptions and precedents, then it is only a matter of time.
It's easy to call something weak when you don't have the mental capacity to understand the implications. All you do is resort to platitudes but you are unaware of how liberty has regressed because of measures that seem small and innocuous, or go completely under the radar to people like you.
Just look at the evolution of your personal privacy during the last 20 years because of "terrorism". And hey, who can be against those measures unless you're a terrorist right?
you don't have the mental capacity to understand the implications
yes, yes, everyones too stupid to understand your argument.
You're resorting on slipper slope, and everything you've put forward is essentially unfounded.
Just look at the evolution of your personal privacy during the last 20
Using this as an example is a non-sequitor. Just because government has performed bad actions in area X doesn't mean we can't have the government perform any other actions.
You can extend that argument to anything:
"we shouldn't let the government arrest murderers, then they will arrest dissedents, just look at what they did to our personal privacy".
If you're going to adhom on someone elses "mental capacity" please reduce the fallicious comments and try to stay on point.
As an aside, the evolution of personal privacy is more closely tied to the exponential growth in technology and our inability to keep up from a regulatory perspective. Also, the largest privacy concerns are from private and corporate areas not really governmental.
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