Re:House Votes to Renew Surveillance Law, Rejecting New Priv...
by CWuestefeld on Friday January 12, 2018 @05:53PM
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But if you definitely want a better chance for civil liberties, voting for R's will hurt you worse than if you vote for D's
I suppose that depends which civil liberties are more important to you. You'll find that Democrats are pretty awful if you value your right to self-defense, or if you don't think the government should be able to use eminent domain to take your property and give it to a wealthy supporter.
Some of the details may be different, but they're both different sides of the same coin. I don't see that one side is significantly better than the other overall.
I suppose that depends which civil liberties are more important to you. You'll find that Democrats are pretty awful if you value your right to self-defense, or if you don't think the government should be able to use eminent domain to take your property and give it to a wealthy supporter.
Some of the details may be different, but they're both different sides of the same coin. I don't see that one side is significantly better than the other overall.