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Re:How We Learned to Love the Bill of Rights by icebraining on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @02:06PM (#16476749)
The current attitude stems from a desire for civility and public safety. Why would that scare you?

Regardless of the specific topic, lots of terrible things have been done "with the best of intentions". It's hardly a reason not to be scared.

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Re:How We Learned to Love the Bill of Rights by krapp on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @07:10PM (#16479439)
>lots of terrible things have been done "with the best of intentions". It's hardly a reason not to be scared.

Are you referring to gun control or the 2nd Amendment, here?

It's a reason to be scared, if you're paranoid and believe the only thing keeping your government from killing you is the fear of your gun barrel against its heads. But I don't believe such a fear is reasonable, or worthy of the weight it seems to be given in American political discourse.

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