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Re:Judge Rules Terrorism Watchlist Violates Constitutional R... by gumby on Thursday September 05, 2019 @04:09PM (#20890250)
Standard delusion or standard excuse? Often with authoritarians cruelty is the whole point.

I agree with you that on the broader society side, "something must be done; this is something; thus we must do it" is pretty pervasive.

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Re:Judge Rules Terrorism Watchlist Violates Constitutional R... by mindslight on Thursday September 05, 2019 @05:08PM (#20890651)
Nobody views themselves as a bad person. If you want to understand actual motives, it is important to remember this. Your assertion is surely applicable to some sadist cops, but not to the average voter that gets riled up by the political/media establishment.
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