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Re:Study of “moral grandstanding” helps explain why social m... by AnimalMuppet on Thursday November 21, 2019 @04:04PM (#21599600)
Even if you believe that Hitler has taken power (which I am sure some people believe), what is your analog of "civil liberties of X 'temporarily' curtailed"? What specific event do you point to that you think is equivalent to that?
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Re:Study of “moral grandstanding” helps explain why social m... by pjc50 on Friday November 22, 2019 @06:50AM (#21604749)
> what is your analog of "civil liberties of X 'temporarily' curtailed"?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/24/detained-us-... ?

(As the article points out, this did not begin with Trump; the illiberalisation of America dates at least to 2001 and the permanent war footing thereafter.)

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