Re:Surveillance plane starts flying over Baltimore
by s1artibartfast on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @08:43AM
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I don’t think it is fair to spin privacy into a left right issue here. Both parties have a pretty terrible track record. The program is self imposed, so if urban voters don’t want the program, they can vote to stop it. Literally not the jurisdiction of the rural folk
Re:Surveillance plane starts flying over Baltimore
by alistairSH on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @09:04AM
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Absolutely, I was responding to the question about gun-rights advocates often supporting surveillance. That group in particular is largely rural/suburban/white, while those impacted by police/government surveillance are largely urban.
Re:Surveillance plane starts flying over Baltimore
by s1artibartfast on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @01:27PM
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I would argue that most surveillance supporters are middle and upper class urbanites, and specifically want to surveile lower class urbanites.
Regarding the gun owners, my intuition is that they would be more privacy minded than the average American, but I didn't find any information on a quick search.
They are largely suburban and rural whites. Police overreach largely impacts suburban and urban minorities. They aren't necessarily racist, they just don't see the impact.
The political right has always (at least in my 30 years of paying attention) had a strong authoritarian tilt as well.