The Privacy Lesson of 9/11: Mass Surveillance Is Not the Way Forward

Re:The Privacy Lesson of 9/11: Mass Surveillance Is Not the ... by Beldin on Saturday September 11, 2021 @01:24PM (#28493809)

I would think the government making laws banning folks from using certain bathrooms is very much a civil liberties issue.

But maybe it's common for US States to have laws telling men they are barred from women's toilets and vice versa, and everyone accepts those?

To me that sounds preposterous, but in such a society I could see the discussion arise.

TL;DR: if you substitute "trans" for "blacks" (or any other offensive term for a protected minority), does it become discrimination? If yes: it already was discrimination.

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Re:The Privacy Lesson of 9/11: Mass Surveillance Is Not the ... by gjsman-1000 on Saturday September 11, 2021 @01:40PM (#28493962)

Your TLDR doesn't work always. If you substitute a million terms, "murderer community," "pedophile community," "MAGA community," "unvaccinated community," does it still work? You might still support trans rights, but can accept this isn't a very good defense.

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