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Re:Bezos Exerts Control of WaPo Opinion to Focus on Personal... by mmooss on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @06:50PM (#43189674)
> personal liberties are generally anything that's not explicitly banned

I haven't heard that. Where does that definition come from, and where did Bezos embrace the definition and reject civil liberties?

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Re:Bezos Exerts Control of WaPo Opinion to Focus on Personal... by hackyhacky on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @07:47PM (#43190107)
> Where does that definition come from, and where did Bezos embrace the definition and reject civil liberties?

Good question. This use of the term has become a popular dog whistle [0] in right-wing circles. It would take a bit of research to see how it was coined in its current form. They know that when you say "personal liberty," you really mean "my liberty is more important than your civil rights."

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_whistle_(politics)

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Re:Bezos Exerts Control of WaPo Opinion to Focus on Personal... by mmooss on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @07:55PM (#43190165)
That's interesting. I didn't know how it was being used.
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Re:Bezos Exerts Control of WaPo Opinion to Focus on Personal... by Acrobatic_Road on Thursday February 27, 2025 @12:35PM (#43196527)
All you did was link to the wikipedia article on dog whistling. Do you have a source that actually substantiates your claim about the phrase "personal liberties"?
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