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Ive seen this in the UK Aus and NZ but never in the US. I wonder if it is because US stores stick to a perhaps rational strategy where discounted items cannibalize profits?

Why haven't you done it already?

Are you able to provide sources for the position you put forth about similar US harassment of political dissidents decades ago?

Obama prosecuted more journalists and whistle blowers than any president in history.

And we're not talking about turning into Nazi Germany. We're talking about why government crimes against their own people, especially for political speech, should never be allowed to happen because they can result in worse outcomes than you would expect.

Hah. As a matter of fact, the Nazi movement did get started by harassing political dissidents, not by executing minorities. Although this took the form more akin to the AntiFa riots (the Nazi Brownshirts) than border inspections, but the targeted abuse to political dissidents was the same

Tagential but is it not absolutely bizzare that at the US/Can border relocating to work is seen as a deadly sin, while broader US policy has brought so many immigrants into the country since JFK? Without saying either side is right or wrong, US Gov policy wholistically appears schizophrenic

"First they came for a few people for their political beliefs, and I did not speak out because I was not one of those people..."

Do you know how that one ended?

Surely things can get worse, but if the dead could speak, Gary Webb and Michael Hastings would want to have a word with you.

In season 1 of the X-Files the 'Lone Gunmen,' a group of conspiracy theorists, was added to the show to make Mulder appear more credible and down-to-earth. One of their 'crazy, batshit insane,' conspiracy theories was that the government was recording all of our phone calls.

think of all of the circumstances we've become used to now that were the territory of conspiracy theorists 25 years ago.

Amy Goodman at the Dakota Pipeline: an absolutely egregious example of arresting a peaceful protestor and charging her with rioting (she's a very respectable journalist)

That's not appropriate. My comment already accepts and agree with the guidelines about political posts, however, my point was that you can't entertain political posts in general (as HN has recently) while criticizing political posts you disagree with as off-topic, especially If they are relevant to a parent. You just ignore that double standard though and go right for slandering me and my comments, and claim all accounts are subject to this treatment, which just isn't true and anyone who reads HN lately knows that since the Trump Presidency. How many users banned for Trump Comments? Please tell me. Further, derision of political speech that you disagree with as 'throwing molotov cocktails' is nothing more than unsubstantiated slander, which was exactly the thing that I posted about in the first place in response to another user's criticism: you can't say anything without being slandered and having your words twisted (in this case into violent rioting or figurative violent trolling? Give me a break). You can write anything about Trump here, even opinions about his intelligence or character, but address a real double standard with this one country and you'll be labelled as a violent troll causing destruction, and you're proving that. It's Orwellian political correctness and censorship. You are better than this. By the way, the idea that Whites are the only racists is not something I invented, it's a common theme now. I.E. Mic recently ran a piece about "all whites are racist," and it's only possible for Whites to be racist because racism is "prejudice plus power." So calm down and do a reality check on what you're saying, please. I won't use this account primarily for political debate, or repost any comments, I can respect that, but also don't use your authority to project double standards on political speech you disagree with. That's why people would feel compelled to repost censored comments. Even if it is a breach of guidelines. At any rate I can respect that rule in the future. And I don't even disagree with Israel's existence or think they're even generally 'a bad country,' that's what's the most ridiculous about this. In fact, I think They have a lot to be admired for and have done a lot of good. I'll leave it at that.

What? Anerica has been involved in many wars. Syria is a proxy war with Russia.

Yes. The heavy lifting when it comes to spying on the US is already being done. Applying data analysis would be relatively trivial at this point.

On the first two points I agree with you. Those are good community guidelines here. However, HN is allowing many political threads lately and it's out of order to single out someone for political comments you don't agree with. Nowhere did I make troll statements and that's not something you are capable of substantiating. No government is perfect and beyond criticism and you should not attack someone for having the bravery to be a political dissident no matter how scared or biased you are.

HN is entertaining a lot of political threads and commentary lately so please enforce this rule equally since you're bringing it up only here. It appears that's the only guideline I broke; my comment was relevant to the parent comment being downvoted for no reason. It's just ridiculous you cannot criticize that country anywhere without being slandered yourself. There's no perfect government or country in history and that's why it's great in America that we can criticize government.

I just wrote it in response to the person downvoted for a valid criticism. Showing how valid criticism in this context is usually a thought crime.

So is race supremacy racist or not? You dont think it is?

I was so confused because I thought we were talkin about Nation State's developed after WWII as the parent said

All of the below is factually true and can be verified but was censored from HN. Criticism of Israel != anti-semitism.

>Don't Helen Thomas your career, dont you know mentioning that is a thought crime? Obama promised another 38 billion over ten years, and the real cost including all military and other aid has been estimated at 15 billion per year. Never mind their wall, occupied territory and treatment of Palestinians in their war for a racially pure nation state. The UN actually ruled Zionism a racist institution but now we know you can only be racist if you're a white European. Jews occupying, displacing and killing Palestinians and Arabs is fine.

On mobile but I remember he was on Tucker Carlsen's show recently talking about it, search for that and I'm positive you will find it.

SV?