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1. petese+(OP)[view] [source] 2022-12-17 13:51:55
> Do we really want the FBI manning a task force of 80+(according to Taibbi) agents to monitor social media threads, and if so, what's to stop that number from just growing and growing?

They have a limited budget. If the FBI reckons their mission is best accomplished this way, who are we to second-guess it?

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2. fallin+Mi[view] [source] 2022-12-17 16:01:10
>>petese+(OP)
> who are we to second-guess it?

The citizens of a democracy who have full political rights and whose government is not allowed to do anything at all without our approval.

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3. petese+3k[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-12-17 16:07:46
>>fallin+Mi
> whose government is not allowed to do anything at all without our approval

Really? I thought you were restricted to voting for your representatives?

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