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From age and ID restrictions on the Internet, to charging rappers with “terrorism,” the U.K. is demolishing the most basic civil liberties. If we let them, U.S. leaders may be close behind.

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[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 days ago (9 children)

How many whistleblowers and reporters did Bush and Obama charge with the Espionage Act?

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 3 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Come on... Things have been getting worse for a while, but this is a huge turning point

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I’d still like to see the numbers comparatively

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social -4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What are you talking about? What numbers?

Numbers are a tool. This is apples and orange drink, you can't reduce this to numbers

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It means that you're asking for a metric that will not inform the subject at hand. Even worse, it will muddy the issue even more and mislead people

Math is a tool, and if misused it does damage, like any tool

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