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Comment on I am in the US and its gotten very political but as pretty much a peon do I just tune the stuff out thinking its fear mongering? Or should I closely pay attention to it?

mspencer712@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I’m genuinely worried it’s yet another deliberate denial of service against our ability to detect evil. I work extra hard to only pay attention to what is actually done that seems like it could stick.

Mostly I trust that good people in positions of trust (e.g. ACLU or EFF) will call out when there’s an opportunity for mass mobilization to make a real difference.

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MajorHavoc@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
This is a great point. If we only have bandwidth to listen to a single news source, we could all do worse than choosing the ACLU or the Electronic Frontier Foundation!

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hddsx@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Didn’t ACLU support Citizens United?

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- Orbituary@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Yes, but what-abouting them right now goes against the greater good. And since they realize their mistake and hopefully won’t repeat it, we shouldn’t give up on them.
  
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  - hddsx@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I’m not what abouting ACLU. They have done great work. Your article points out that AU has not changed their stance, but former leaders of ACLU believe their Citizens United stance is now wrong.
    
    All I’m saying is, EFF has CONSISTENTLY done good work. ACLU has shown that you have to take their work with a grain of salt. Most of the time they get it right, but some of the time they get it really really wrong
    
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- WarlockLawyer@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Technically yes. They are basically constitutional fundamentalists and have decided giving money to a political cause counts as free speech and are against any limitation of free speech.
  
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  - hddsx@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    That is dumb af. Why does Musk have more free speech than I do?
    
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