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Comment by jacquesm

11 hours ago

It's trivial to build your own drone without a DroneID.

And you will be labeled a terrorist for doing so, regardless of intent.

  • Every protester and registered democrat has been labelled a domestic terrorist already in both rhetoric and policy.

  • I don't mind being labeled a terrorist. Fortunately I'm not in the USA. But you couldn't pay me to go there. One man's terrorist...

    • > I don't mind being labeled a terrorist.

      You should. It's not meant for your vanity and it represents and extreme overreach by the government. It doesn't make you "cool."

      > But you couldn't pay me to go there.

      Of course we could. Aside from that this mentality always shocks me. There are more civilians in the US than government agents. What were you expecting when you got here? It's madness..

      > One man's terrorist...

      Is another mans freedom fighter. Sure, fine, if you want a civil war. Perhaps a more civilized approach is called for? Unless you particularly enjoy digging graves for your friends.

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  • DHS flagged my passport on a list for literally fighting against terrorist in a US sanctioned anti-terrorist militia. When I returned they interrogated me as if I was a terrorist.

    So if you are against the terrorists, you are also a terrorist.

    • The Americans who fought against the Francoists in the Spanish civil war faced enormous scrutiny back home for what was later described as “being prematurely anti-fascist.” The state worries about people willing to take up arms to protect their ideals without being told to do so (or what those ideals are).

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