Comment by rdiddly

18 hours ago

A secret court is arguably not even a court. It provides no legitimacy whatsoever. It's a bunch of people in a room making a decision. I don't understand why they even bother. Just conduct your dictatorship by issuing decrees over a Zoom meeting.

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cowlevel  17 hours ago

It's a word game. By calling it a court, legitimacy is implied. Most personalized TV channels are called "social media" even though they're really "personal TV" because the former sounds like it connects you with your friends. The NSA isn't a "surveillance state", it's "intelligence gathering". It's not a war, it's a special military operation. And so on.

  • thaumasiotes  15 hours ago

    > Most personalized TV channels are called "social media" even though they're really "personal TV" because the former sounds like it connects you with your friends.

    This is clearly untrue; they're called "social media" because they developed inside other things that were already called "social media".