kpete (38,345 posts)
Warning: " the surveillance state is effectively abolishing your right to be a critical thinker."
The Premise of Digital Surveillance Precludes Scholarship
Friday, 08 March 2013 00:00
By R. Lila Steinberg, Truthout | Op-Ed
Since 9/11, sweeping and indiscriminate digital surveillance of all computer and telecommunications users has been conducted, and more recently, systems have been developed to store every byte of that information forever. This means that if actors within some government agency decide to target you, they can immediately access every telecommunication: email, phone call, etcetera, that you have made or sent for years, as well as every web site you have visited.
By claiming falsely that reviewing materials, for example, about creationism, makes one necessarily a creationist, or reviewing materials about jihad makes one a jihadist, or that reviewing materials about anarchism makes one necessarily an anarchist, and, further, that reviewing anything or even claiming these titles is the same as actually committing any crime, the surveillance state is effectively abolishing your right to be a critical thinker.
the rest:
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/14839-the-premise-of-digital-surveillance-precludes-scholarship#i
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022482273Looks like the DUmmies are safe, no one will ever accuse them of being critical thinkers.
leveymg (25,568 posts)
1. Studying without authorization - a capital offense. Just don't think about that, or you too may
go on a list.
Don't worry if you google Marxism, socialism and I love preezy 0bama then you are safe.
If you google anything that the terrorist teabaggers might, like 2 amendment then you may have a drone up your ass.
AnotherMcIntosh (5,847 posts)
4. For anyone in the Obama Administration monitoring our posts or other Internet usage,
I just want to let you know that I think that you're doing a great job.
Maybe we can all be like the super-supporters without a need to be critical thinkers.
It aint the government that you have to worry about, it's your fellow DUmpmonkeys who will throw you off the island for not giving the preezy enough love.
L0oniX (16,154 posts)
11. I gladly give up my freedom for security!
Even though that was sarcasm, the DUmmy really feels that way. Every policy they push is taking our freedoms from us for exchange of what they claim to be some kind of security. For example how much salt we can have, we aren't smart enough to determine how much we can use.
I bet they still blame Bush for all this even though it's been over 4 years since he was president. It's like 0bama hasn't been president all this time. Unless something good happens then they rush to give him credit. Just weeks ago they were praising the preezy for gas prices falling by a few cents, then as the prices went up not a word.
