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Agenda Behind the Facial Recognition Tech Used by ICE and the FBI Revealed

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Re: Agenda Behind the Facial Recognition Tech Used by ICE and the FBI Revealed

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Post by raxxorraxor »

mingus88 wrote: post #11
notfed wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sadly this prediction could have been generalized to the US executive branch regardless of the most recent election. It's more of the same from what we've seen in the past, Democrat and Republican leader alike.

Far be it from me to interrupt your both-sides deflection but I’d like to ask you to cite any report in the recent past when democrats have called for the arrest or use of violence and/or the military against protesters

Are you serious? Surveillance has been on the agenda at least for 25 years. Maybe Trump is president because his opposition cannot match his very, very smart mental capacities as they tumble to make such topics some bipartisan issue.

Perhaps you can argue that Trumps ideas are worse, but that never creates a smart argument.

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Post by cap11235 »

notjoemama wrote: post #24
jokellum wrote: post #23

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I'm sorry, like the other comment said you're still both-sides-ing. States / cities (democrat or republican) sent riot police, which is something they have always done. How they handled protests is worth criticism e.g. I don't like that they use curfews to suddenly make protesters breaking the law. I don't like the use of tear gas on otherwise peaceful protestors. As a note, these are state / city officials not feder…

The rules state you need to stay on topic. Your reply violates that requirement. If you want to discuss politics instead of the technology of the post, feel free to engage other social media networks, Reddit would be a much better fit for the kind of discussion you are directing people to engage in. In the interests of fostering better quality dialogue, I think you could have replied something like, “Democrats did (X…

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Post by sepositus »

knowsuchagency wrote: post #49
sepositus wrote: post #27

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> Both sides are not the same here. Name me a democrat president who has done equal or worse what the trump admin has done. I think you might have missed the point. The way I read the comment, and perhaps I'm wrong, is that this sort of power creep was inevitable. Which administration it happened under is likely an influencing factor, but to think it was never going to happen seems a bit far-fetched at this point.

No, he didn’t miss the point. “Power creep” doesn’t necessitate or justify the behavior of this administration.

> “Power creep” doesn’t necessitate or justify the behavior of this administration.

Well, neither one of those words showed up in my comment. I said that, based on the growth of this technology, power abuse was inevitable. Not justified, not necessary, simply the natural outcome of such things as history has shown us time and again.

Re: Agenda Behind the Facial Recognition Tech Used by ICE and the FBI Revealed

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Post by antifa »

morkalork wrote: post #25
jokellum wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sorry, like the other comment said you're still both-sides-ing. States / cities (democrat or republican) sent riot police, which is something they have always done. How they handled protests is worth criticism e.g. I don't like that they use curfews to suddenly make protesters breaking the law. I don't like the use of tear gas on otherwise peaceful protestors. As a note, these are state / city officials not feder…

I'm going to need a shower after this but Gitmo, extraordinary rendition, and warrantless mass surveillance were still a thing under Obama, no? Still, not even comparable to what we're witnessing now.

teamwork makes the reamwork

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Post by kelipso »

malcolmgreaves wrote: post #29
kelipso wrote: post #16

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You just forgot the Palestine protests or what.

They didn’t call for mad violence against protestors. They didn’t call for arresting protestors. I imagine you won’t admit you have no evidence based in reality.

They definitely called for arresting protesters. People don’t forget that easily lol.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4637548-democrats-split-...

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Post by malcolmgreaves »

generalizations wrote: post #52
orwin wrote: post #50

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Didn't they kill one police officer? Or was it two? In a single afternoon? Please tell me how many police officer did the BLM protesters killed per day, just to confirm how violent they were.

If you go look it up, it was zero, IIRC. Don't believe everything you're told. How many arsonists were among the j6 folks?

You’re in too deep into the fake conspiracy theories and lies. Please seek professional help and come back to reality

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Post by malcolmgreaves »

kelipso wrote: post #65
malcolmgreaves wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They didn’t call for mad violence against protestors. They didn’t call for arresting protestors. I imagine you won’t admit you have no evidence based in reality.

They definitely called for arresting protesters. People don’t forget that easily lol. https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4637548-democrats-split-...

No. You’re being willfully ignorant at this point.

There’s a difference between convicting people of crimes and arresting protestors because one side doesn’t like what they’re saying.

The republicans are literally kidnapping people who have committed no crimes but are exercising their first amendment right to free speech, writing and publishing their political views. These people are now being held in inhumane conditions. This is stage one of torture: dehumanize.

And you’re dodging the more pressing and serious issues: republicans in government are advocating of using violence against protestors they don’t like. You’re avoiding this because deep down you know you have no logical nor ethical standing.

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Post by kelipso »

malcolmgreaves wrote: post #67
kelipso wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They definitely called for arresting protesters. People don’t forget that easily lol. https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4637548-democrats-split-...

No. You’re being willfully ignorant at this point. There’s a difference between convicting people of crimes and arresting protestors because one side doesn’t like what they’re saying. The republicans are literally kidnapping people who have committed no crimes but are exercising their first amendment right to free speech, writing and publishing their political views. These people are now being held in inhumane condit…

You need to stop accusing me of made up things derived from your paranoid delusions lol. Democrats wanted the protesters in jail and they put them in jail be they didn’t like what the protesters said. It really was that simple, so stop making things up from your fantasies so you can imagine this is something new and special or try to “win” some internet argument by accusing people of things that exist only in your imagination.

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Post by generalizations »

malcolmgreaves wrote: post #66
generalizations wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you go look it up, it was zero, IIRC. Don't believe everything you're told. How many arsonists were among the j6 folks?

You’re in too deep into the fake conspiracy theories and lies. Please seek professional help and come back to reality

Buddy I'm using factcheck.org [1]. But keep going with the intellectual condescension - long as you convince yourself that people who disagree are wrong and need help and idiots, you'll never have to leave your comfy little bubble. But you will become increasingly detached from reality.

[1] https://www.factcheck.org/2021/11/how-many-died-as-a-result-...

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