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In reply to the discussion: Al Gore: Edward Snowden's 'Important Service' [View all]rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)said, "This is a threat to democracy, to the heart of democracy, Our founders warned us to be wary of tyrants that will want to take away our freedoms and liberties. The Constitution was written to guide us and yet there are those here claiming to be liberals that are more than willing to give up freedoms and liberties for a "promise" of security. Pretending that the NSA/CIA wouldnt do the unthinkable.
First they came for the leakers, but I had done nothing wrong so I didnt speak up.
Then they came for the whistle-blowers, but I had done nothing wrong so I didnt speak up.
Then they came for the journalists, but I had done nothing wrong so I didnt speak up.
Then they came for the protestors, but I had done nothing wrong so I didnt speak up.
And when they came for me and I had done nothing wrong, but no one spoke up.
An unregulated NSA/CIA security state will be the death of our Democracy. Dont try to distract us with ad hominem attacks on Snowden, Greenwald, or others willing to put their names on the line to awaken us to threats to our Democracy.