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In reply to the discussion: An American citizen is seeking asylum in a foreign land [View all]leftynyc
(26,060 posts)The Citizens United decision was the worst decision in decades (although it didn't help the pubs in 2012 - it did force the Democrats to raise an unspeakable amount of money that could have clothed, fed and housed many Americans). But as you pointed out, that doesn't make us like nazis. We also do not have a government that is rewarding people for spying on their neighbors. I'm in complete agreement that the NSA is out of control, that the patriot act is a law that needs to be overturned (although this court hasn't met a police power it wasn't willing to grant). My objection is comparing it to the nazis who passed the nuremberg laws (I posted a list of them somewhere) and committed mass genocide - it's simply a misreading of history and a hyperbolic response that makes me skeptical of anything else the poster is writing - instead of seeing whatever message the poster is trying to convey, I see someone who uses hysterical rhetoric and is not a serious person.
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