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In reply to the discussion: Former Top NSA Official: “We Are Now In A Police State” [View all]joshcryer
(62,297 posts)...racists, rapists, murderers, they could all talk about their deeds without anyone following their actions or being able to arrest them or do anything about it.
"This guy claims he raped murdered 18 girls over the summer, here are the pics."
"We don't know if he did or not this could all be fake."
"But these girls disappeared."
"That's still not enough evidence and anyway it is impossible to track this person down who posted it and who knows it could be fake."
Quite literally the worst shit you can possibly imagine would be anonymously legal, under the auspices of free speech. As soon as you create the ability to go after those people you lose some freedom.
Basically you can't yell fire in a theater.
But would I support absolute free information exchange? Yeah, because there are still other routes you can take.
"This girl appears to be in a warehouse by the sea."
"Let's check it out."
2 hours later:
"We got DNA, it appears to match the girl. Mr. Anonymous isn't so Anonymous now is he?"
"We appear to have male DNA too. And it's coming up as Mr Asshole with an offender background. He's toast."
It still makes it extremely difficult to catch predators and other malcontents. It is a very very challenging issue and there's no simple answer.