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Biden signs bill criticized as “major expansion of warrantless surveillance” (arstechnica.com)
submitted 7 months ago by return2ozma to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Rand Paul votes no on anything that allows the government to do anything. I doubt he even reads the bills.

[–] pressanykeynow 3 points 7 months ago

I doubt he even reads the bills.

To be fair it's probably the same for Biden.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

A principled stance is a principled stance.

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

All the people who wanted to maintain segregation (i.e. Rand's father) had principled stances. Should we admire them?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What principle would lead someone to support segregation?

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

In Rand's father's case? Libertarian nonsense about not being forced by the big bad government to stop with the 'whites only' bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ah. Free association is what it'd be called by libertarians. I see what you mean now.

Was he against government-forced segregation?

I'm kind of bad in these situations (from a libertarian perspective) because I tend to refuse to worry about things I like the outcome of.

If you and I had incredibly similar views on how people should behave, and we both put time and money into achieving those outcomes, but I didn't support using violence (libertarian reductionist view of government), does that mean I support things I'm ostensibly fighting personally?

[–] FlyingSquid 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

He would have opposed the Civil Rights Act "because of the property rights element." See? Principled stand.

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/91287-paul-says-he-would-have-opposed-1964-civil-rights-act/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm talking pure theory/ethics now. What I'd support politically will vary.

I agree with free association and, to some degree, property rights. I don't think my "yeah, fuck racists" stance is principled.

[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 7 months ago

Okay, but we aren't talking about you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Or a fanatical one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Is consistency fanatical?

I'd call it radical for sure.