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Why the Reaction Is Different When the Terrorist Is White - Conor Friedersdorf - The At... - 1 views

  • It ought to be self-evident that non-Muslims perpetrate terrorist attacks, and that a vanishingly small percentage of Muslims are terrorists, but those two truths aren't widely appreciated in America.
  • you don't want to wind up in a class of people whose rights are determined by the Office of Legal Counsel
  • Having flattened so many laws (and a good many innocents) in pursuit of the terrorist, the American majority is naturally loath to focus its attention on a terrorist who looks, talks, and dresses as they do. It is particularly uncomfortable for those in the country who feel most reflexively safe when "an American" is beside them on a plane, instead of a bearded man with a turban.
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Muslims sue FBI for alleged First Amendment violation | 89.3 KPCC - 0 views

  • “I feel that at times I am being followed,” he said. “I definitely feel that all my phone calls are tapped. I feel that my emails are filtered and tapped. I feel like I can’t have a loving conversation with my wife. “My wife and I both feel that way. We feel like we can’t even keep the phone in the room on and have a loving conversation without assuming the FBI is monitoring that conversation. I feel like there’s probably FBI in this room right now.”
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      Having lived in a surveillance society, I relate to this feeling very well. It is pernicious. The invasion by the state into private spaces is deeply corrosive of human dignity.
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Religious Freedom USA | - 0 views

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    Oh, FFS
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