At issue here is the patriot act weakening of the right to financial privacy act of 1978. People have a 4th amendment protection of their persons and papers against unreasonable search. Except, you know, where terrorism is suspected. Then the g-men can do just about whatever they want to keep america safe from those Muslim terrorists. And domestic terrorists.
I remember any criticism of the Patriot act at the time was immediately slapped down as anti-american and seen as support for fundamentalist Muslim killers that want to murder us all and impose Sharia law on any survivors.
So now that creeping erosion of rights is currently justified against a different group, it seems like a leopards ate my face situation.
The people at Antifa headquarters might be celebrating this because it targets their opponents, but government agencies could just as well check bank records for other activity deemed un-american and/or indicative of extremist or criminal activity, like purchasing hrt products or mifepristone. It’s not much of a stretch to think that people could be made very worried about trans-abortionist terrorists threatening our American Way of Life.
At issue here is the patriot act weakening of the right to financial privacy act of 1978. People have a 4th amendment protection of their persons and papers against unreasonable search. Except, you know, where terrorism is suspected. Then the g-men can do just about whatever they want to keep america safe from those Muslim terrorists. And domestic terrorists.
I remember any criticism of the Patriot act at the time was immediately slapped down as anti-american and seen as support for fundamentalist Muslim killers that want to murder us all and impose Sharia law on any survivors.
So now that creeping erosion of rights is currently justified against a different group, it seems like a leopards ate my face situation.
The people at Antifa headquarters might be celebrating this because it targets their opponents, but government agencies could just as well check bank records for other activity deemed un-american and/or indicative of extremist or criminal activity, like purchasing hrt products or mifepristone. It’s not much of a stretch to think that people could be made very worried about trans-abortionist terrorists threatening our American Way of Life.