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jonathankoren

> Interestingly, people usually don't want to be deposed when they have something to hide.

You know who really talks a lot about their rights? Terrorists.

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This is both patently false and the single most deeply un-American mindset you can have.

Your statement is so deeply naive and insulting to the patriots who fought for the rights you enjoy today.

Those who made major strides for:

1) Black Civil Rights

2) Gay Marriage

3) Women's Rights

4) Anyone who fought government intimidation based on speech

5) Democratic Socialists

6) Abortion Activists

7) Environmentalists

8) Your workers rights (i.e. your weekends and pay)

10) Many more... who made sure you could help move society forward and make it better for everyone.

Edit: I assume the downvotes are coming from those who would rather we lock up the above than have a free American society.

I didn't downvote you, but you're probably being downvoted because jonathankoren was sarcastically mocking leesalminen's "the innocent have nothing to hide" attitude.

As sibling says, you're being downvoted because you've failed to recognize sarcasm.

Yes, the Founding Fathers of the USA probably were considered terrorists, and they talked an awful lot about freedom.

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