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That in the hands of an eager government there would be no Turing, no civil rights movement, nor speeches that go "I have a dream". The problem is that many in US heartland will consider these to be a good thing.

EDIT: could someone please upvote mkmkmmmmm. I think I managed to downvote his comment when trying to confirm it.

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> in the hands of an eager government there would be no Turing

Alan Turing worked at Bletchley Park during World War II, which I think you could say was the NSA of its time.

I think the point was questioning if he would have had the opportunity if they had known he was gay from the start. Or would he have spent his life getting "treatment"?

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