The problem is this is only true for values of "reasonable" that are "unlikely to be viewed in a negative light by my government, job, or family; either now or at any time in the future". The chilling effect is insane. There was a time in living memory when saying "women should be able to vote" was not a popular thing.

I mean, this is _literally the only thing needed_ for the Trump admin to tie real names to people criticizing $whatever. Does anyone want that? Replace "Trump" with "Biden", "AOC", "Newsom", etc. if they're the ones you disagree with.

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co_king_5 8 hours ago | parent [-]

> Replace "Trump" with "Biden", "AOC", "Newsom", etc. if they're the ones you disagree with.

Stop trying to reason with fascists.

Everyone in the world knows that the Democrats you named are too ideologically aligned with right-wing hatred to ever leverage the repressive power of the state apparatus in the same way Republicans do.

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mikkupikku 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Obama carried on where Bush left off. I think Biden was at least marginally better, at the very least I admire him for ripping off the Afghanistan bandaid, but the amount of effort he put onto rolling back executive overreach was minimum if anything.

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rogerrogerr 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You're saying that Biden, AOC, and Newsom are "ideologically aligned with right-wing hatred"? This is not something I've ever heard a human being say. Almost afraid to ask, but where's that coming from?

	▲	co_king_5 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Why did AOC stop calling them "concentration camps" when Biden took office?