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NYPD bypassed facial recognition ban to ID pro-Palestinian student protester

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femiagbabiaka ◴[18 Jul 25 14:36 UTC] No.44605114[source]▶
How many rights will we be asked to give up in order to squash anti-war sentiment?
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one-note ◴[18 Jul 25 14:51 UTC] No.44605300[source]▶
Quite a lot. The #1 right, for instance: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_t...

Curious why this is downvoted?

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cayley_graph ◴[18 Jul 25 15:28 UTC] No.44605788[source]▶
I've noticed many right-leaning tech types give quite a lot of lip service to free speech when it's about someone getting banned from a mailing list for being an asshole, and not so much when it's the government quashing protest against genocide. I'll personally always defend the idea of free speech, no matter the side.
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1. rangestransform ◴[18 Jul 25 15:36 UTC] No.44605899{3}[source]▶
Everybody feels the need to defend government overreach when it’s in their favour. The most famous example is any non-libertarian political leaning with free speech, but it was the same deal with the “left” complaining about Chevron v. USA being overturned when their guy was in power.
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2. cayley_graph ◴[18 Jul 25 15:41 UTC] No.44605981[source]▶
Yeah. It's not cool to be principled anymore, I guess...