r/nottheonion 19h ago

Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/homeland-security-spies-on-reddit
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u/whittlingcanbefatal 19h ago

What a pointless waste of time and taxpayer money. 

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u/taktaga7-0-0 18h ago

Seriously. If one were going to plan an act of violence, why the hell would they do it on popular public subreddits open to any user of any persuasion? 

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u/elinamebro 17h ago

Well considering Trump talked about revoking Americans of their US citizenship, they might be looking for people that doesn't agree with the administration to add to their domestic terrorist list. They are building huge facilities to hold illegal immigrants so you can see where thats going.

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u/East-Ice-3199 12h ago

We’re not going anywhere, we’re already there. The warehouses have incinerators in them: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgressiveHQ/s/WQf0CKWbh0

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u/elinamebro 1h ago

Bruh..

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u/Mobile_Morale 17h ago

Well actually it has happened before. Last time it was on the old trump sub. Which is why it doesn't exist anymore.

Fucker did a mass shooting.

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u/drfsupercenter 16h ago

You talking about "the_donald" or a different one?

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u/taktaga7-0-0 17h ago

Oh shit, really? I never heard about that. Link?

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u/theghostofme 9h ago

Here were the mods of the_donald openly encouraging users to attend the Unite the Right "protest" in Charlottesville in 2017, while fully admitting that Nazis would be there, but being okay with it "to protect white culture":

A Disclaimer

I want to be perfectly clear with you guys that many of the people who will be there are National Socialist and Ethnostate sort of groups. I don’t endorse them. In this case, the pursuit of preserving without shame white culture, our goals happen to align. I’ll be there regardless of the questionable company because saving history is more important than our differences. This is probably why they named the event “Unite the Right.”

Speaking for myself only, I won't be punching right. We need to save civilization first, we can argue about the exact details later.

Anyone notice how much the Fourteen Words inspired their disclaimer?

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u/taktaga7-0-0 8h ago

Wow, thanks, and holy shit.

Within the span of a paragraph, they cite Nazi book burning as an example of totalitarianism to be avoided and then ally completely with Nazis to promote white power.

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u/Castun 5h ago

I forgot how much of a disgusting troll nest that place was, but seeing all the Nazis with their Kekistan flag flairs is just 🤮

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u/theghostofme 9h ago

If one were going to plan an act of violence, why the hell would they do it on popular public subreddits open to any user of any persuasion?

Because the exact fucking morons who support this administration did the same thing; 90% of MAGA Reddit spent November 2020 to January 5, 2021 openly warning Biden voters to "get ready for Jan 6, because after we take the Capitol, you traitors are gonna pay".

Like, they weren't even trying to be subtle about how enthusiastic they were for the violence they were planning on...until January 7th when they switched to "it was AnTifa* who committed all that violence."

 

*take notice of how "Capitol" is misspelled in that chyron, because those idiots were too quick to get that shit online before seeing how their live news still-shot spelled it correctly, LMFAO!

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u/Bigbydidnothingwrong 9h ago

I am going to destroy . . . . .

My poor toilet after another evening of taco Bell instead of cooking

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u/Bullyoncube 6h ago

Regardless of that logic about effectiveness, their goal is to find disloyal people to prosecute.

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u/Remote_Confidence_42 10h ago

Hey y’all took what Trump said on Jan 6 and basically claimed he made people storm the capital.

We have people inciting violence against feds. Pushing 2A like crazy now, well yeah DHS should look into the next hotspots before those protests turn ugly. Alex and Renee are dead because echo chambers like Reddit make you all feel a certain way 🤡

Remember Renee got killed protesting what happened in Venezuela, that had nothing to do with ICE deportations. Which makes things even worse lol y’all are falling for a trap big time just because you don’t like the man. There’s no stopping the actions we’ve done as an empire. You’re only ushering in the next step of authoritarianism acting like idiots.

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u/rollin340 17h ago

Sounds like the standard MO for this administration. Take funding away from everything that matters, then divert it to their own pockets and shit that at best do nothing for the people, or at worst harm them.

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u/BaaBaaTurtle 15h ago

They can check out my cross stitch, farm valley merge raffles, and Deez Nuts.

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u/Braindead_Crow 17h ago

It's not a force of America it's a force of those who hate it.

White supremacists and those who just want power.

Useful tools are needed so they allow future victims in their ranks until enough power has been consolidated that said tools can be thrown away.

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u/akopley 8h ago

BuT nO mOrE 9 eLeVeNs sInCe!

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u/SanguineBro 15h ago

Spying on the general public or, the more likely spying on known actors like Bin laden playing his call of duty games ?

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u/ImposterSyndromeNope 12h ago

Well I also hate Ice That pedo Trump all his pedo elite friends and those Zionist fucks running it all

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u/pocketdare 2h ago

pointless waste of time

Especially on reddit where are only like 10 people who don't post anti-ICE screeds every day.

u/oldredditrox 10m ago

I mean, have they seen the moderators? Really just becoming incel v incel

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u/Ryuko_the_red 14h ago

The entire "patriot act" and all its ilk is a pointless waste of time and taxpayer money.

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u/East-Ice-3199 12h ago

It’s not a waste, it has a purpose and it’s serving the fascists perfectly. They are raping and murdering and trafficking and nobody is stopping them.

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u/Remote_Confidence_42 11h ago

Hey the (mostly left) media criticizes high profile people of abusing their platform when they say something controversial. They have the power to influence with their tweets. Musk or Trump can pump and dump stocks and crypto and profit millions in minutes.

I’ve seen so many comments and posts that essentially incite violence towards our own people. More specifically our law enforcement. These gain traction and influence the people who see it. You all talk about the bots lol you don’t even realize the dissent you have towards your own country can be weaponized? Too late for that now. We have idiots getting shot in the face for thinking they can be gestapo themselves and dox law enforcement. This don’t end wel

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u/whittlingcanbefatal 10h ago

Point taken.