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Conservatism vs. authoritarianism: The British vs. the U.S. right

While British conservatives oppose mild increases in government detention and surveillance powers, American "conservatives" support endless expansion of those powers.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Friday, June 13, 2008 05:47 AM

    If you have nothing to hide . . .

    The Government has been saying, in a catchy, misleading piece of spin: "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear."

    A good satire on all this is "The Department of Homeland Decency: Decency Rules and Regulations Manual." The department's slogan: "You have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide. You have nothing to hide if you have nothing to fear. So fear nothing and you need not hide. Hide nothing and you need not fear." It's available at bookstores everywhere.

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