I think you miss the point entirely. Of course the classic Revolutionary position was treasonous to the British Empire.
The function of dialogue like this is to push the metadata conversation into the mainstream. We want the People to understand that giving away our privacy in this data is /JUST/ like taking their guns, and for the same reasons.
Note that guns-for-defense-against-tyranny gun owners are not on the Government's side on this issue. It's the anti-gun nanny-state constituency that is supporting the government.
The group that both guns and supports domestice spying is overlap of "I just use guns for shooting rabbits for fun, and I don't like brown people, and I trust the government", not the groups that says "I need my guns in case the government tries to steal my land."
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I think you miss the point entirely. Of course the classic Revolutionary position was treasonous to the British Empire.
The function of dialogue like this is to push the metadata conversation into the mainstream. We want the People to understand that giving away our privacy in this data is /JUST/ like taking their guns, and for the same reasons.
Note that guns-for-defense-against-tyranny gun owners are not on the Government's side on this issue. It's the anti-gun nanny-state constituency that is supporting the government.
The group that both guns and supports domestice spying is overlap of "I just use guns for shooting rabbits for fun, and I don't like brown people, and I trust the government", not the groups that says "I need my guns in case the government tries to steal my land."