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cwilluyesterday at 4:38 PM2 repliesview on HN

American exceptionalism was always a lie; name an “un-American” practice, and I'll show you a piece of American foreign policy.


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brightballyesterday at 4:45 PM

Violations of the US Bill of Rights.

Yes they occur. Yes the US does it. Every violation of it should have lost in court already but courts have a way of interpreting things based on their beliefs rather than original intent.

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mindslightyesterday at 5:00 PM

A lie, or an ideal to try and live up to, depending on the context. In the context of discussing liberty-destroying privacy invasions it's an ideal, and we should not be so quick to dismiss it.

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