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Until recently, we understood that the whole friggin point of the first admendment was so the citizens could keep on eye on, and publicly discuss, government officials such as cops.
In the last few years, many people have been arrested for videotaping cops and courts have upheld convictions. I think it's part of a larger phenomenon of people forgetting who works for who, who is supposed to be in charge here. Government employees are supposed to work for the citizens, not the other way around. I think we forget that when we support government leaders who say they'll give us stuff. That implies that it's the government's stuff to "give". Thing is, we made it or earned it - it's OUR stuff. Government can't give us stuff, they can only take our stuff because it's OUR stuff. I try to keep that in mind, that any politician who proposes to give me stuff must have it backwards and think the politicians are in charge, not the people.
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