Poll: Do you censor/self-censor? --| FUCK THE N.S.A |--

14 points by kimlelly ↗ HN
Everybody is thinking it, yet nobody is saying it out loud: FUCK THE N.S.A !

So let's see what the current state of the affairs is:

This is a poll in which everybody automatically participates in.

Why? Because everybody has 2 choices:

1. Be silent, downvote or even delete this post and my account (= you self-censor and/or censor)

2. Leave a "FUCK THE N.S.A" comment and upvote (= you still feel that free speech is protected, as it is in every democracy)

I want everybody who reads this to think very honestly for themselves about what kind of thoughts this poll provokes in their mind, if any.

What is/was your reaction? Do you think the situation is healthy? What would happen if everybody did the same thing as you?

Note: This is NOT about personal judgment! It's about the fact, that we need to become/be/stay aware of our situation. This is supposed to raise awareness.

If you already censor/self-censor, it means you urgently need to do something in order to be able to express yourself freely again - at least within your circle of friends and family. That would be total encryption (ask in the comments if you're not sure about the solutions that allow you to encrypt everything).

I know that posts can stay on the front page for 2 or even 3 days if people really do care. So let's see where we're at...

EDIT: Also note that this NOT about any anti-americanism (as certain German politicians like to say, in order to defend their actions, after having been exposed as collaborators). This is about anti-mass-surveillance which happens all over the world (unfortunately, our dear NSA champions the movement).

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PS: In case you find I wasn't explicit enough:

FUCK THE N.S.A.

I am not a inhabitant of the us, so in my case FUCK THE N.S.A ten times and very hard, and the US people at least once. :-)

Why? because the hypocrisy of "boohoo, they are not supposed to spy on the American people, amendment here, amendment there", but foreigners like me? meh, do whatever you want N.S.A.

Also keep in mind, that it's not just traffic routed via the US that is being intercepted.

It's public knowledge that the NSA is building multi-billion surveillance/interception centers in (at least...) Germany.

Free speech isn't protected any longer in any so called democracy: FUCK THE N.S.A!
You asked for my reaction, so here it is. I think this post is juvenile and borders on being a "click-like-or-else" digital chain letter.
I do self censor, so I won't go around throwing useless insults at an entity that most likely don't really care. But I also think it is important not to be constrained by the only 2 choices in this poll.