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"They" are cracking down on "dissidents", while "we" are cracking down on "terrorists".


This is exactly what I mean. With a simple terminology trick, both are doing the same.

Do you really think that the domestic propaganda machine (of both) doesn't label these people as terrorists? How is Assange and Snowden treated? Were they terrorists?




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