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Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold up.

You're not supposed to think critically or ask any questions. Just quietly go about your life, be an obedient citizen, don't make any ruckus, and, of course, trust the government -- they know what's best for you and me and have nothing but our best interests in mind! Unfortunately, they won't be able to stop all of the pedophile terrorists from getting to us if they don't have access to everything. They're "going dark", remember!?

Why don't you want to give them this access anyways? Just what is it that YOU are hiding? What don't you want them to see?

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> ... crimes that could have been prevented if law enforcement had been given lawful access to encrypted evidence.

That's an earlier quote from Barr (prior to these shootings).

The implication is that if they had access to all of the encrypted communications in real-time (iMessages, WhatsApp, etc.) that law enforcement maybe could have prevented these deaths from happening (nevermind their "track record" for preventing these types of incidents or the fact that most of these shootings are conducted by a single person)...

...but if they aren't able to read all of our messages then of course they can't do anything and so people will continue to die.




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