boxcar
05-02-2013, 02:44 PM
Floridians offered $1 million to snitch on citizens who 'hate government'
The title is misleading. I don't see in the article itself where it stated that people would be getting snitch rewards. Perhaps the title was worded like it is to catch more readers' attention to the real issue, which is that the county would apparently be relying upon phone tips from people about any fellow citizen who spoke ill of the government. This is scary stuff.
I don't like the foundational assumption, for example, that people who distrust or speak negatively of their government are likely to act violently against the government.
And just what kind of "help" would be given to people who openly distrust and speak negatively against government? Would they be whisked away to some mental institution for observation for an unspecified period of time, and then what....brainwashed into thinking differently about government? Or what happens if a law-abiding, disenchanted citizen doesn't want any help? Then what? Do those people get arrested? For what? "Hate speech" against the government?
I can also see this as another back door way into confiscating guns of otherwise law-abiding citizens. That's the first thing that will be checked with disgruntled citizens.
Bradshaw said he hopes his program will be copied by law enforcement agencies across the United States. The sheriff's goal won’t be to arrest troubled people but to get them help before there’s violence. However, innocent civilians could be harassed for expressing displeasure at the Obama administration and the bigger role of government being advanced by Washington politicians.
http://www.examiner.com/article/floridians-offered-1-million-to-snitch-on-citizens-who-hate-government
Boxcar
The title is misleading. I don't see in the article itself where it stated that people would be getting snitch rewards. Perhaps the title was worded like it is to catch more readers' attention to the real issue, which is that the county would apparently be relying upon phone tips from people about any fellow citizen who spoke ill of the government. This is scary stuff.
I don't like the foundational assumption, for example, that people who distrust or speak negatively of their government are likely to act violently against the government.
And just what kind of "help" would be given to people who openly distrust and speak negatively against government? Would they be whisked away to some mental institution for observation for an unspecified period of time, and then what....brainwashed into thinking differently about government? Or what happens if a law-abiding, disenchanted citizen doesn't want any help? Then what? Do those people get arrested? For what? "Hate speech" against the government?
I can also see this as another back door way into confiscating guns of otherwise law-abiding citizens. That's the first thing that will be checked with disgruntled citizens.
Bradshaw said he hopes his program will be copied by law enforcement agencies across the United States. The sheriff's goal won’t be to arrest troubled people but to get them help before there’s violence. However, innocent civilians could be harassed for expressing displeasure at the Obama administration and the bigger role of government being advanced by Washington politicians.
http://www.examiner.com/article/floridians-offered-1-million-to-snitch-on-citizens-who-hate-government
Boxcar