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Originally shared by Christopher Gaul

Obama aims to prove Democrats are just as Orwellian as anyone else

In an act nearly as heinous as the PATRIOT Act, Obama signed an executive order that essentially put cyberattacks in line with terrorism. The problem of course is that cyberattacks are just as nebulously defined as terrorism, allowing them to essentially make up their own definition as they go along and instantly turn anyone into a “cyber-terrorist”. The Executive Order even goes so far as to outlaw donating money to fund anyone so designated. In other words, donating to Edward Snowden’s support fund is now a crime.

While their stupidity and outright disdain for humanity makes it easy to pick on Republicans, Democrats have been proving capable of some truly insidious behaviour too, but usually without being nearly as blatant about it and often hiding it behind other issues. For example the NDAA renewal or the TPP “trade agreement”.

This is why blind party loyalty to any party is, IMO, at best unpatriotic and at worst treasonous. The old saying about power corrupting is true, no matter who has the power. That’s why citizen’s of any political stripe have a duty to scrutinize, question, and challenge all political leaders on a per issue basis, even the ones they like and voted for.