> a dissonance, between the government putting huge efforts and resource in trying to arrest a citizen speaking out against the government doing illegal spying on its own people (an almost no reaction from other citizens), and people defending the right to bear weapons to protect themselves from the government turning into a dictatorship?
These are, arguably, two different reactions to perceived xenophobic threats.
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> a dissonance, between the government putting huge efforts and resource in trying to arrest a citizen speaking out against the government doing illegal spying on its own people (an almost no reaction from other citizens), and people defending the right to bear weapons to protect themselves from the government turning into a dictatorship?
These are, arguably, two different reactions to perceived xenophobic threats.