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Countries That Use Tor Most Are Either Highly Repressive or Highly Liberal
Joseph Cox, reporting for Motherboard: You might assume that people in the most oppressive regimes wouldn't use the Tor anonymity network because of severe restrictions on technology or communication. On the other hand, you might think that people in the most liberal settings would have no immediate need for Tor. A new paper shows that Tor usage is, in fact, highest at both these tips of the political spectrum, peaking in the most oppressed and the most-free countries around the world. "There is evidence to suggest that at extreme levels of repression, Tor does provide a useful tool to people in those circumstances to do things that they otherwise would not be able to do," Eric Jardine, research fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), a Canadian think-tank, told Motherboard in a phone call.
People who live in oppressive regimes need anonymity.
Yes, and the "regime" includes not only the government, but people and the condition of society as well. For example: by being found to having an unpopular view, then people around you such as family might shun you.
In the US, the Democrats and those that support them are oppressive of individual rights. Many people have had their lives turned upside down, or their careers ruined after frivolously being called a racist, or being falsely accused of a crime that became media-popularized.
Oh, bullshit.
In the US most Republicans want to overturn the right of women to have abortions. In the US the Republicans want to entrench the right of Christians to discriminate, while wanting to ensure they can't be discriminated against.
Both sides of US politics want to control some aspects of individual rights. But don't fucking tell me that the Republicans do not also wish to do things which are oppressive of individual rights.
Because it is so much a steaming pile of delusional bullshit is isn't fucking funny.
From the outside looking in, US Republicans largely to seek exceptionalism for Christian values, and impose those on others. That's not supporting individual rights. That's some asshole saying that "his" individual rights should trump the individual rights of someone else.
That shit may fly in the US where people believe this stupid narrative. But there is no way in hell you can argue that Republicans and the Tea Party are anything BUT advancing the rights of one group at the expense of another.
But, hey, if you want to defend the right to be a racist douchebag who retains the right to discriminate because you feel god has personally given you permission to be an asshole ... then you should be OK with giving the rest of society the ability to say "sorry, we don't serve bigoted assholes here".
If you think you get to discriminate, while being free from being discriminated against, then I'm afraid you really are just acting like your "individual rights" are more important than someone else because your religion makes you special.
And, I'm afraid ISIS and the Taliban think the same bullshit. And don't give us the bullshit that your Democrats are some evil oppressive regime while your own Republicans want to do the same thing on different issues.
Your hypocrisy and bullshit is your own damned problem.
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