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Let's talk about wiretapping laws and states where two-party consent is required to record a call.
Where I live, I must notify the other party that I am recording. If not, it's illegal. Also, any audio recorded without consent is not admissible in court.
"Not admissible because it was illegally captured" didn't give me the warm-and-fuzzies this comment sounds like it should've.
Complete tangent but what is two-party consent even for? I can imagine it gets in the way of getting a lot of evidence in cases of domestic abuse or organized crime.
Means both parties have to agree to be recorded (usually at the onset of a call).
"Be advised, this call is recorded for quality assurance purposes" at which point you could hang up. The 4th Amendment still applies in America, regardless of what local cops and prosecutors believe. You have a right to privacy in two-party conversations.
Oh, that makes more sense!
I get what you're saying there but that sounds very much like the kind of detail that s possible future Trump administration wouldn't much care about
Does not matter who is president of the US.
That is probably the dumbest thing you said all week. At least, I hope it is because i don't want to know how much dumber than that you can get.
You said a Trump presidency. Do you honestly believe that no other person is capable of being an authoritarian? Guess you don't remember Obama.
Second reply as the first was just ... Trying to understand your mental state.
Trump claimed multiple times that he loves and admires dictators. Not my claim, his. Trump said he wants to be a dictator. He said he wants to be a dictator for one day. This week he said he would like to add a third term for himself (against your precious constitution that you always love to ignore when it's inconvenient)
No other president in the history of (mostly rather shitty) presidents has ever done any of those things.
And you want to steer away from Trump to another president when talking about authoritarian?
The guys literally told you he wants to be a dictator, why won't you believe him?
Why has the US collectively been taking crazy pills making conversations like these even necessary in the first place? What is wrong with you people...
.... Wut?
Obama was authoritarian? I'm intrigued; Exactly what mental gymnastics are you using to get that idea in your head?
Few simple facts. Obama served twice. First time he won, and he had to campaign again to be elected a second yime.Second time he couldn't run again for the third time, so he didn't.
Where exactly do you see authoritarian? Fox news quotes not allowed for answers here, I don't need sad lies. Simple facts, what did Obama do to be authoritarian?
I can't wait...
Ask how many civilians Obama killed without congressional approval under the War Powers Act.
Google the IRS targeting conservatives under Lois Lerner and sanctioned by the Administration.
And you call that authoritarian?
Man you need to leave the house more often.
For one, he supports democracy, which kind of already takes the foundation away from under your arguments.
I'm not saying that any of those things are good (though the latter seems to not be something he directed anyways) but a lot of that is what the US does, or have you forgotten Iran, Iraq, Chile, Nicaragua, el Salvador, Afghanistan, Vietnam.... I can go on for a while, but you get the idea.
None of it is good, but if you want to compare Obama to any Republican president, I can quite easily tell you he'll come out on top. I don't particularly like US presidents, most are really rather dumb, egocentric, and so on, but he really wasn't that bad.
So that data then goes nowhere? I don't believe that.