I'm trying to imply that Flock, et al, is voyeurism.

Are you also okay with citizen voyeurism? Or is voyeurism only okay when it's being done by "trusted officials"?

They do not have a First Amendment and probably won't respond at all. That'd be awfully cringy and uncomfortable akin to explaining to your wife who just came home early from a trip why there are panties on the floor next to the bed that aren't hers. "We uhh, don't like people saying things we don't like. Wait! I mean, I mean, I mean, WE HATE THE TERRORISTS and YOU ARE A TERRORIST."

I hate everything about the Apple Watch. It's not even the privacy violations and link-to-big-brother shit that's the worst. Even the basics of the device are sub-everything. It has shit battery life (barely over two days in the best case). The case is way too thick and looks like shit as it overpowers your wrist. The case shape is abhorrent and looks like a lump of shit on the end of your arm you cannot shake off. The crown is huge and fugly and most of the bands they come with look like TPU plastic dog collars. You can gold plate them, put luxury brand logos on them, try organic materials for the bands, etc... It's still a hideously ugly little device.

Are the shoes you tapdance in red or blue? Do they have those little metal tips to make them louder? Inquiring minds want to know!

I love how folks always say "drugs and alcohol" like Alcohol isn't a drug like any other. I think people tell themselves that, though. "At least I'm not on drugs!"

You're that guy who brings up politics and religion everywhere you go, no matter how unrelated to the topic at hand, and ruins family holidays, work events, friend groups, etc.. I doubt drinking is going to be a problem for you unless it's drinking at home alone, wondering why you have no friends.

No, it was an ignorant assumption. Everyone assumed I was wanting more money for my relatives. What I'm complaining about is the pathetic attempt just sucking air out of the room. "Nobody needs to help those people. The government does it." The point is the government doesn't really. They do a piss poor job.

That might be true, but it looks an awful lot like "The government is a bunch of gangsters fleecing folks and delivering shit value and putting on a partisan drama for the plebs to argue over" The government delivers worse results even in areas that socialists say work well: roads, healthcare, schools. All of those are better and higher quality when delivered by private entities.

Lol, you're an idiot and you're making an bad assumption. I brought up what they are getting from the gubmint because I'm upset they try to help at all and suck all the air outta the room. There was a lot more effective charity before Big Brother got involved.

Thanks for illustrating my point. Besides being ignorant fools, partisans would rather lie than be correct.

I doubt you login and get a giant Orange Man banner. However, this is typical of Leftists and other Partisans. They don't want to attack ideas, because they know their own ideas are weak and won't stand up to debate. They refuse to debate them and instead just use a smarmy attitude, when challenged. Whenever they get upset about someone's politics they try to smear them with some kind of personal attacks, get them fired, get them "canceled" or otherwise use more non-debate tactics. It's also why they love censorship just as much as the Right wing fascists. This is just simple ad-hominem.

Conservatives aren't any better since they want to control your bedroom and spy on you constantly "To stop the terrorists" or "protect the children" nor is the Left any more attractive, since they have have to protect their bad ideas from anyone uttering "Cultural Revolution", "Soviets", or "Pol Pot" then having to explain why their great ideas went straight into a murderous ditch whenever they were challenged. The Left is also now just as bad about warmongering (Ukraine) and war cheerleading. You know who didn't kill millions in a murderous rise to power? Yep. Libertarians and Anarchists. There are many instances where Socialists, Communists, and Fascists found it expedient to kill dissidents and censor debate. So all you partisans get to wear that. You're censors. You're warmongers. You're useful idiots. However, I bet you all think voting matters (hahaha!) and that your team matters, too, and makes a difference if you "win" an "election". When, in fact, there's barely any difference at all once you examine what they do rather than what they say (which is the part most Slashdotters seem to be stuck arguing about).

All great points. I'm not a history nor poly sci expert, but I thought I've heard that the Founding Fathers would rather 10 guilty people out loose, rather than one innocent person in prison. I wish we had a better system- one that strongly punished officials for any kind of misuse of power, rather than what we currently have: "qualified immunity". It sickens me that taxpayers not only pay for the entirety of the system and people staffing it, but we also pay for the awards of lawsuits for injustice.

We will never really know what the Founding Fathers' opinions would have been regarding technology. They didn't even have Morse Code. Speed of communication systems has massively changed society. Sometimes I think the Founding Fathers were so wise because they didn't have so much "stuff" moving so fast.

I absolutely agree with you, and also oppose these cameras. We need to get this word out more; I think most citizens will oppose them when they realize what's going on.

In my area at least, the cameras are aimed right at our faces- facial recognition, which I'm even more against.

It sure seems like a 4th Amendment violation, and IIRC a recent court (SCOTUS?) ruling ruled against this mass surveillance.

We citizens need a permit to plant a bush on our own property in some areas. Did Flock et al get permits? Was the public duly notified about the cameras, giving us a fair chance to oppose the cameras before they have been installed?

Sadly this country (as with others) is devolving into an "us against them" mess.

You forgot to hit "Post anonymously" but I guess then you drunkenly did it again. We've also seen what makes YOU cheer: Marxism.

Soooo, you start a lecture about being nice but end it by using a bunch of psychiatric terminology as an insult. I have schizophrenic people in my family (bad genes, I guess). The only thing that keeps them off the street is that the family takes care of them, at great expense to their lives and income. The government doesn't help much at all. Disability payments are $370 a month in one case, the other isn't any better but I don't know the exact figure. The payment is based on your lifetime earnings record, not the type or severity of the disability. In any case, I notice that immediately identifiable Marxist folks like you always try to insult or beat up on others not with logic, but with attacks using mental illness terms.

So, you're concerned about Trans folks or whatever (you came outta the woodwork to "defend women" I guess), but you don't give enough of a shit about people really suffering worse than just about anyone else. Being "trans" is a two-step-cakewalk compared to hearing scary or violent voices 24/7 in terms of a challenging life of misery and a burden to your family. Until folks like you can learn to stop using clinical psychiatric terms to insult their political enemies, it's pretty tough to take you seriously with your "I'm a good person, I'm sticking up for the Trans!" routine. You definitely do not sound to me like a good person.