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To be fair, the thing about guns probably made a lot more sense back then. And freedom of speech is great, until you start dealing with state secrets and national security.
So you think whistleblowers exposing the crimes of the state should be locked up...
Got it.
Did I say that? reread that, at no point do I say that whistleblowers should be locked up. What I meant is that it becomes much more complex in that context
Yes you did. Crimes done by government are the State's most closely guarded (if not well kept) secrets.
EDIT: Downvoters already forgot all about Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, and David McBride, etc.
All of whom leaked evidence of crimes committed by their governments and were prosecuted for "revealing state secrets and endangering national security".
then maybe there should be some whistleblower program or something idk. but at the same time people in the military who have secret war plans, shouldn't be allowed to give that to the enemy. look at both sides