[johngunderman]

If you don't mind me asking, what country did you move too that has better personal rights? I know that Canada and most of the EU have a worse track record than the US when it comes to this.

IMHO moving out of the US just avoids the problem, instead of solving it. We need to put more support behind advocacy groups like the EFF who's mission statement is to fight against the infringement of personal rights.

[aroberge]

You know that Canada (and the EU) has a worse track record... Can you provide a link to support this rather bold assertion? I am fairly familiar with Canadian law and strongly disagree with your statement.

[danielweber]

Check out Canada's hilariously-named "human rights commissions."

I'm not saying that the US is strictly better than Canada in the rights department. However, it's definitely not strictly worse.

[Anechoic]

According to his Twitter profile, he's in Germany: https://twitter.com/sneakatdatavibe

[jff]

Ah, the land where the police use trojans to surveil you.

[mkhattab]

At least Canada is not involved in wars of aggression and is a relatively peaceful nation (in comparison to the US). The point is not where we are now that is of concern, it's when the shit hits the fan, which will inevitably happen. When this happens, first thing out of the window is personal rights.

[adventured]

Canada is an an interesting choice, until you read some history and realize that every fascist state eventually turns its wars of aggression toward its closest neighbors. The odds that America will turn fascist on its own people, act on continuous wars of aggression globally, but never attack Canada - is roughly zero. It's a matter of time, unless the fascist state creep is rolled back and quickly.