The Patriot Act isn’t needed to keep us safe. But politicians and natsec officials will go to tremendous lengths to terrify their people … to justify programs that are just a naked power grab.
The fearmongering from the usual suspects about what will happen if the Patriot Act expires is so over-the-top that Twitter has launched a hilarious parody campaign to counter the silliness:
Obviously #IfThePatriotActExpires cc @ggreenwald pic.twitter.com/3iQjybbPjQ
— Mohammed Bushra (@interjectionist) May 28, 2015
#IfThePatriotActExpires pic.twitter.com/1AWbPB45Ti
— Benjamin Marlin (@benmarlin) May 28, 2015
America is totally doomed #IfThePatriotActExpires. These horrific/hilarious memes say it all https://t.co/g9WdEaJE55 pic.twitter.com/msMQhKRTFa
— Shane D. Kavanaugh (@shanedkavanaugh) May 28, 2015
#IfThePatriotActExpires then giant zombie Bin Laden will rise from the dead and terrorize America. pic.twitter.com/uSLg8AudMd
— Charles Featherstone (@Feathersongs) May 28, 2015
What Happens #IfThePatriotActExpires? ISIS, Hellfire, Doom http://t.co/WMCjDaNX1S by @georgejoseph94 pic.twitter.com/vokJaB1J6g
— The Intercept (@the_intercept) May 28, 2015
#IfThePatriotActExpires pic.twitter.com/0EjBLuntz2
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 28, 2015
No joke: #NSA will have team on "Hot Standby" #IfThePatriotActExpires, in case….who knows? https://t.co/y4k6ZMb6iE pic.twitter.com/XccdXtAV03
— Benjamin Marlin (@benmarlin) May 28, 2015
#IfThePatriotActExpires pic.twitter.com/lK4ixkRVEL
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 28, 2015
#IfThePatriotActExpires Putin will finally be able to unleash his army of laser-eyed flying bears. @ggreenwald pic.twitter.com/uLyNm9LW60
— StalinZilla (@StalinZilla) May 28, 2015
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