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Part of the upcoming trip is out of the country. Nowhere too exotic or controversial.
But i just discussed with family --- Wifey, daughter, etc --- make *sure* there's NO political shit on your phones, laptop, etc. Wifey - who voted Dem last time and is now accepting volunteer work from the local Democratic Yentas..... has to be careful that there's no abortion rights, or anti-MAGA facebook affiliations etc. Might even put a small American flag on my laptop before the return trip.
I too will kill my bullshit Facebook account and start a new one later and make sure my political stuff is gone for that time. Even this site - where i've written many MAGA questioning things.
I feel sheepish about doing this or even having my family do it. Maybe a tad embarrassed too.
But then again, I live in a country and culture that is in decline and on its way to tribalism. But - the milk and honey here is still very good.
Hence we do what we gotta do i guess.
My sense is we'll just go thru just fine with the hoards of other tourists, all documents and backup documents are 100% legit so should be ok.
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Obeying in advance.
Curtailing your own free speech in order to avoid the Eye of Sauron.
Yup- an honest and intelligent precaution.
My wife and I have had the same discussion and came to the same conclusion for negotiating trips across the border.
But we live in a free country.
……….. don’t we?
Just the first of tightening restrictions on your freedom.
There will be more- many more.
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As the other poster said, you're capitulating preemptively. Capitulating to something that is entirely unamerican. I deleted my FB account a decade ago, but I didn't do it because of that. I did it because it was becoming a sesspool of misinformation and BS, and I didn't want to aid Zuckerberg in any way.
I agree that when one travels, one should not have any overtly political things displayed. Don't wear a MAGA hat, don't wear a Harris/Walz t-shirt. I also do not have any flags or other such identifiers. Apparently, Americans stick out wherever they go. But I still try not to advertise it. I'm there to experience their culture, not flaunt mine.
Domestically, I don't care. As it happens, I don't have any political apparel or stickers or similar stuff. Not my style. But I'm not going to scrub my laptop and/or phone. No one has ever asked me to unlock either, and I would refuse if they did (without a warrant).
That said, I am an older white male. So some privilege is attached to that (not of my own making). Being married to a Filipina, there are some places in the US I would never move to. Miscegenation is not accepted everywhere. More accepted in urban settings, which is fine since we're both getting old and need access to good doctors and hospitals.
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Cool! Where are you going?
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No surprise.
As I've said - the trend is unmistakable.
And it'll get worse for sure --- not just now - but a decade from now, and a decade before now it was happening.
It's called - decline.
*i never knew it would happen* i alway predicted golden days forever.
