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I’m a great one for internet searches; I use it all the time. Alys didn’t know what a Toll House cookie was so I searched ‘images of toll house cookies’ and then sent her the link. Fun. Easy. Harmless.
But wait! There’s more! We know, in a certain uncomfortable way, that Big Brother is watching but we try not to focus on that aspect of the internet as we go about our business, whatever that business may be. We think of it, I suspect, as a kind of ‘cost of living’ in today’s technology. I do a considerable amount of research online in regard to Christianity – terms, rites, various denominations, the Creeds – whatever I’m working on or thinking about, but I have a long history of a ton of searches about Jesus going back many years. So what’s the big deal – why am I writing about this?
The attorney that owns this YouTube channel (Neo and I refer to him as the ‘chatty lawyer’) is very bright and doesn’t miss a trick. He’s excellent at breaking down lawsuits so that any of us can understand the ins and outs and whys and the wherefores. Listen as he describes this event:
So you chuckle to yourself and shake your head and wonder, ‘what’s that crazy Audre worried about – her searches are harmless’. Are they? There are more and more stories of Christian persecution around the world and there are church shootings and synagogue shootings. How about “Get your rosaries off my ovaries”? How about being critical of Roman Catholics who are pro-choice? Who might want to know who those critical people might be? Suppose you’re online in Bump, Bodunk and you’re looking for a hog gun – something that’ll drop a 500 lb hog in its tracks. You go to several different sites, checking prices, accessories, cost of ammo, etc. Now suppose some bad actor in Bump kills someone with a hog gun that’ll drop a 500 lb hog in its tracks. The internet department of your local sheriff’s office asks Google – or all of the common carriers – for searches regarding hog guns in Bump. Your name comes up (or IP address) and suddenly there’s a knock on your door or … as we have seen recently in the news … Swat comes and knocks down your door, searches your house, scares the living hell out of your family, and takes you away in handcuffs and leg irons. And suddenly, Audre’s not so crazy after all. For years, everyone thought preppers were crazy – more money than sense, nervous as squirrels, fatalists, conspiracy theorists, survivalist junkies. And then the virus arrived and we couldn’t buy toilet paper. Now there’s a ‘problem’ with the food chain and things are getting harder to get to feed your family and gas is going up and up and up … preppers don’t look crazy at all anymore.
I suspect we’re not going to hear a lot about the case presented by Chatty Lawyer. I suspect it’s not the sort of story mainstream media want us to focus on and why would they? It’s just another tool in their belt and the less we’re aware of it, the better off they are.
You can wrap your sandwich in that tinfoil hat now.
