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from the you-can-never-have-too-many-offsite-backups-eh dept.
The Internet Archive plans to create a backup of its data in Canada in response to the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States:
The Internet Archive, a nonprofit that saves copies of old web pages, is creating a backup of its database in Canada, in response to the election of Donald Trump. "On November 9th in America, we woke up to a new administration promising radical change," the organization wrote in a blogpost explaining the move. "It was a firm reminder that institutions like ours, built for the long-term, need to design for change."
[...] The move will cost millions, according to the Internet Archive, which is soliciting donations. In their post, the Internet Archive justified its decision to backup its data in Canada, claiming that Trump could threaten an open internet. "For us, it means keeping our cultural materials safe, private and perpetually accessible. It means preparing for a Web that may face greater restrictions."
(Score: 3, Insightful) by AthanasiusKircher on Wednesday November 30 2016, @06:41PM
(1) Burning a flag is actually appropriate disposal for one. I know you're not really addressing that here, but it's important to note that merely burning a flag shouldn't constitute an "act of rebellion and possibly treason." You'd need to determine intent.
(2) I'm not going to post some "flaming" response, just to note that the flag is JUST a symbol. I show great respect for it personally. I know the rules for display and if I do display one, I'd always do it properly. BUT, it is a symbol, and the defacement of a SYMBOL is nowhere near "treason."
(3) I think any citizen should be outraged at the suggestion that other citizens should be stripped of citizenship or unilaterally deported, regardless of their actions. At times, we may justify removing rights (e.g., putting people in prison, taking away certain rights from felons, etc.), and I'll grant that we have the right to choose when to deport non-citizens. But the suggestion that we start deporting people who merely disagree enough to destroy a SYMBOL... I just don't even know what to say.
Whether or not it is possible to be a "patriotic anti-American," as you put it, it IS possible to be an American (period) who does not defer to some symbol of America. I can even understand -- though I don't agree with -- those who might argue for punishing "unpatriotic" Americans who don't respect that symbol, e.g., with fines or even jail time. But deporting them?? Again, I don't even know what to say.