Yes, right privacy activism is actually rooted in racism

Salon has published a pretty flimsy article arguing that Rand Paul opposes the Patriot Act because he fails to see the egalitarianism of bulk data collection.

This isn’t a very plausible analysis — but let’s not go too crazy here. Ultimately, Paul opposes the Patriot Act because he’s a Libertarian who opposes the government in general. And Libertarianism…