loaExMachina ,

Good ole fishhook theory

the right end of the fishhook curves back to the center so the center and the right are the same thing

spacemanspiffy ,

One characteristic I often hear about fascist states is that voicing opinions against the state will get you punished or possibly disappeared.

My observations is that people in the US are still free to criticize the government however they see fit.

Do you have examples to the contrary, or if not, how to you reconcile this?

BCsven ,

Police forcibly removing peaceful protestors who say israel is commiting genocide. To me this is trying to silence critisicm of the intitution supporting it

LinkOpensChest_wav ,
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Seriously?

davel ,
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Those who do not move, do not notice their chains. — Rosa Luxemburg

There’s the ongoing nationwide persecution of college students protesting genocide, for one.

How US gov’t prosecution of Uhuru activists threatens a ‘First Amendment exception’

Then there’s Julian Assange, who the US has been persecuting from afar for the last 13 years despite 1) breaking no US laws, 2) not being a US resident or citizen and 3) not having been on US soil. It does this to threaten journalists not just at home but everywhere.

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