Tuesday, January 11, 2011

The Value of Fear: No Dissent

[P]olitical liberties are meaningless if they're conditioned on obeisance to political power or if citizens are frightened out of exercising them in any way that matters.

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The U.S. Government plainly wants any genuine critics to feel fear, and is willing to use any means -- no matter how lawless and extreme -- to induce it.

  Glenn Greenwald

And if you don’t believe that, read the entire article. In fact, read it anyway.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

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