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November 07, 2004
Deja vu all over again
My brother made a post-election comment on our family website that alarmed my niece, who reads LiveJournal. And indeed she should be alarmed--as those of us who lived through McCarthyism and Nixon's Enemies List have long ago learned. Welcome to the wonderful world of Homeland Security. In the 70s, it was hard to get respect if you didn't have an FBI file from the 60s. At least for anniesj, though, the response to government surveillance is to monitor one's speech carefully. It's logical, I guess; how could you ever hope to get a plum job in the Pentagon if the FBI has a file on you?
Emerson: "Henry, what are you doing in jail?"
Thoreau: "Ralph, what are you doing out of jail?"
I don't plan to make any threats against Bush (or anyone else, for that matter). But the repressive Right has to be fought, not hidden from.
Posted by senioritis at November 7, 2004 08:06 AM
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my running partner made a comment yesterday that involved assasination and her approval. i was decidedly uncomfortable with her being so vocal about something that could get her into (what I perceived was) big trouble. guess i don't have the political zeal and guts i need to be a real radical. :)
Posted by: madeline at November 8, 2004 07:59 AM
Yes, there's fighting and there's fighting. When I want to fight someone, it doesn't involve assassination. --though I certainly understand the frustration that's expressed in death threats. Taking out a single person doesn't fix the problem that makes 51% of the country vote George W. Bush back into office. And killing that 51% is just a teensy bit too big of a challenge. So--better to fight by changing minds. . . ... .. .
Posted by: senioritis at November 8, 2004 07:40 PM