In light of the new Exec. Order, is it now safe to speak the truth here?

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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070717-3.html

For the very first time I feel personally threatened by George Bush. This new order ('scuse the pun) is so open-ended and can be interpreted in so many ways that to post a thread here saying "J'accuse!" and attaching his name to it may very well be enough for them to come in the night.

This could very well be the Grand Opening of all the scattered FEMA reeducation camps. This could very well be the beginning of the Night Of The Long Knives. This could very well be the start of The Purge.

How do we defend America against this? Do we do as they desire and tape our own mouths shut? Do we toss our keyboards (and the rage contained therein) into the wastebasket? Do we fade into the shadows and hope we're not noticed?

Do we surrender?

This post alone could be enough. These words alone could very well be the last words I post- the DU is a worldwide forum of freedom, and that is enough to incur their wrath. I've never made a secret of my real identity, and it would take all of ten seconds for some brainiac to figure it out and decide to render me to some unknown hole in the ground. And there are many here much more outspoken and eloquent than I who could find themselves sitting bound and gagged next to me for what they continue to say here.

It's frightening- I know it's meant to be, and I feel no shame in admitting it's working. For the very first time I sense we're dancing on the razor's edge. Personally. Intimately. Seriously.

I have no solution to this. I can't think of any words of encouragement or enlightenment. I can't think of anything other than the fact that the nation of freedom I was born into is turning into a fascist dictatorship before my very eyes, and the lawmakers in Washington are playing petty games while the Brownshirts sneak in the back door and prepare to walk down the aisles. If you remember your history, the day that happened in Germany they led many of those in the chamber out the back door and shot them dead on the spot. It was that quick. It was that simple. And it could very well happen again.

I admit it- I'm scared. I hope we can overcome this, but at the moment I don't see how. I hope for encouragement, for optimistic words, for someone to shake my shoulder and wake me up.

Somehow, I don't believe that's going to happen any time soon.

Good luck to us all.