Reply #92: The great fear is that they'll find us and people like us "violent" "radicals"

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Why is that so hard a concept for you and Fredda to wrap your minds around?

ESPECIALLY Fredda. Shame on her.

Look, do you really think the people who were later accused during the McCarthy hearings had any idea that anything they had done or said or written could or would later run afoul of a government commission? Do you honestly believe that Senator McCarthy used the existing laws as they had been intended to be used when they were passed?

This isn't at all about what this bill actually says; no- it's about the perception of what it means, and the precedent that it sets. Do you really think this law will be used only and always as intended? Are you honestly that naive about this maladministration?

I think I'll address this post to Fredda as well, since you and she seem to be of one almost indistinguishable mind on this. It's a ruinously shortsighted stance to take, of course, but like the McCarthy hearing victims, you haven't the faintest notion that it all could one day apply to you, all bent out of shape, amended to death, and reversed from its original intent.

But do go on ahead with your support of this bill. I hope it's not abused against you if it becomes law.