Ask Yourself This: When the political prisoners are powerful white men.

[ThomWV]

When the political prisoners are powerful white men then what protects you?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. damned good question.

the former gov was popular, respected, and under attack by the GOP for close to a decade.

that should give everyone pause. No one is safe. no one.

[mmonk]

2. It starts out with imprisoning people at the margins

but always eventually hits the mainstream opposition and dissenters. That's how a societal shift to fascism works.

[donsu]

3. nothing has protected us since poppy's gang did Kennedy

which includes Moon

or in Moon's outlook, poppy is in his gang

since the neo cons have taken over Justic Dept. nothing really protects us but us.

[rwork]

4. KO

Was'nt exaggerating when he called bush* a fascist.

[bryant69]

5. There is no protection

All is impermanent.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[annabanana]

6. A most germane quote:

from A Man for All Seasons:

William Roper: So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!

Sir Thomas More: Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?

William Roper: Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that!

Sir Thomas More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down, and you're just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!

[leftofthedial]

7. the "democrats" took accountability, the rule of law, restoration of habeas corpus,

and banning torture off the table . . .


so, nothing protects any of us.