When Dissent Becomes a Crime: The War on Political Speech Begins
“Once the principle is established that the government can arrest and jail protesters… officials will use it to silence opposition broadly.”—Heather Cox Richardson, historian You can’t have it both ways. You can’t live in a constitutional republic if you allow the government to act like a police state. You can’t claim to value freedom if you allow the government to operate like a dictatorship. You can’t expect to have your rights respected if you allow the government to treat whomever it pleases with disrespect and an utter disregard for the rule of law. There’s always a boomerang effect. Whatever dangerous practices … https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/03/no_author/when-dissent-becomes-a-crime-the-war-on-political-speech-begins/
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