GWB, the Nazis, the Commies, and Us.

One could easily argue that all of these conditions have existed in US history to some extent in the South prior to the Civil War and during Reconstruction, and nationwide during the red scare of the early 1920s and 1950s.Also, slight correction, Ceauescu was Romanian, not Czechoslovakian.All the same I find recent events concerning the child-emperor and his lackeys quite disturbing, as everyone who supports the US Constitution should."Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty--power is ever stealing from the many to the few."Wendell Phillips
US abolitionist (1811 - 1884)-

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Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider - Francis BaconThe more we understand particular things, the more we understand God - Spinoza

IMO your tally, particularly regarding the South is way too low.See American Mobbing by David Grimstead. The reviews do not give it justice as to pre-Civil War suppression of the Bill of Rights in the South. Essentially the penalty for criticizing slavery was death.As to Reconstruction or even later, one must consider the tolerance and often even government support of such internal terrorist organizations as the KKK, the Mob, or hired strike-breaking goons. The references are beyond numerous.Just arguing for perspective. American history is not all sweetness and light by any means, including presumed rule by law.

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Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider - Francis BaconThe more we understand particular things, the more we understand God - Spinoza