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Et tu, Congressman Markey? Homegrown terrorism and violent radicalization bill
Mon, 2007/11/19 - 5:34pm — Benjamin Melançon
Filed under "Homeland Security" on Congressperson Ed Markey's site. Just using the term Homeland Security is a pact with the ghost of Mussolini.
Why did you vote for the "homegrown terrorism and violent radicalization" bill?
Thought it sounded good and didn't do much? Maybe. But it also puts the U.S. on track for criminalizing social change when critical changes become increasingly obviously needed. This criminalization of dissent is a tactic employed by U.S.-supported repressive governments in Latin America and elsewhere, most evidently at the moment Colombia.
You have a safe seat. Take a stand for civil liberties. Apologize for your vote and urge a filibuster in the Senate, please.
Please explain yourself.
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