The Politics of the Jackboot

TruthDig by E.J. Dionne | Aug. 20, 2009 (Opinion)

Try a thought experiment: What would conservatives have said if a group of loud, scruffy leftists had brought guns to the public events of Ronald Reagan or George W. Bush? Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics
Topics: Gun Control, Republican Party
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Aug 25, 2009 - 10:10 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Dwight Rousu (review), Tanya J. Maurer (review)
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Aug 25, 2009 - 10:10 PM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 25, 2009

Dionne makes a telling argument that the threat of violence disintegrates democracy. Well said.

Pardon me, but I don’t think conservatives would have spoken out in defense of the right of every American Marxist to bear arms or to shed the blood of tyrants. More »

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