by John W. Whitehead. Is this really a government of consent? “Who needs direct repression,” asked philosopher Slavoj Zizek, “when one can convince the chicken to walk freely into the slaughterhouse?” In an Orwellian age where war equals peace, surveillance equals safety, and tolerance equals intolerance of uncomfortable truths and ... MORE
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Showing posts with label rights. Show all posts
Are ‘We The People’ Useful Idiots In The Digital Age?
by John W. Whitehead. Is this really a government of consent? “Who needs direct repression,” asked philosopher Slavoj Zizek, “when one can convince the chicken to walk freely into the slaughterhouse?” In an Orwellian age where war equals peace, surveillance equals safety, and tolerance equals intolerance of uncomfortable truths and ... MORETravis Gettys: Police Expert Says War On Terror Turned Our Cops Into Occupying Armies — And We’re The Enemy
Terrorists and politicians morph liberty to slavery. The war on terror has essentially turned police into occupying armies in some American communities, said a police and criminology expert. Thomas Nolan, an associate professor of criminology at Merrimack College and former senior policy analyst with the Department of Homeland ... MORETyrannical Governing Body Placed Under Citizen's Arrest
by Phil Rogers and Patrick McCraney. In a highly unusual move, the leader of a Downstate watchdog group placed an entire park district board under a citizen's arrest for failing to allow public comment and violating a state disclosure law. Public boards are used to facing angry crowds, but most have never dealt with what happened at one ... MORE
Andrew Napolitano: The Presumption Of Liberty
The presumption has become tyranny. In the years following the adoption of the Constitution, before he was Secretary of State under President Thomas Jefferson and then president himself, James Madison, who wrote the Constitution, was a member of the House of Representatives. During that period of his life, he gave ... MORE
Mick Hume: The Awful Truth About Free Speech
So your offended? Deal with it. Time to stop paying lip service to the principle and take a stand in practice. Almost everybody in Western society with more than two brain cells to rub together supports freedom of speech. Or so they say. Blasphemers might be sentenced to death in Islamic states, and the internet might be censored to death in ... MORE125 Seattle Cops Sue For Right to Use Excessive Force
Fortunately, they were shot down. Wow... who could've foreseen this happening in our nation? But some 125 Seattle police officers responded by filing a lawsuit challenging the new laws. In their view, the new policies infringe on their rights to use as much force as they deem necessary in self-protection. They represent about ten percent ... MORENo Freedom: Inside The 'Darkest Place In The World'
by Deborah Weitzman. A hell hole called North Korea. At 21 years old, a girl robbed of her youth, innocence and freedom has finally spoken out against her native North Korea - the 'unimaginable country' she was fortunate enough to have escaped from. In an emotionally charged speech, Yeonmi Park tells a harrowing tale about what life was ... MOREJustices To Rule On Warrantless Searches Of Hotel Records
Police demand arbitrary access to hotel records. The Supreme Court agreed Monday to referee a dispute over police access to hotels' guest information without first getting a search warrant. The justices said they will hear an appeal by the city of Los Angeles of a lower court ruling that struck down an ordinance that requires hotel operators to ... MOREEric Peters: Rebalancing The Scales
We are peculiarly at the mercy of police. Which goes a long way toward explaining why police are increasingly merciless. After all, they can get away with it. Physically. Financially. Legally. Consider: You are walking down the street, minding your business. A citizen accosts you. He physically assaults you. You have every legal right to defend ... MOREThis 29-Year-Old Is Choosing to End Her Own Life on Nov. 1
by Hillary White. An affirmation of self-ownership. Brittany Maynard plans on celebrating her husband's Oct. 30 birthday, and then just two days later, she will pass on quietly in her Oregon home, with a close friend and immediate family at her side. "There is not a cell in my body that is suicidal or that wants to die," she told People. "I want to live. ... MORERules of Engagement For Resisting The Police State
by John W. Whitehead. The language of freedom is no longer the common tongue spoken by the citizenry and their government. The perils of resisting the police state grow more costly with each passing day, especially if you hope to escape with your life and property intact. The thing you must remember is that we’ve entered an age of ... MOREE Harrington: Federal Court Rules Against First Amendment
Court says schools can prohibit American flag apparel. A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling could have wide implications that limit free speech rights in schools, according to the lawyer who defended students who wore the American flag to school. More than four years after students were sent home for wearing American flag t-shirts on ... MOREMatt Agorist: If Cops Come To Your Door Without a Warrant
Shut them down like this guy! If police come to your door and you don’t need their help, you can simply decline to answer. They cannot come into your home without a search warrant. Even if the police have probable cause, they cannot come in your home without a search warrant. You might even be a suspect in a criminal investigation. In such ... MOREGene Robinson: Is America A Police State? For Many, Yes
An everyday reality for millions. I don't know what it's like to live in a police state. But some people who live in America do. This week, a video surfaced of an event that occurred in St. Paul, Minnesota, back in January—and it's as horrifying as anything I've seen and heard in a long time. I've watched it several times because (1) I can't believe ... MORE
Evan Selinger: Why A Philosopher Teaches Privacy
Few things matter as much as philosophy. Next week, the new term begins and I’ll be teaching an undergraduate philosophy course called, “Technology, Privacy, and the Law.” The first order of business will be to explain why thinking critically about privacy—determining what it is, deciding when it should be protected, and pinpointing how it ... MORE
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