Outposts of tyranny

[ali_highland]

To be sure, in our world there remain outposts of tyranny and America stands with oppressed people on every continent ... in Cuba, and Burma, and North Korea, and Iran, and Belarus, and Zimbabwe. The world should apply what Natan Sharansky calls the ''town square test'': if a person cannot walk into the middle of the town square and express his or

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[wickedeyes]

You know, sometimes I find it comforting watching and listening to what is going on in my country right now from abroad.... I guess I feel less affected. But then when I see images like that and read NY Times articles, it saddens me to know that I can't be there to take part in it all. Nice post.

[kevinwmoor]

Well said.

[tasmanianfire]

Interesting.

Clicked through to read the captions of the pictures.

"Three blocks from the White House, protesters tried to rush a security gate. Police briefly locked down the area"

Seems like there's a difference between a person walking into the middle of the town square and expressing his or her views and a person rushing a security gate.

[msmelancholy]

Americans are guaranteed the right to a peaceful protest. This was hardly that. Any drunk ape knows what is going to happen to them if you try to bum-rush a security gate. It is a SECURITY gate. If you don't want to be pepper-sprayed then use your brain.