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There you go again

The last third or so of this essay was written by Phaedrus.

The State: Shut up.Me: What? I was just saying the government would be better if . . .State: Be quiet . . . you are a criminal.Me: Why? I was just exercising my right to free speech.State: You are a homegrown terrorist.Me: Look -- I was born in the U.S., and I am a patriotic American citizen who loves the Constitution.State: You've been saying the government is fascist. That's. Thatpeople and turns them into violentMe: But the governmentin fact, becoming fascist.State: Listen. . . we've got all of the mainstream media and the politicians in both parties in our pockets.We've fixed the elections and cooked all of the books.We've militarized the police and suspended habeas corpus.We've got secret continuity of government plans to bypass the normal government system altogether.We're ready to carry out another false flag if we need to clamp down even more on people.And we label anyone who criticizes us too much as criminally insane or a terrorist.So we canyou from saying we're fascist.Me:An honest and open government welcomes criticism and questions.State. Shut up! Cut his mike!Me: Do you support Cubans right to criticize their government?State: (Frustrated) That's different.Me: Would you have supported Germans right to question Hitler? Or Russians to question Stalin? What about the Chinese or North Koreans today? Would you support their right to freedom of speech?State: (Hysterically screaming) That's not the same. You unpatriotic .....(Eyes popping, pressure building, explodes in impotent rage, collapses pathetically in helpless heap.)Me: I'm just saying.