America the Fre... scratch that.
SpaceEagle
Published
07/15/2014
Warning: Freedom may be hazardous to your health.
You have to stop at checkpoints now and show your identification. That's something they told us that only Communist Russians did when I was in school. Cameras film everyones' every move. Everyones' phone calls and internet conversations are recorded and monitored. You can now be arrested and held indefinitely without any explanation of why they're holding you, without a lawyer, and without a trial... and they dare to call this a "Free country?" Every time you give the government the right to take some freedom from somebody, they will eventually take that right from you. Every time you give up a little freedom, the government is going to ask you to give up a little MORE freedom. At this point in our country, I can very much relate to Martin Niemoller when he wrote the poem "First They Came." "Martin Niemöller (1892-1984) was a prominent Protestant pastor who emerged as an outspoken public foe of Adolf Hitler and spent the last seven years of Nazi rule in concentration camps.
Niemöller is perhaps best remembered for the quotation:
"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me--and there was no one left to speak for me." Source: http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007392
Wake up America! The same thing is happening here... perhaps in smaller increments at a time, but it seems to be increasing exponentially. You no longer have the right to remain silent. You no longer have the right to an attorney. Don't bother asking for one to be appointed. You don't have a right to a speedy trial by a jury of your peers. You do not have a right to feel secure in your own home as police can now enter and search without a warrant if anyone gives them permission to come in... even your two year old. You do not have a right to privacy. You do not have a right to your bodily fluids. Do you understand these lacks of rights as I have explained them to you? You DO have the right to be killed for holding a coffee cup, a cell phone, or anything else that police might deem to be a "deadly weapon."
You have to stop at checkpoints now and show your identification. That's something they told us that only Communist Russians did when I was in school. Cameras film everyones' every move. Everyones' phone calls and internet conversations are recorded and monitored. You can now be arrested and held indefinitely without any explanation of why they're holding you, without a lawyer, and without a trial... and they dare to call this a "Free country?" Every time you give the government the right to take some freedom from somebody, they will eventually take that right from you. Every time you give up a little freedom, the government is going to ask you to give up a little MORE freedom. At this point in our country, I can very much relate to Martin Niemoller when he wrote the poem "First They Came." "Martin Niemöller (1892-1984) was a prominent Protestant pastor who emerged as an outspoken public foe of Adolf Hitler and spent the last seven years of Nazi rule in concentration camps.
Niemöller is perhaps best remembered for the quotation:
"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me--and there was no one left to speak for me." Source: http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007392
Wake up America! The same thing is happening here... perhaps in smaller increments at a time, but it seems to be increasing exponentially. You no longer have the right to remain silent. You no longer have the right to an attorney. Don't bother asking for one to be appointed. You don't have a right to a speedy trial by a jury of your peers. You do not have a right to feel secure in your own home as police can now enter and search without a warrant if anyone gives them permission to come in... even your two year old. You do not have a right to privacy. You do not have a right to your bodily fluids. Do you understand these lacks of rights as I have explained them to you? You DO have the right to be killed for holding a coffee cup, a cell phone, or anything else that police might deem to be a "deadly weapon."
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