[cfadvan]

People seem to easily forget the American government reaction to the civil rights movement, anti-Vietnam War movement, and so much more. Violence, coercion, intimidation and breaking its own laws without consequence are the American modus operandi. How did fire-hosing, beating, jailing and murdering black people not prove this? How about tear gas and dogs being let loose on protesting students? The conduct of the FBI during the Red Scare? Iran Contra?

How about what Snowden revealed? Torture after 9-11?

A little time passes and people get back to calling anyone who thinks that a militarize police force isn’t a good thing un-American and kooky.

[tastythrowaway]

Yes, and it's a little... hypocritical? For a nation that is self-congratulatory to the point of nausea in it's rebellious origins, our institutions will repeatedly overextend themselves to prevent people from effecting positive disruptive change.

[benchaney]

We need an “are we the baddies” moment.