[wolverine876]

Someone - a particular political party - is attacking the free press and freedom generally. The only answer is to be heard, loudly, and vote them out of office. The cavalry isn't coming - nobody will save us but us.

It's not a partisan statement. I'm not saying it to favor one party or another (though unavoidably the other party would benefit - we'd be better off with multiple parties committed to democracy). We agree on freedom and democracy for all, we stand up for it, we give our 'lives, honor, and fortune' for it, or we are not the United States.

EDIT: I reworded it to remove political party names, to try to reduce any appearance of partisanship.

[tomp]

Unfortunately, it's actually both political parties.

[wolverine876]

You'll have to back that up somehow. I strongly believe that that it is false - for generations, both parties supported the free press and put freedom and democracy first. Even in Watergate, it was a narrow attack on the press and the Republicans eventually turned on Nixon. That is no longer true.

The world isn't equal, and both-sidism is a great way to try to divert people from taking action - nobody is wrong or evil, everyone is. We need to distinguish right and from wrong and to act, now. We need to use our free will, our free moral choice, to choose and act right. We will get the consequences we choose and act upon.

[tomp]

Obama, Trump, Hillary, Biden - all conspiring against Assange & Snowden. All droning innocent civilians. Both parties seem quite content with cancelling people & banning them from social media (the only thing they cannot agree on, is which people).

What more proof do you want?

Also, I don't understand your point. If anything, "they're all bad" should motivate people to take more action.

[_y5hn]

They're all bad is something said in retarded countries like China and Russia. It becomes truth because action becomes oppressed.

[Enginerrrd]

That and expansion of surveillance authority is the one thing they seem to agree on.

[anigbrowl]

I hope you'll give some thought to the scenario where one group in a polity rejects or modifies the electoral franchise as the ultimate mechanism of decision.

[q1w2]

I have seen prosecutors act like complete slime balls - from both parties.

Intimidating witnesses - misrepresenting evidence - omitting counter-evidence - over-charging defendants - denying timely access to council.

If you think this is about politics - you are mistaken. You just haven't seen all the other times defendants have been mistreated in court.

[wolverine876]

I'm not talking about defendant and DAs (which I agree with you about). I'm talking about a political party and elected officials (including a governor in this case, recently a president) actively trying to shut down the free press.