U.S. Government vs The American People

[S.J.]

Do you think there will ever come a time when the U.S. government will imprison or execute American citizens who oppose them?

 

[cnm]

Already happened, Shirley?

 

[gallantwarrior]

You have to ask?

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Do you think there will ever come a time when the U.S. government will imprison or execute American citizens who oppose them?

Unfortunately there'll likely never be a time when you and other delusional, ridiculous conservatives stop being delusional and ridiculous.

 

[Agit8r]

Certainly some administrations have supported it in the past:

Arrested at RNC jailed for two days photojournalist gives his account Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

 

[there4eyeM]

Does power corrupt?

 

[dblack]

Do you think there will ever come a time when the U.S. government will imprison or execute American citizens who oppose them?

Unfortunately there'll likely never be a time when you and other delusional, ridiculous conservatives stop being delusional and ridiculous.

Dancing with the Stars!

 

[S.J.]

I'm talking about it being illegal (specifically) to speak against the government. So far, it's always done under the guise of it being for some other (legitimate) reason.

 

[S.J.]

Do you think there will ever come a time when the U.S. government will imprison or execute American citizens who oppose them?

Unfortunately there'll likely never be a time when you and other delusional, ridiculous conservatives stop being delusional and ridiculous.

You should change your avatar and sig, they don't reflect your views.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Do you think there will ever come a time when the U.S. government will imprison or execute American citizens who oppose them?

Depends on how you define 'oppose.' Already send drones to kill US citizens abroad for example.

 

[S.J.]

Do you think there will ever come a time when the U.S. government will imprison or execute American citizens who oppose them?

Depends on how you define 'oppose.' Already send drones to kill US citizens abroad for example.

Not people who join ISIS or even take up arms, just people who speak out.

 

[dblack]

Do you think there will ever come a time when the U.S. government will imprison or execute American citizens who oppose them?

This is what governments do.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Do you think there will ever come a time when the U.S. government will imprison or execute American citizens who oppose them?

Depends on how you define 'oppose.' Already send drones to kill US citizens abroad for example.

Not people who join ISIS or even take up arms, just people who speak out.

No, I don't see that happening. Even Russia didn't 'disappear' Pussy Riot.

 

[Skull Pilot]

The government can already slap the average person with several federal crimes a day.

If the government wanted to put anyone away it would be easy

Three Felonies A Day How the Feds Target the Innocent - Kindle edition by Harvey Silverglate Alan M. Dershowitz. Professional Technical Kindle eBooks Amazon.com.

The average professional in this country wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes home, eats dinner, and then goes to sleep, unaware that he or she has likely committed several federal crimes that day. Why? The answer lies in the very nature of modern federal criminal laws, which have exploded in number but also become impossibly broad and vague. In Three Felonies a Day, Harvey A. Silverglate reveals how federal criminal laws have become dangerously disconnected from the English common law tradition and how prosecutors can pin arguable federal crimes on any one of us, for even the most seemingly innocuous behavior. The volume of federal crimes in recent decades has increased well beyond the statute books and into the morass of the Code of Federal Regulations, handing federal prosecutors an additional trove of vague and exceedingly complex and technical prohibitions to stick on their hapless targets. The dangers spelled out in Three Felonies a Day do not apply solely to “white collar criminals,” state and local politicians, and professionals. No social class or profession is safe from this troubling form of social control by the executive branch, and nothing less than the integrity of our constitutional democracy hangs in the balance.

 

[S.J.]

The government can already slap the average person with several federal crimes a day.

If the government wanted to put anyone away it would be easy

Three Felonies A Day How the Feds Target the Innocent - Kindle edition by Harvey Silverglate Alan M. Dershowitz. Professional Technical Kindle eBooks Amazon.com.

The average professional in this country wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes home, eats dinner, and then goes to sleep, unaware that he or she has likely committed several federal crimes that day. Why? The answer lies in the very nature of modern federal criminal laws, which have exploded in number but also become impossibly broad and vague. In Three Felonies a Day, Harvey A. Silverglate reveals how federal criminal laws have become dangerously disconnected from the English common law tradition and how prosecutors can pin arguable federal crimes on any one of us, for even the most seemingly innocuous behavior. The volume of federal crimes in recent decades has increased well beyond the statute books and into the morass of the Code of Federal Regulations, handing federal prosecutors an additional trove of vague and exceedingly complex and technical prohibitions to stick on their hapless targets. The dangers spelled out in Three Felonies a Day do not apply solely to “white collar criminals,” state and local politicians, and professionals. No social class or profession is safe from this troubling form of social control by the executive branch, and nothing less than the integrity of our constitutional democracy hangs in the balance.

They can indeed put you away and they DO put people away but so far they have never admitted it's for the purpose of silencing people who openly speak out. Will we see the day when they won't try to hide it?

 

[strollingbones]

i remember when the whole damn country was a free speech zone...and i also remember we can thank bill clinton for the invention of designated free speech zones

 

[dblack]

The thing is, the whole point of government is to imprison or kill those who oppose them. Think about it. Unless we plan to make go of anarchism, that's just the way government works.

 

[Moonglow]

I doubt anyone that has posted on USMB has ever been imprisoned for speaking out against the US govt...

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Dumb question and reminds me of the idiotic militia nutters who say the military will never fire on US citizens. As though it has never happened before - it has.

Maybe some here don't know the military sign an oath to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic".

 

[Moonglow]

Dumb question and reminds me of the idiotic militia nutters who say the military will never fire on US citizens. As though it has never happened before - it has.

Maybe some here don't know the military sign an oath to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic".

It's their delusion not mine...