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The DSouza Arrest: Obama Adopts the Stalinist Style
January 27, 2014 by Robert Spencer
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I rehash all this to show the falsehood of the line that has been circulating around in the Leftist media ever since Dinesh DSouza was indicted: that the only people who share DSouzas views are concerned about his indictment. As Tal Kopan put it in Politico, In the wake of the indictment of conservative author and filmmaker Dinesh DSouza for alleged fraud, conservatives are crying foul that it is evidence of the Obama administration punishing its critics.
Liberals should be as concerned about this as conservatives. Foes of jihad should be just as concerned about it as those who are share DSouzas worries about Islamophobia. For the evidence is mounting that DSouza has indeed been targeted for being a public and high-profile foe of Barack Obama a development that should disquiet anyone who believes in the value of a stable, functioning republic with a loyal opposition. Pamela Geller notes here that DSouza is not remotely the only conservative or Obama critic who has been targeted for prosecution, while Obamas Justice Department has turned a blind eye to illegal campaign contributions from Gaza during Obamas 2008 campaign. And then there was the Obama Justice Departments dismissal of the New Black Panthers voter intimidation case.
Whats more, bail for DSouza was set higher than that given to several people accused of attempted murder, rape, assault, and the like. To whom is Dinesh DSouza more dangerous than a man who sexually assaulted a teenager, or a man who kept old men captive in a filthy dungeon?
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Civility and mutual respect are in dire need of restoration in the American public square, but two have to play at that game, and only one side is even interested in the game at all. With the arrest of Dinesh DSouza, Barack Obama has adopted a key feature of the Stalinist style of politics. Before he or anyone else gets the idea of adopting anything else from the authoritarians playbook, Americans Left and Right would be well-advised to stand together to repudiate him and these tactics once and for all, and resoundingly.
But by relentlessly demonizing their opponents, Barack Obama and his cohorts have almost certainly already made that impossible.
The D?Souza Arrest: Obama Adopts the Stalinist Style | FrontPage Magazine
The DSouza Arrest: Obama Adopts the Stalinist Style
January 27, 2014 by Robert Spencer
...
I rehash all this to show the falsehood of the line that has been circulating around in the Leftist media ever since Dinesh DSouza was indicted: that the only people who share DSouzas views are concerned about his indictment. As Tal Kopan put it in Politico, In the wake of the indictment of conservative author and filmmaker Dinesh DSouza for alleged fraud, conservatives are crying foul that it is evidence of the Obama administration punishing its critics.
Liberals should be as concerned about this as conservatives. Foes of jihad should be just as concerned about it as those who are share DSouzas worries about Islamophobia. For the evidence is mounting that DSouza has indeed been targeted for being a public and high-profile foe of Barack Obama a development that should disquiet anyone who believes in the value of a stable, functioning republic with a loyal opposition. Pamela Geller notes here that DSouza is not remotely the only conservative or Obama critic who has been targeted for prosecution, while Obamas Justice Department has turned a blind eye to illegal campaign contributions from Gaza during Obamas 2008 campaign. And then there was the Obama Justice Departments dismissal of the New Black Panthers voter intimidation case.
Whats more, bail for DSouza was set higher than that given to several people accused of attempted murder, rape, assault, and the like. To whom is Dinesh DSouza more dangerous than a man who sexually assaulted a teenager, or a man who kept old men captive in a filthy dungeon?
...
Civility and mutual respect are in dire need of restoration in the American public square, but two have to play at that game, and only one side is even interested in the game at all. With the arrest of Dinesh DSouza, Barack Obama has adopted a key feature of the Stalinist style of politics. Before he or anyone else gets the idea of adopting anything else from the authoritarians playbook, Americans Left and Right would be well-advised to stand together to repudiate him and these tactics once and for all, and resoundingly.
But by relentlessly demonizing their opponents, Barack Obama and his cohorts have almost certainly already made that impossible.
The D?Souza Arrest: Obama Adopts the Stalinist Style | FrontPage Magazine