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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Monday, July 19, 2004 ::
Trying to stifle protest is not good for democracy
By Paul K. McMasters, firstamendmentcenter.org
The prospect of demonstrators by the thousands showing up for the national political conventions to exercise a democratic tradition as well as a constitutional right strikes fear — and some loathing — in the hearts of public officials and convention organizers.
That is a painful irony, because we are a nation steeped in protest. The Declaration of Independence from the British monarch and government was a proud act of protest. From the Boston Tea Party through the civil rights movement and the anti-war protests, we have marched and demonstrated our way toward a stronger democracy.
We have not just tolerated dissent, we have thrived on it.
In recent years, however, we have begun to marginalize, even criminalize, it.------------------------------------------- posted 6:34 AM :: reference link ::
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