activistpost--2020-06-24--This Way Lies Madness: The Summer of Hate Meets the Age of Intolerance

Marches , protests , boycotts , sit-ins : these are nonviolent tactics that work .
Looting , vandalism , the destruction of public property , intimidation tactics aimed at eliminating anything that might cause offense to the establishment : these tactics of mobs and bullies may work in the short term , but they will only give rise to greater injustices in the long term .
George Floyd ’ s death sparked the flame of outrage over racial injustice and police brutality , but political correctness is creating a raging inferno that threatens to engulf the nation .
In Boston @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Christopher Columbus .
Protesters in Richmond , Va. , used ropes to topple that city ’ s Columbus statue , spray-painted it , set it on fire and tossed it into a lake .
Columbus ’ crimes against indigenous peoples throughout the Americas are well known .
In San Francisco ’ s Golden Gate Park , protesters tore down a statue of Francis Scott Key , who penned “ The Star-Spangled Banner.
” Key was also a slaveholding lawyer who tried to prosecute abolitionists vocally opposing slavery .
Activists who object to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Elihu Yale , a slave trader , are lobbying to re-name the school .
Students at Harvard University want to re-name Mather House , one of the dorms named after Increase Mather , the college president from 1685 to 1692 and a slave owner .
Administrators at Woodrow Wilson High School in Camden , N.J.—named after the nation ’ s 28th president , who guided the nation through World War I while upholding segregation policies—are now looking for a new name .
In an apparent bid to be more culturally sensitive , Land @ @ @ @ @ @ @ packaging the image of a Native American princess that had been featured on its products for a hundred years .
The distributors of Aunt Jemima Pancake Syrup , Uncle Ben ’ s Rice and Mrs. Butterworth ’ s Syrup have also announced plans to re-brand and re-name their products in an effort to avoid perpetuating racist stereotypes .
Cream of Wheat is considering what to do about the smiling black chef that graces its breakfast porridge ( his visage has been criticized for being stereotypically subservient ) .
Not to be outdone , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ retire the 99-year-old name for its Eskimo Pie frozen confections on a stick because “ Eskimo ” has been denounced as a racist nomenclature used by “ colonizers to Arctic regions to refer to Inuit and Yupik people.
” Gone with the Wind , the Civil War epic that won 10 Academy Awards and has long been considered one of the greatest films of all times , was temporarily pulled from HBOMax ’ s streaming service in response to concerns that it depicts “ ethnic and racial prejudices ” that “ were wrong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ University of Georgia ’ s marching band has removed “ Tara ’ s Theme , ” the opening orchestral theme from Gone with the Wind , from its musical repertoire .
What is the end sum of all these actions ?
What started as a movement to denounce police brutality in the wake of George Floyd ’ s death at the hands of killer cops has become a free-for-all campaign to rid the country of any monument , literal or figurative , to anyone who may have at any time in history expressed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , or existed within a racist society .
The police state has got us exactly where it wants us : distracted , distraught and divided .
While protesters topple statues of men with racist pasts who are long dead , unarmed Americans continue to be killed by militarized police trained to shoot first and ask questions later .
While activists use their collective might to pressure corporations to rebrand products in a more racially sensitive fashion , the American police state—aided and abetted by the Corporate State—continues to disproportionately target blacks , Hispanics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ correct censorship is attempting to sanitize the public sphere of words and images that denigrate minorities , it is not doing anything to rid hearts and minds of racism .
As Rod Serling , creator of the Twilight Zone , concluded in the “ Deaths-Head Revisited ” episode : In other words , what we need is more speech , more discourse , and a greater understanding of history and the evils perpetrated in the name of conquest , profit and racial supremacy .
Because if we bury the mistakes of the past @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fail to at least provide context to the past , we risk allowing the government to repeat those past mistakes—rewritten for a new age—and no one will be the wiser .
It has happened already : we have allowed the government strip people of their humanity ; to segregate them into polarized classes ; to treat them as chattel ; to deny them basic human rights ; and to reduce them to figures on a ledger sheet .
Censoring speech—toppling monuments—kowtowing to political correctness—is not the answer to what ails this nation .
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As long as we focus on words and ignore the systemic injustices that undergird the words , the disease will spread .
As long as we continue to allow the most controversial issues of our day—gay rights , abortion , race , religion , sexuality , political correctness , police brutality , et al.—to serve as battlegrounds for those who claim to believe in freedom of speech but only when it favors the views and positions they support , we will all eventually lose .
Silencing unpopular @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s by shouting them down , censoring them , muzzling them , or criminalizing them—only empowers the controllers of the Deep State .
Consider some of the kinds of speech being targeted for censorship or outright elimination .
Offensive , politically incorrect and “ unsafe ” speech : Disguised as tolerance , civility and love , political correctness has resulted in the chilling of free speech and the demonizing of viewpoints that run counter to the cultural elite .
Consequently , college campuses have become hotbeds of student-led censorship , trigger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ light ” speech policies targeting anything that might cause someone to feel uncomfortable , unsafe or offended .
Bullying , intimidating speech : Warning that “ school bullies become tomorrow ’ s hate crimes defendants , ” the Justice Department has led the way in urging schools to curtail bullying , going so far as to classify “ teasing ” as a form of “ bullying , ” and “ rude ” or “ hurtful ” “ text messages ” as “ cyberbullying.
” Hateful speech : Hate speech—speech that attacks a person @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such as gender , ethnic origin , religion , race , disability , or sexual orientation—is the primary candidate for online censorship .
Corporate internet giants Google , Twitter and Facebook are in the process of determining what kinds of speech will be permitted online and what will be deleted .
Dangerous , anti-government speech : As part of its ongoing war on “ extremism , ” the government partnered with the tech industry to establish a task force to counter online “ propaganda ” by terrorists hoping to recruit support or plan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Obama ) .
In this way , anyone who criticizes the government online can be considered an extremist and will have their content reported to government agencies for further investigation or deleted .
They might even find themselves pulled from their homes , arrested by the police and thrown into a mental hospital for expressing their opposition to government policies , as happened to Marine Brandon Raub .
The police state could not ask for a better citizenry than one that carries out its own censorship .
It ’ s a brilliant ploy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the citizenry remains focused on and distrustful of each other , they ’ re incapable of presenting a united front against the threats posed by the government and its cabal of Constitution-destroying agencies and corporate partners .
The antidote to intolerance is more tolerance .
What this requires is opening the door to more speech not less , even if that speech is offensive to some .
Understanding that freedom for those in the unpopular minority constitutes the ultimate tolerance in a free society , James Madison , the author of the Bill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Amendment that protected the “ minority ” against the majority , ensuring that even in the face of overwhelming pressure , a minority of one—even one who espouses distasteful viewpoints—would still have the right to speak freely , pray freely , assemble freely , challenge the government freely , and broadcast his views in the media freely .
The First Amendment is a steam valve .
It allows people to speak their minds , air their grievances and contribute to a larger dialogue that hopefully results in a more just world .
When @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no one to hear what the people have to say—frustration builds , anger grows and people become more volatile and desperate to force a conversation .
By bottling up dissent , we have created a pressure cooker of stifled misery and discontent that is now bubbling over and fomenting even more hate , distrust and paranoia among portions of the populace .
By becoming so fearfully polite , careful to avoid offense , and largely unwilling to be labeled intolerant , hateful or closed-minded that we ’ ve eliminated words , phrases and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entered into an egotistical , insulated , narcissistic era in which free speech has become regulated speech : to be celebrated when it reflects the values of the majority and tolerated otherwise , unless it moves so far beyond our political , religious and socio-economic comfort zones as to be rendered dangerous and unacceptable .
Protest laws , free speech zones , bubble zones , trespass zones , anti-bullying legislation , zero tolerance policies , hate crime laws and a host of other legalistic maladies dreamed up by politicians and prosecutors ( and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ speech with which they might disagree ) have conspired to corrode our core freedoms , purportedly for our own good .
On paper—at least according to the U.S. Constitution—we are technically free to speak .
In reality , however , we are only as free to speak as a government official—or corporate entities such as Facebook , Google or YouTube—may allow .
The end result : free speech is no longer free , and injustice persists .
So what we can do to end racial inequality , police brutality , and systemic injustice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the altar of political correctness or adopting violent tactics ?
Stop tiptoeing around , easily offended or afraid to cause offense .
Stop allowing the government and its architects to micromanage your life and curtail your freedoms .
Stop being a pawn in someone else ’ s game .
Find your own voice .
Give voice to your own outrage .
Speak truth to power nonviolently .
And throughout it all , love your enemies and put that love into action .
That last point , to love your enemies , is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was the principle that Jesus Christ spoke of most often : “ Love your enemies , bless them that curse you , do good to them that hate you , and pray for them that despitefully use you.
” This principle was also at the core of Martin Luther King Jr. ’ s efforts to combat racism and injustice .
In fact , King delivered an entire sermon on what it means to love one ’ s enemies even when they continue to wrong you .
King was not speaking in abstracts .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ having faced down water cannons , police dogs and police brutality , intimidation and prejudice and assassination attempts , still insisted that “ mass non-violent resistance based on the principle of love ” was his best weapon .
The first step in loving one ’ s enemies , says King , is to discover the element of good in them .
“ Within the best of us , there is some evil , and within the worst of us , there is some good .
When we come to see this , we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The person who hates you most has some good in him ; even the nation that hates you most has some good in it ; even the race that hates you most has some good in it… There is an element of goodness that he can never slough off .
Discover the element of good in your enemy .
And as you seek to hate him , find the center of goodness and place your attention there and you will take a new attitude.
” Second , says King , focus on defeating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ caught up in an evil system .
“ Love is greater than like .
Love is understanding , redemptive goodwill for all men , so that you love everybody , because God loves them .
You refuse to do anything that will defeat an individual , because you have agape [ the love of God working in the lives of men ] in your soul .
And here you come to the point that you love the individual who does the evil deed , while hating the deed that the person does .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ says , ‘ Love your enemy.
’ This is the way to do it .
When the opportunity presents itself when you can defeat your enemy , you must not do it.
” Third , says Kings , cut off the chain of hate and the chain of evil in the universe with love .
“ If I hit you and you hit me and I hit you back and you hit me back and go on , you see , that goes on ad infinitum .
It just never ends… And that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it doesn ’ t cut it off .
It only intensifies the existence of hate and evil in the universe… Men must see that force begets force , hate begets hate , toughness begets toughness .
And it is all a descending spiral , ultimately ending in destruction for all and everybody.
” Fourth , says King , hate ends up in tragic , neurotic responses .
“ Hate at any point is a cancer that gnaws away at the very vital center of your life and your existence .
It is like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the objective center of your life .
So Jesus says love , because hate destroys the hater as well as the hated.
” Instead , use love to redeem and transform those who would do you harm .
King ’ s conclusion to his sermon is a timeless message , sent through time , to our present age .
As I make clear in my book Battlefield America : The War on the American People , we are still fighting the triple evils of racism , poverty and militarism .
We are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the world dominated by corporate greed and political ambition .
We are still being manipulated into focusing our anger on flawed individuals rather than working to defeat evil establishments .
Sixty-three years later , King ’ s words are still relevant : “ Our world is in transition now .
Our whole world is facing a revolution .
Our nation is facing a revolution .
History unfortunately leaves some people oppressed and some people oppressors .
And there are … ways that individuals who are oppressed can deal with their oppression .
One @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their oppressors with physical violence and corroding hatred .
But there is another way .
And that is to organize mass non-violent resistance based on the principle of love… This is the only way .
And our civilization must discover that .
Individuals must discover that as they deal with other individuals… [ T ] o a power-drunk generation … love is the only way… to a generation depending on nuclear and atomic energy , a generation depending on physical violence…love is the only creative , redemptive , transforming power in the universe… @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of this love somewhere , men of the most recalcitrant bent will be transformed… because we had the power to love our enemies , to bless those persons that cursed us , to even decide to be good to those persons who hated us , and we even prayed for those persons who despitefully used us .
”

By John W. Whitehead
“Violence creates many more social problems than it solves…. If they succumb to the temptation of using violence in their struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and desolate night of bitterness, and our chief legacy to the future will be an endless reign of meaningless chaos. Violence isn’t the way.”—Martin Luther King Jr.
Marches, protests, boycotts, sit-ins: these are nonviolent tactics that work.
Looting, vandalism, the destruction of public property, intimidation tactics aimed at eliminating anything that might cause offense to the establishment: these tactics of mobs and bullies may work in the short term, but they will only give rise to greater injustices in the long term.
George Floyd’s death sparked the flame of outrage over racial injustice and police brutality, but political correctness is creating a raging inferno that threatens to engulf the nation.
In Boston, racial justice activists beheaded a statue of Christopher Columbus. Protesters in Richmond, Va., used ropes to topple that city’s Columbus statue, spray-painted it, set it on fire and tossed it into a lake. Columbus’ crimes against indigenous peoples throughout the Americas are well known.
In San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, protesters tore down a statue of Francis Scott Key, who penned “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Key was also a slaveholding lawyer who tried to prosecute abolitionists vocally opposing slavery.
Activists who object to Yale University being named after its founder Elihu Yale, a slave trader, are lobbying to re-name the school.
Students at Harvard University want to re-name Mather House, one of the dorms named after Increase Mather, the college president from 1685 to 1692 and a slave owner.
Administrators at Woodrow Wilson High School in Camden, N.J.—named after the nation’s 28th president, who guided the nation through World War I while upholding segregation policies—are now looking for a new name.
In an apparent bid to be more culturally sensitive, Land O’ Lakes has removed from its packaging the image of a Native American princess that had been featured on its products for a hundred years.
The distributors of Aunt Jemima Pancake Syrup, Uncle Ben’s Rice and Mrs. Butterworth’s Syrup have also announced plans to re-brand and re-name their products in an effort to avoid perpetuating racist stereotypes. Cream of Wheat is considering what to do about the smiling black chef that graces its breakfast porridge (his visage has been criticized for being stereotypically subservient).
Not to be outdone, Dreyer’s Ice Cream plans to retire the 99-year-old name for its Eskimo Pie frozen confections on a stick because “Eskimo” has been denounced as a racist nomenclature used by “colonizers to Arctic regions to refer to Inuit and Yupik people.”
Gone with the Wind, the Civil War epic that won 10 Academy Awards and has long been considered one of the greatest films of all times, was temporarily pulled from HBOMax’s streaming service in response to concerns that it depicts “ethnic and racial prejudices” that “were wrong then and are wrong today.”
The University of Georgia’s marching band has removed “Tara’s Theme,” the opening orchestral theme from Gone with the Wind, from its musical repertoire.
What is the end sum of all these actions?
What started as a movement to denounce police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of killer cops has become a free-for-all campaign to rid the country of any monument, literal or figurative, to anyone who may have at any time in history expressed a racist thought, exhibited racist behavior, or existed within a racist society.
The police state has got us exactly where it wants us: distracted, distraught and divided.
While protesters topple statues of men with racist pasts who are long dead, unarmed Americans continue to be killed by militarized police trained to shoot first and ask questions later.
While activists use their collective might to pressure corporations to rebrand products in a more racially sensitive fashion, the American police state—aided and abetted by the Corporate State—continues to disproportionately target blacks, Hispanics and other minorities.
And while politically correct censorship is attempting to sanitize the public sphere of words and images that denigrate minorities, it is not doing anything to rid hearts and minds of racism.
Muzzling speech, censoring discourse, erasing history: that’s the worst possible antidote.
As Rod Serling, creator of the Twilight Zone, concluded in the “Deaths-Head Revisited” episode:
All the Dachaus must remain standing. The Dachaus, the Belsens, the Buchenwalds, the Auschwitzes, all of them. They must remain standing because they are a monument to a moment in time when some men decided to turn the earth into a graveyard. Into it, they shoveled all of their reason, their logic, their knowledge, but worst of all, their conscience. And the moment we forget this, the moment we cease to be haunted by its remembrance, then we become the gravediggers.
In other words, what we need is more speech, more discourse, and a greater understanding of history and the evils perpetrated in the name of conquest, profit and racial supremacy. Because if we bury the mistakes of the past under a sanitized present, if we fail to at least provide context to the past, we risk allowing the government to repeat those past mistakes—rewritten for a new age—and no one will be the wiser.
It has happened already: we have allowed the government strip people of their humanity; to segregate them into polarized classes; to treat them as chattel; to deny them basic human rights; and to reduce them to figures on a ledger sheet.
Censoring speech—toppling monuments—kowtowing to political correctness—is not the answer to what ails this nation.
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As long as we focus on words and ignore the systemic injustices that undergird the words, the disease will spread.
As long as we continue to allow the most controversial issues of our day—gay rights, abortion, race, religion, sexuality, political correctness, police brutality, et al.—to serve as battlegrounds for those who claim to believe in freedom of speech but only when it favors the views and positions they support, we will all eventually lose.
Silencing unpopular viewpoints with which the majority might disagree—whether it’s by shouting them down, censoring them, muzzling them, or criminalizing them—only empowers the controllers of the Deep State.
Consider some of the kinds of speech being targeted for censorship or outright elimination.
Offensive, politically incorrect and “unsafe” speech: Disguised as tolerance, civility and love, political correctness has resulted in the chilling of free speech and the demonizing of viewpoints that run counter to the cultural elite. Consequently, college campuses have become hotbeds of student-led censorship, trigger warnings, microaggressions, and “red light” speech policies targeting anything that might cause someone to feel uncomfortable, unsafe or offended.
Bullying, intimidating speech: Warning that “school bullies become tomorrow’s hate crimes defendants,” the Justice Department has led the way in urging schools to curtail bullying, going so far as to classify “teasing” as a form of “bullying,” and “rude” or “hurtful” “text messages” as “cyberbullying.”
Hateful speech: Hate speech—speech that attacks a person or group on the basis of attributes such as gender, ethnic origin, religion, race, disability, or sexual orientation—is the primary candidate for online censorship. Corporate internet giants Google, Twitter and Facebook are in the process of determining what kinds of speech will be permitted online and what will be deleted.
Dangerous, anti-government speech: As part of its ongoing war on “extremism,” the government partnered with the tech industry to establish a task force to counter online “propaganda” by terrorists hoping to recruit support or plan attacks (the program started under President Obama). In this way, anyone who criticizes the government online can be considered an extremist and will have their content reported to government agencies for further investigation or deleted. They might even find themselves pulled from their homes, arrested by the police and thrown into a mental hospital for expressing their opposition to government policies, as happened to Marine Brandon Raub.
The police state could not ask for a better citizenry than one that carries out its own censorship.
It’s a brilliant ploy, with the added bonus that while the citizenry remains focused on and distrustful of each other, they’re incapable of presenting a united front against the threats posed by the government and its cabal of Constitution-destroying agencies and corporate partners.
The antidote to intolerance is more tolerance.
What this requires is opening the door to more speech not less, even if that speech is offensive to some.
Understanding that freedom for those in the unpopular minority constitutes the ultimate tolerance in a free society, James Madison, the author of the Bill of Rights, fought for a First Amendment that protected the “minority” against the majority, ensuring that even in the face of overwhelming pressure, a minority of one—even one who espouses distasteful viewpoints—would still have the right to speak freely, pray freely, assemble freely, challenge the government freely, and broadcast his views in the media freely.
The First Amendment is a steam valve. It allows people to speak their minds, air their grievances and contribute to a larger dialogue that hopefully results in a more just world.
When there is no steam valve—when there is no one to hear what the people have to say—frustration builds, anger grows and people become more volatile and desperate to force a conversation. By bottling up dissent, we have created a pressure cooker of stifled misery and discontent that is now bubbling over and fomenting even more hate, distrust and paranoia among portions of the populace.
By becoming so fearfully polite, careful to avoid offense, and largely unwilling to be labeled intolerant, hateful or closed-minded that we’ve eliminated words, phrases and symbols from public discourse, we have entered into an egotistical, insulated, narcissistic era in which free speech has become regulated speech: to be celebrated when it reflects the values of the majority and tolerated otherwise, unless it moves so far beyond our political, religious and socio-economic comfort zones as to be rendered dangerous and unacceptable.
Protest laws, free speech zones, bubble zones, trespass zones, anti-bullying legislation, zero tolerance policies, hate crime laws and a host of other legalistic maladies dreamed up by politicians and prosecutors (and championed by those who want to suppress speech with which they might disagree) have conspired to corrode our core freedoms, purportedly for our own good.
On paper—at least according to the U.S. Constitution—we are technically free to speak.
In reality, however, we are only as free to speak as a government official—or corporate entities such as Facebook, Google or YouTube—may allow.
The end result: free speech is no longer free, and injustice persists.
So what we can do to end racial inequality, police brutality, and systemic injustice that does not involve sacrificing free speech on the altar of political correctness or adopting violent tactics?
Stop tiptoeing around, easily offended or afraid to cause offense. Stop allowing the government and its architects to micromanage your life and curtail your freedoms. Stop being a pawn in someone else’s game.
Find your own voice. Give voice to your own outrage. Speak truth to power nonviolently. And throughout it all, love your enemies and put that love into action.
That last point, to love your enemies, is the hardest of all, yet it was the principle that Jesus Christ spoke of most often: “Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you.”
This principle was also at the core of Martin Luther King Jr.’s efforts to combat racism and injustice. In fact, King delivered an entire sermon on what it means to love one’s enemies even when they continue to wrong you.
King was not speaking in abstracts. This was a man who, despite having faced down water cannons, police dogs and police brutality, intimidation and prejudice and assassination attempts, still insisted that “mass non-violent resistance based on the principle of love” was his best weapon.
The first step in loving one’s enemies, says King, is to discover the element of good in them. “Within the best of us, there is some evil, and within the worst of us, there is some good. When we come to see this, we take a different attitude toward individuals. The person who hates you most has some good in him; even the nation that hates you most has some good in it; even the race that hates you most has some good in it… There is an element of goodness that he can never slough off. Discover the element of good in your enemy. And as you seek to hate him, find the center of goodness and place your attention there and you will take a new attitude.”
Second, says King, focus on defeating evil systems, rather than vanquishing individuals caught up in an evil system. “Love is greater than like. Love is understanding, redemptive goodwill for all men, so that you love everybody, because God loves them. You refuse to do anything that will defeat an individual, because you have agape [the love of God working in the lives of men] in your soul. And here you come to the point that you love the individual who does the evil deed, while hating the deed that the person does. This is what Jesus means when he says, ‘Love your enemy.’ This is the way to do it. When the opportunity presents itself when you can defeat your enemy, you must not do it.”
Third, says Kings, cut off the chain of hate and the chain of evil in the universe with love. “If I hit you and you hit me and I hit you back and you hit me back and go on, you see, that goes on ad infinitum. It just never ends… And that is the tragedy of hate, that it doesn’t cut it off. It only intensifies the existence of hate and evil in the universe… Men must see that force begets force, hate begets hate, toughness begets toughness. And it is all a descending spiral, ultimately ending in destruction for all and everybody.”
Fourth, says King, hate ends up in tragic, neurotic responses. “Hate at any point is a cancer that gnaws away at the very vital center of your life and your existence. It is like eroding acid that eats away the best and the objective center of your life. So Jesus says love, because hate destroys the hater as well as the hated.” Instead, use love to redeem and transform those who would do you harm.
Lastly, don’t resort to violence.
King’s conclusion to his sermon is a timeless message, sent through time, to our present age. As I make clear in my book Battlefield America: The War on the American People, we are still fighting the triple evils of racism, poverty and militarism. We are still struggling to find our way in the world dominated by corporate greed and political ambition. We are still being manipulated into focusing our anger on flawed individuals rather than working to defeat evil establishments.
Sixty-three years later, King’s words are still relevant:


activistpost--2020-06-24--Brazil’s Fake News Bill Would Dismantle Crucial Rights Online and is on a Fast Track to Become Law

Despite widespread complaints about its effects on free expression and privacy , Brazilian Congress is moving forward in its attempts to hastily approve a “ Fake News ” bill .
We ’ ve already reported about some of the most concerning issues in previous proposals , but the draft text released this week is even worse .
It will impede users ’ access to social networks and applications , require the construction of massive databases of users ’ real identities , and oblige companies to keep track of our private communications online .
It creates demands that disregard Internet key @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , running afoul of innovation , and could criminalize the online expression of political opinions .
Although the initial bill arose as an attempt to address legitimate concerns on the spread of online disinformation , it has opened the door to arbitrary and unnecessary measures , that strike settled privacy and freedom of expression safeguards .
You can join the hundreds of other protestors and organizations telling Brazil ’ s lawmakers why not to approve this Fake News bill right now .
Here ’ s how the latest proposals measure up : Providers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Forwarded Communications Social networks and any other Internet application that allows social interaction would be obliged to keep the chain of all communications that have been forwarded , whether distribution of the content was done maliciously or not .
This is a massive data retention obligation which would affect millions of innocent users instead of only those investigated for an illegal act .
Although Brazil already has obligations for retaining specific communications metadata , the proposed rule goes much further .
Piecing together a communication chain may reveal highly sensitive aspects of individuals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even when none are actually involved in illegitimate activities .
The data will end up as a constantly-updated map of connections and relations between nearly every Brazilian Internet user : it will be ripe for abuse .
Furthermore , this obligation disregards the way more decentralized communication architectures work .
It assumes that application providers are always able to identify and distinguish forwarded and non-forwarded content , and also able to identify the origin of a forwarded message .
In practice , this depends on the design of the service and on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the two are independent it is common that the service provider will not be able to differentiate between forwarded and non-forwarded content , and that the application does not store the forwarding history except on the user ’ s device .
This architectural separation is traditional in Internet communications , including web browsers , FTP clients , email , XMPP , file sharing , etc .
All of them allow actions equivalent to the forwarding of contents or the act of copying and pasting them , where the client application and its functions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ service to which it connects .
The obligation would also negatively impact open source applications , designed to let end-users not only understand but also to modify and adapt the functioning of local applications .
It Compels Applications to Get All Users ’ ID and Cell Phone Numbers The bill creates a general monitoring obligation on users ’ identity , compelling Internet applications to require all users to give proof of identity through a national ID or passport , as well as their phone number .
This requirement goes in the opposite direction @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the country ’ s data protection law which is yet to enter into force .
A vast database of identity cards , held by private actors , is in no way aligned with the standards of data minimization , purpose limitation and the prevention of risks in processing and storing personal data that Brazil ’ s data protection law represents .
Current versions of the “ Fake News ” Bill do not even ensure the use of pseudonyms for Internet users .
As we ’ ve said many times before , there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to use a name other than the one they have on their IDs and were born with .
Women rebuilding their lives despite the harassment of domestic violence abusers , activists and community leaders facing threats , investigative journalists carrying out sensitive research in online groups , transgender users affirming their identities are just a few of examples of the need for pseudonymity in a modern society .
Under the new bill , users ’ accounts would be linked to their cell phone numbers , allowing — and in some cases requiring — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ track users even more closely .
Anyone without a mobile number would be prevented from using any social network — if users ’ numbers are disabled for any reason , their social media accounts would be suspended .
In addition to privacy harms , the rule creates serious hurdles to speak , learn , and share online .
These proposals seriously curb the online expression of political opinions and could quickly lead to political persecution .
The bill sets high fines in cases of online sponsored content that mocks electoral candidates or question @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is crucial for democracy and disinformation attempts to disrupt it should be properly tackled , a broad interpretation of the bill would severely endanger the vital work of e-voting security researchers in preserving that trustworthiness and reliability .
Electoral security researchers already face serious harassment in the region .
Other new and vague criminal offenses set by the bill are prone to silence legitimate critical speech and could criminalize users ’ routine actions without the proper consideration of malicious intent .
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One of its provisions would force social networks to store user data in a special database that would be required to be hosted in Brazil .
Data localization rules such as this can make data especially vulnerable to security threats and surveillance , while also imposing serious barriers to international trade and e-commerce .
Finally , as the icing on the cake of a raft of provisions that disregard the Internet ’ s global nature , providers that fail to comply with the rules would be subject to a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and disproportionate , curtailing the communications of millions of Brazilians and incentivizing applications to overcompliance in the detriment of users ’ privacy , security , and free expression .
EFF has joined many other organizations across the world calling on the Brazilian parliament to reject the latest version of the bill and stop the fast-track mode that has been adopted .
You can also take action against the “ Fake News ” bill now , with our Twitter campaign aimed at senators of the National Congress .
Veridiana coordinates EFF ’ s activities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ America and the Caribbean , where we work together to reinforce the defense of digital and human rights .
Veridiana has been involved with telecommunications , media , Internet and human rights issues since 2009 .
She has been a member of Brazilian Internet Steering Committee ( CGI.br ) as one of the civil society representatives ( 2010-2013 ) and worked in Brazilian civil organizations such as Idec and Intervozes .
Veridiana is a lawyer and holds a Masters degree in Economic Law from the University of São Paulo Law School , where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Human Rights .
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By Veridiana Alimonti
Despite widespread complaints about its effects on free expression and privacy, Brazilian Congress is moving forward in its attempts to hastily approve a “Fake News” bill. We’ve already reported about some of the most concerning issues in previous proposals, but the draft text released this week is even worse. It will impede users’ access to social networks and applications, require the construction of massive databases of users’ real identities, and oblige companies to keep track of our private communications online. It creates demands that disregard Internet key characteristics like end-to-end encryption and decentralised tool-building, running afoul of innovation, and could criminalize the online expression of political opinions. Although the initial bill arose as an attempt to address legitimate concerns on the spread of online disinformation, it has opened the door to arbitrary and unnecessary measures, that strike settled privacy and freedom of expression safeguards.
You can join the hundreds of other protestors and organizations telling Brazil’s lawmakers why not to approve this Fake News bill right now.
Here’s how the latest proposals measure up:
Providers Are Required to Retain the Chain of Forwarded Communications
Social networks and any other Internet application that allows social interaction would be obliged to keep the chain of all communications that have been forwarded, whether distribution of the content was done maliciously or not. This is a massive data retention obligation which would affect millions of innocent users instead of only those investigated for an illegal act. Although Brazil already has obligations for retaining specific communications metadata, the proposed rule goes much further. Piecing together a communication chain may reveal highly sensitive aspects of individuals, groups, and their interactions — even when none are actually involved in illegitimate activities. The data will end up as a constantly-updated map of connections and relations between nearly every Brazilian Internet user: it will be ripe for abuse.
Furthermore, this obligation disregards the way more decentralized communication architectures work. It assumes that application providers are always able to identify and distinguish forwarded and non-forwarded content, and also able to identify the origin of a forwarded message. In practice, this depends on the design of the service and on the relationship between applications and services. When the two are independent it is common that the service provider will not be able to differentiate between forwarded and non-forwarded content, and that the application does not store the forwarding history except on the user’s device. This architectural separation is traditional in Internet communications, including web browsers, FTP clients, email, XMPP, file sharing, etc. All of them allow actions equivalent to the forwarding of contents or the act of copying and pasting them, where the client application and its functions are technically and legally independent from the service to which it connects. The obligation would also negatively impact open source applications, designed to let end-users not only understand but also to modify and adapt the functioning of local applications.
It Compels Applications to Get All Users’ ID and Cell Phone Numbers
The bill creates a general monitoring obligation on users’ identity, compelling Internet applications to require all users to give proof of identity through a national ID or passport, as well as their phone number. This requirement goes in the opposite direction to the principles and safeguards set out in the country’s data protection law which is yet to enter into force. A vast database of identity cards, held by private actors, is in no way aligned with the standards of data minimization, purpose limitation and the prevention of risks in processing and storing personal data that Brazil’s data protection law represents. Current versions of the “Fake News” Bill do not even ensure the use of pseudonyms for Internet users. As we’ve said many times before, there are myriad reasons why individuals may wish to use a name other than the one they have on their IDs and were born with. Women rebuilding their lives despite the harassment of domestic violence abusers, activists and community leaders facing threats, investigative journalists carrying out sensitive research in online groups, transgender users affirming their identities are just a few of examples of the need for pseudonymity in a modern society. Under the new bill, users’ accounts would be linked to their cell phone numbers, allowing — and in some cases requiring — telecom service providers and Internet companies to track users even more closely. Anyone without a mobile number would be prevented from using any social network — if users’ numbers are disabled for any reason, their social media accounts would be suspended. In addition to privacy harms, the rule creates serious hurdles to speak, learn, and share online.
Censorship, Data Localization, and Blocking
These proposals seriously curb the online expression of political opinions and could quickly lead to political persecution. The bill sets high fines in cases of online sponsored content that mocks electoral candidates or question election reliability. Although elections’ trustworthiness is crucial for democracy and disinformation attempts to disrupt it should be properly tackled, a broad interpretation of the bill would severely endanger the vital work of e-voting security researchers in preserving that trustworthiness and reliability. Electoral security researchers already face serious harassment in the region. Other new and vague criminal offenses set by the bill are prone to silence legitimate critical speech and could criminalize users’ routine actions without the proper consideration of malicious intent.
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The bill revives the disastrous idea of data localization. One of its provisions would force social networks to store user data in a special database that would be required to be hosted in Brazil. Data localization rules such as this can make data especially vulnerable to security threats and surveillance, while also imposing serious barriers to international trade and e-commerce.
Finally, as the icing on the cake of a raft of provisions that disregard the Internet’s global nature, providers that fail to comply with the rules would be subject to a suspension penalty. Such suspensions are unjustifiable and disproportionate, curtailing the communications of millions of Brazilians and incentivizing applications to overcompliance in the detriment of users’ privacy, security, and free expression.
EFF has joined many other organizations across the world calling on the Brazilian parliament to reject the latest version of the bill and stop the fast-track mode that has been adopted. You can also take action against the “Fake News” bill now, with our Twitter campaign aimed at senators of the National Congress.
Source: EFF.org
Veridiana coordinates EFF’s activities with local organizations and activists in Latin America and the Caribbean, where we work together to reinforce the defense of digital and human rights. Veridiana has been involved with telecommunications, media, Internet and human rights issues since 2009. She has been a member of Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br) as one of the civil society representatives (2010-2013) and worked in Brazilian civil organizations such as Idec and Intervozes. Veridiana is a lawyer and holds a Masters degree in Economic Law from the University of São Paulo Law School, where she is currently a PhD candidate in Human Rights.
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activistpost--2020-06-24--Refuse To Social Distance? New Study Says You May Be A Psychopath!

Are you tired of social distancing ?
Tired of the lockdowns ?
Do you find yourself wishing things would just go back to normal like they were in 2019 when we were all just regular debt slaves to the central banks ?
Well then you just might be a psychopath .
That ’ s right , according to a brand new peer-reviewed study published on May 31st 2020 people who ignore the new normal protocols like social distancing display certain antagonistic personality traits .
Luckily , These traits have been identified and they are called the dark triad .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when opposing the establishment and questioning the government will be considered a mental disorder… Adaptive and Dark Personality Traits in the Covid-19 Pandemic : Predicting Health-behavior Endorsement and the Appeal of Public-health Messages https : //psyarxiv.com/chgkn/ Psychopathic traits linked to non-compliance with social distancing guidelines amid the coronavirus pandemic https : //www.psypost.org/2020/06/psychopathic-traits-linked-to-non-compliance-with-social-distancing-guidelines-amid-the-coronavirus-pandemic-56980 Subscribe to Activist Post for truth , peace , and freedom news .
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By Spiro Skouras
Are you tired of social distancing? Tired of the lockdowns? Do you find yourself wishing things would just go back to normal like they were in 2019 when we were all just regular debt slaves to the central banks?
Well then you just might be a psychopath. That’s right, according to a brand new peer-reviewed study published on May 31st 2020 people who ignore the new normal protocols like social distancing display certain antagonistic personality traits.
Luckily, These traits have been identified and they are called the dark triad.
It appears we are fast approaching a time when opposing the establishment and questioning the government will be considered a mental disorder…
Sources:
Adaptive and Dark Personality Traits in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Predicting Health-behavior Endorsement and the Appeal of Public-health Messages
https://psyarxiv.com/chgkn/
Psychopathic traits linked to non-compliance with social distancing guidelines amid the coronavirus pandemic
https://www.psypost.org/2020/06/psychopathic-traits-linked-to-non-compliance-with-social-distancing-guidelines-amid-the-coronavirus-pandemic-56980
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activistpost--2020-06-24--LED Light Bulbs Don’t Save Much Energy After All — Plus They Are Biologically and Environmentally Ha

LED Light Bulbs Don’t Save Much Energy After All — Plus They Are Biologically and Environmentally Harmful

Proponents of the “ Green New Deal ” keep pushing indoor and outdoor LED light bulbs .
They say they @ @ @ @ @ One Rolling Stone article says otherwise : Environmentalists have been warning for several years about @ @ @ @ @ eco-friendly when used as streetlights .
The American Medical Association and other health experts have @ @ @ @ @ streetlights harming people too .
A recent New York Times article also issued warnings about @ @ @ @ @ from screens and LED Bulbs .
The article even offered some friendly advice : Seems @ @ @ @ @ .
Unfortunately , some seemingly well-meaning folks still don ’ t think so .
Activist @ @ @ @ @ risks from unsafe technology .
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By B.N. Frank
Proponents of the “Green New Deal” keep pushing indoor and outdoor LED light bulbs. They say they significantly reduce carbon emissions. One Rolling Stone article says otherwise:
Switching out incandescent bulbs for compact fluorescent of LED bulbs is one of the actions recommended to reduce carbon emission at home, but the impact is modest.
D’oh!
Environmentalists have been warning for several years about how LED bulbs are NOT eco-friendly when used as streetlights. The American Medical Association and other health experts have been issuing warnings about LED streetlights harming people too.
A recent New York Times article also issued warnings about human exposure to blue light from screens and LED Bulbs. The article even offered some friendly advice:
Swap out your standard LED bulbs for versions that emit less blue light.
Seems reasonable – all things considered. Unfortunately, some seemingly well-meaning folks still don’t think so.
Activist Post reports regularly about health risks from unsafe technology. For more information, visit our archives.
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activistpost--2020-06-24--Why the Central Bank “Bailout of Everything” Will Be a Disaster

Despite massive government and central bank stimuli , the global economy is seeing a concerning rise in defaults and delinquencies .
The main central banks ’ balance sheets ( those of the Federal Reserve , Bank of Japan , European Central Bank , Bank of England , and People ’ s Bank Of China ) have soared to a combined $ 20 trillion , while the fiscal easing announcements in the major economies exceed 7 percent of the world ’ s GDP according to Fitch Ratings .
This is the biggest combined stimulus plan in history .
However , businesses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unemployment has reached extremely elevated levels in many countries .
There is an important risk in what I call the “ bailout of everything , ” or the conscious decision by governments and central banks to provide any needed support to all sectors and companies with access to debt .
Most of these stimulus packages and liquidity measures are aimed at supporting current government spending and providing liquidity to companies with assets , with access to debt , and in traditional sectors .
It is not a surprise , then , that at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ largest fiscal and monetary support plan since World War II , we are already witnessing two dangerous collateral effects : the rise of zombie companies and the collapse of small businesses and startups .
According to the Institute of International Finance ( IIF ) , the figure of global corporate bond defaults has risen to $ 50 billion in the second quarter of 2020 despite historic low interest rates and high liquidity .
Additionally , according to Deutsche Bank and the Bank of International Settlements , the number of zombie companies in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that can not cover their interest expenses with operating profits , has rocketed to new all-time highs .
In 2019 Professors Petroulakis ( ECB ) and Andrews ( OECD ) stated , “ Europe ’ s productivity problem is partly due to the rise of zombie firms that crowd out growth opportunities for others ” ( “ What Zombie Firms Tell Us about Europe ’ s Productivity Problem , ” World Economic Forum , April 2019 ) .
This problem is only increasing in the current crisis .
The rise in bond defaults @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a weakening operating income environment .
This should not be a concern if creative destruction works to improve the economy , as inefficient companies are taken over by efficient ones and new investors restructure challenged businesses to make them competitive .
The big problem is how massive liquidity and low rates are perpetuating overcapacity and keeping an extraordinary amount of zombie firms alive .
Maintaining and increasing zombie firms destroys any positive effect from restructuring and innovation .
Additionally , to maintain cash flows and stay alive , companies are cutting investment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Meanwhile , small businesses that do not own hard assets or have access to debt are dissolving every day .
In most developed economies , where 80 percent of employment comes from small businesses , the “ bailout of everything ” is becoming a massive transfer of wealth from the new economy to the old economy , preventing a stronger and more productive recovery .
See : 177 Different Ways to Generate Extra Income In the eurozone , the main beneficiaries of the European Central Bank corporate bond purchases are large industrial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , poor growth , and bloated balance sheets in 2019 .
In the United States , the financing channel of the real economy is more diverse , and the impact of zombification is smaller , but not negligible or irrelevant .
Some of these problems may have been inevitable in a crisis , but the majority of them could have been mitigated significantly by implementing supply-side policies instead of large government-directed stimuli and recovery plans based on adding more debt to already challenged sectors .
The Bailout of Everything ( as long as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Low-productivity and indebted sectors survive , creating a perverse incentive that benefits malinvestment and poor capital allocation .
Additionally , as these sectors already had overcapacity and structural problems , their bailout does not lead to higher job creation or stronger investment .
Furthermore , high-productivity sectors will likely suffer the rising tax burden after these governments ’ rescue plans diminish the employment potential and the likelihood of rising real wages as productivity growth stalls .
Finally , when governments bail out large and overcapacity-ridden conglomerates , investment in innovation , efficiency @ @ @ @ @ @ @ severely diminished .
Why ?
Because the reason why governments agree to take stakes or bail out large sectors is precisely to prevent them from restructuring in the first place .
Tax cuts and supply-driven liquidity measures to small businesses and technology would have worked significantly better and at a lower cost for taxpayers .
What we are seeing today may have long-term negative implications .
A weaker than expected recovery , with low-productivity growth and a challenging return of the lost employment as well as poor investment growth , are likely the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bailout of Everything .
Unfortunately , it will also generate more debt and higher taxes that will further complicate things for taxpayers and innovative sectors .
Originally published at DLacalle.com as “ The Risk of the ‘ Bailout Of Everything ‘ .
” Daniel Lacalle , PhD , economist and fund manager , is the author of the bestselling books Freedom or Equality ( 2020 ) , Escape from the Central Bank Trap ( 2017 ) , The Energy World Is Flat ( 2015 ) , and Life in the Financial Markets ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of global economy at IE Business School in Madrid .
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By Daniel Lacalle
Despite massive government and central bank stimuli, the global economy is seeing a concerning rise in defaults and delinquencies. The main central banks’ balance sheets (those of the Federal Reserve, Bank of Japan, European Central Bank, Bank of England, and People’s Bank Of China) have soared to a combined $20 trillion, while the fiscal easing announcements in the major economies exceed 7 percent of the world’s GDP according to Fitch Ratings.
This is the biggest combined stimulus plan in history. However, businesses are closing at a record pace and unemployment has reached extremely elevated levels in many countries.
There is an important risk in what I call the “bailout of everything,” or the conscious decision by governments and central banks to provide any needed support to all sectors and companies with access to debt. Most of these stimulus packages and liquidity measures are aimed at supporting current government spending and providing liquidity to companies with assets, with access to debt, and in traditional sectors. It is not a surprise, then, that at the same time as we see the largest fiscal and monetary support plan since World War II, we are already witnessing two dangerous collateral effects: the rise of zombie companies and the collapse of small businesses and startups.
According to the Institute of International Finance (IIF), the figure of global corporate bond defaults has risen to $50 billion in the second quarter of 2020 despite historic low interest rates and high liquidity. Additionally, according to Deutsche Bank and the Bank of International Settlements, the number of zombie companies in the eurozone and the US, large companies that cannot cover their interest expenses with operating profits, has rocketed to new all-time highs. In 2019 Professors Petroulakis (ECB) and Andrews (OECD) stated, “Europe’s productivity problem is partly due to the rise of zombie firms that crowd out growth opportunities for others” (“What Zombie Firms Tell Us about Europe’s Productivity Problem,” World Economic Forum, April 2019). This problem is only increasing in the current crisis.
The rise in bond defaults is a consequence of previous high leverage in a weakening operating income environment. This should not be a concern if creative destruction works to improve the economy, as inefficient companies are taken over by efficient ones and new investors restructure challenged businesses to make them competitive. The big problem is how massive liquidity and low rates are perpetuating overcapacity and keeping an extraordinary amount of zombie firms alive.
Maintaining and increasing zombie firms destroys any positive effect from restructuring and innovation. Additionally, to maintain cash flows and stay alive, companies are cutting investment in innovation, technology, and research. Meanwhile, small businesses that do not own hard assets or have access to debt are dissolving every day. In most developed economies, where 80 percent of employment comes from small businesses, the “bailout of everything” is becoming a massive transfer of wealth from the new economy to the old economy, preventing a stronger and more productive recovery.
In the eurozone, the main beneficiaries of the European Central Bank corporate bond purchases are large industrial conglomerates that were already facing weak margins, poor growth, and bloated balance sheets in 2019. In the United States, the financing channel of the real economy is more diverse, and the impact of zombification is smaller, but not negligible or irrelevant.
Some of these problems may have been inevitable in a crisis, but the majority of them could have been mitigated significantly by implementing supply-side policies instead of large government-directed stimuli and recovery plans based on adding more debt to already challenged sectors.
The Bailout of Everything (as long as it is large) creates significant risks.
Low-productivity and indebted sectors survive, creating a perverse incentive that benefits malinvestment and poor capital allocation. Additionally, as these sectors already had overcapacity and structural problems, their bailout does not lead to higher job creation or stronger investment. Furthermore, high-productivity sectors will likely suffer the rising tax burden after these governments’ rescue plans diminish the employment potential and the likelihood of rising real wages as productivity growth stalls.
Finally, when governments bail out large and overcapacity-ridden conglomerates, investment in innovation, efficiency, and restructuring of loss-making divisions is severely diminished. Why? Because the reason why governments agree to take stakes or bail out large sectors is precisely to prevent them from restructuring in the first place. Tax cuts and supply-driven liquidity measures to small businesses and technology would have worked significantly better and at a lower cost for taxpayers.
What we are seeing today may have long-term negative implications.
A weaker than expected recovery, with low-productivity growth and a challenging return of the lost employment as well as poor investment growth, are likely the collateral damage of the misguided and panic-driven Bailout of Everything. Unfortunately, it will also generate more debt and higher taxes that will further complicate things for taxpayers and innovative sectors.
Originally published at DLacalle.com as “The Risk of the ‘Bailout Of Everything‘.”
Source: Mises.org
Daniel Lacalle, PhD, economist and fund manager, is the author of the bestselling books Freedom or Equality (2020), Escape from the Central Bank Trap (2017), The Energy World Is Flat (2015), and Life in the Financial Markets (2014).
He is a professor of global economy at IE Business School in Madrid.
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activistpost--2020-06-24--As Cops in Atlanta Refuse to Do Their Jobs, Crime Plummets Anyway, Chaos Does NOT Ensue

Atlanta , GA — The arrest and murder of George Floyd last month set off one of the largest protests in American history .
Unfortunately , they were not all peaceful and many places saw rioting and destruction as many communities found themselves unable to contain their rage .
Atlanta , Georgia was one of these places .
After the protests began to subside , however , something quite telling began to happen in the city .
Crime dropped dramatically .
Prior to Atlanta officers killing Rayshard Brooks in a botched DUI stop , crime began plummeting .
Even after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Brooks , crime was still on the decline .
Though many officers from the APD called in sick after the cop who killed Brooks was charged , records show they were refusing to do their jobs well before this .
According to a scathing report from WSB-TV , prior to police killing Brooks and throwing a collective temper tantrum , traffic stops were already down a whopping 80 percent .
When cops aren ’ t extorting people for victimless crimes like window tint , license plate lights , seat belts and other arbitrary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need to “ defund police ” because this will do that for them .
The union representative who spoke to WSB-TV said the officers are refusing to do their jobs because they are scared to be put in jail if they hurt someone .
Seriously .
“ It ’ s a reflection of the officers ’ nervousness or , you know , hesitation to be the next officer that ’ s put in jail , ” said Vince Champion , with the International Brotherhood of Police Officers .
“ When you approach a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what ’ s going on.
” He ’ s right that you do not know what is going on but the overwhelming majority of police interactions are for traffic stops in which there is no victim and both begin and end peacefully .
However , many of these stops are used as a pretext for fishing for other alleged criminal acts , which is why the protests began in the first place as statistics show they are targeted more toward minorities .
This is a fact Champion has no problem admitting but implies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not happening .
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“ Those officers who would ’ ve been pulling over the suspicious vehicles , patrolling the neighborhoods , getting out with people at two or three o ’ clock in the morning wandering in yards and things like that , so we might be able to do proactive and stop that .
I don ’ t know that that ’ s being done as much as it used to , ” Champion said .
And guess what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ once police stopped making arrests .
It is highly irresponsible for police to stop arresting murderers and rapists ; and if they are refusing to do so , they need to be immediately fired .
However , it is likely a mixture of both .
A city spokesperson actually confirmed that crime was in a decline before cops refused to arrest people and before the protests began .
“ APD attributes the reduction in crime predominately to a week over week reduction that had occurred since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the statement read .
However , the curfew ended 7 days before the period mentioned in the drops above , implying that people appear to be policing themselves quite well .
As TFTP has reported before , even when cops simply refused to do make arrests and write tickets when citizens were on the streets , cities do not simply descend into chaos .
In September , the NYPD threw a temper tantrum after Police Commissioner James O ’ Neill fired the killer cop who choked the life out of Eric Garner on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ resulted in a plunge in arrests , but it did not lead to a spike in crime or violence — illustrating how most of the “ policing ” done in the US , is little more than revenue generation .
We saw a similar reaction in December 2014 when the NYPD threw their first temper tantrum over the reaction to Eric Garner ’ s death and simply stopped doing their jobs .
During the work stoppage , the city set a record for the lowest numbers of murders in the history of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time , the numbers were drastic in nature .
The decline in crime coinciding with the decline in police activity essentially made the case that most policing carried out in the United States is done so for the purpose of revenue collection and not to fight crime .
Drug offenses , parking violations , and traffic citations are not so much crimes , as they are streams of revenue for the city .
They are also the reason for the majority of police harassment within particular communities ; harassment that is being proven @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that acted more like firefighters or EMTs .
Firefighters don ’ t have to go door to door looking for fires , in order to be effective .
EMTs , just like firefighters wait for a call before reacting and their services are oft proven invaluable contrary to that of police work .
Perhaps this recent chaos can be used to channel this notion to the forefront and completely revamp the idea of policing in the land of the free .
One can certainly dream .
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This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state .
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By Matt Agorist
Atlanta, GA — The arrest and murder of George Floyd last month set off one of the largest protests in American history. Unfortunately, they were not all peaceful and many places saw rioting and destruction as many communities found themselves unable to contain their rage. Atlanta, Georgia was one of these places. After the protests began to subside, however, something quite telling began to happen in the city. Crime dropped dramatically.
Prior to Atlanta officers killing Rayshard Brooks in a botched DUI stop, crime began plummeting. Even after the brief unrest from protests due to Brooks, crime was still on the decline.
Though many officers from the APD called in sick after the cop who killed Brooks was charged, records show they were refusing to do their jobs well before this.
According to a scathing report from WSB-TV, prior to police killing Brooks and throwing a collective temper tantrum, traffic stops were already down a whopping 80 percent. When cops aren’t extorting people for victimless crimes like window tint, license plate lights, seat belts and other arbitrary “offenses,” there is no need to “defund police” because this will do that for them.
The union representative who spoke to WSB-TV said the officers are refusing to do their jobs because they are scared to be put in jail if they hurt someone. Seriously.
“It’s a reflection of the officers’ nervousness or, you know, hesitation to be the next officer that’s put in jail,” said Vince Champion, with the International Brotherhood of Police Officers. “When you approach a car, you have absolutely no idea what’s going on.”
He’s right that you do not know what is going on but the overwhelming majority of police interactions are for traffic stops in which there is no victim and both begin and end peacefully. However, many of these stops are used as a pretext for fishing for other alleged criminal acts, which is why the protests began in the first place as statistics show they are targeted more toward minorities.
This is a fact Champion has no problem admitting but implies citizens should be worried because it is not happening.
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“Those officers who would’ve been pulling over the suspicious vehicles, patrolling the neighborhoods, getting out with people at two or three o’clock in the morning wandering in yards and things like that, so we might be able to do proactive and stop that. I don’t know that that’s being done as much as it used to,” Champion said.
According to WSB-TV,
Records show that in the week starting six days before the Brooks shooting, Atlanta police made just 709 traffic stops citywide. That’s a drop of 79% from the same week a year ago. And it was more than traffic stops. Arrests for serious offenses such as rape, armed robbery and murder dropped 64% that week compared to a year earlier. Total arrests citywide dropped 71%.
And guess what … Atlanta did not descend into chaos once police stopped making arrests. It is highly irresponsible for police to stop arresting murderers and rapists; and if they are refusing to do so, they need to be immediately fired. However, it is likely a mixture of both. A city spokesperson actually confirmed that crime was in a decline before cops refused to arrest people and before the protests began.
“APD attributes the reduction in crime predominately to a week over week reduction that had occurred since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic — in addition to the curfew,” the statement read.
However, the curfew ended 7 days before the period mentioned in the drops above, implying that people appear to be policing themselves quite well.
As TFTP has reported before, even when cops simply refused to do make arrests and write tickets when citizens were on the streets, cities do not simply descend into chaos.
In September, the NYPD threw a temper tantrum after Police Commissioner James O’Neill fired the killer cop who choked the life out of Eric Garner on video in 2014. The temper tantrum resulted in a plunge in arrests, but it did not lead to a spike in crime or violence — illustrating how most of the “policing” done in the US, is little more than revenue generation.
We saw a similar reaction in December 2014 when the NYPD threw their first temper tantrum over the reaction to Eric Garner’s death and simply stopped doing their jobs.
During the work stoppage, the city set a record for the lowest numbers of murders in the history of the NYPD.
As we reported at the time, the numbers were drastic in nature.
Citations for traffic violations fell by 94 percent, from 10,069 to 587, during that time frame. Summonses for low-level offenses like public drinking and urination also plunged 94 percent — from 4,831 to 300. Even parking violations are way down, dropping by 92 percent, from 14,699 to 1,241. Drug arrests by cops assigned to the NYPD’s Organized Crime Control Bureau — which are part of the overall number — dropped by 84 percent, from 382 to 63.
The decline in crime coinciding with the decline in police activity essentially made the case that most policing carried out in the United States is done so for the purpose of revenue collection and not to fight crime.
Drug offenses, parking violations, and traffic citations are not so much crimes, as they are streams of revenue for the city. They are also the reason for the majority of police harassment within particular communities; harassment that is being proven entirely unnecessary.
Imagine a police force that acted more like firefighters or EMTs. Firefighters don’t have to go door to door looking for fires, in order to be effective. EMTs, just like firefighters wait for a call before reacting and their services are oft proven invaluable contrary to that of police work. Perhaps this recent chaos can be used to channel this notion to the forefront and completely revamp the idea of policing in the land of the free. One can certainly dream.
Source: The Free Thought Project
Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA. This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state. Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world. Agorist is also the Editor at Large at the Free Thought Project. Follow @MattAgorist on Twitter, Steemit, and now on Minds.
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activistpost--2020-06-24--Half A Million Users Uninstall French Contact Tracing App As It Fails To Engage Users

New York City , Norway and Germany have each struggled to get their contact tracing programs off the ground .
In NYC , an army of 3,000 contact tracers has struggled to glean information from a reluctant patient population .
In Norway , objections from a data privacy watchdog compounded with low usage levels led the project to be mostly abandoned .
In the US and Europe , contact tracing apps have been controversial as many have alleged these government-sponsored tracking apps infringe on people ’ s rights by collecting location data , while doing little to uncover early infections @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with asymptomatic patients are relatively rare .
Now , French public health officials are running into a similar problem as the much-heralded new phone app for tracking coronavirus cases has only alerted 14 people that they were at risk of infection since its launch three weeks ago , according to France ’ s digital affairs minister , while almost half a million users have chosen to uninstall the app .
Here ’ s how it works : The StopCovid app keeps track of users who have been in close proximity of one another @ @ @ @ @ @ @ become infected , they inform the platform , which alerts the others .
French officials defended the app as a vital tool for slowing the spread of COVID-19 , although critics expressed data privacy concerns .
Since its launch , 68 people informed the platform they had been infected and only 14 users were alerted that they were now at risk .
Still , government ministers defended the app , saying its lack of usefulness is due to the fact that the outbreak in France had mostly died down .
Already , 460,000 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only 1.5 million users across the whole country , which has a population of roughly 67 million .
The government will pay roughly $ 91,000 to $ 136,000 a month for app-related expenses like hosting and development work , though these costs could rise with another spike .
Britain abandoned its own contact tracing app plan a few months ago when major flaws emerged in testing , prompting a public outcry .
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By Tyler Durden
New York City, Norway and Germany have each struggled to get their contact tracing programs off the ground. In NYC, an army of 3,000 contact tracers has struggled to glean information from a reluctant patient population. In Norway, objections from a data privacy watchdog compounded with low usage levels led the project to be mostly abandoned.
In the US and Europe, contact tracing apps have been controversial as many have alleged these government-sponsored tracking apps infringe on people’s rights by collecting location data, while doing little to uncover early infections, since infections involving random passing encounters with asymptomatic patients are relatively rare.
Now, French public health officials are running into a similar problem as the much-heralded new phone app for tracking coronavirus cases has only alerted 14 people that they were at risk of infection since its launch three weeks ago, according to France’s digital affairs minister, while almost half a million users have chosen to uninstall the app.
Here’s how it works: The StopCovid app keeps track of users who have been in close proximity of one another over a two-week period. If any become infected, they inform the platform, which alerts the others.
French officials defended the app as a vital tool for slowing the spread of COVID-19, although critics expressed data privacy concerns.
Since its launch, 68 people informed the platform they had been infected and only 14 users were alerted that they were now at risk.
Still, government ministers defended the app, saying its lack of usefulness is due to the fact that the outbreak in France had mostly died down. Already, 460,000 users have uninstalled the app, leaving only 1.5 million users across the whole country, which has a population of roughly 67 million.
The government will pay roughly $91,000 to $136,000 a month for app-related expenses like hosting and development work, though these costs could rise with another spike.
Britain abandoned its own contact tracing app plan a few months ago when major flaws emerged in testing, prompting a public outcry.
Source: Zerohedge
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activistpost--2020-06-25--This Way Lies Madness: The Summer of Hate Meets the Age of Intolerance

Marches , protests , boycotts , sit-ins : these are nonviolent tactics that work .
Looting , vandalism , the destruction of public property , intimidation tactics aimed at eliminating anything that might cause offense to the establishment : these tactics of mobs and bullies may work in the short term , but they will only give rise to greater injustices in the long term .
George Floyd ’ s death sparked the flame of outrage over racial injustice and police brutality , but political correctness is creating a raging inferno that threatens to engulf the nation .
In Boston @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Christopher Columbus .
Protesters in Richmond , Va. , used ropes to topple that city ’ s Columbus statue , spray-painted it , set it on fire and tossed it into a lake .
Columbus ’ crimes against indigenous peoples throughout the Americas are well known .
In San Francisco ’ s Golden Gate Park , protesters tore down a statue of Francis Scott Key , who penned “ The Star-Spangled Banner.
” Key was also a slaveholding lawyer who tried to prosecute abolitionists vocally opposing slavery .
Activists who object to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Elihu Yale , a slave trader , are lobbying to re-name the school .
Students at Harvard University want to re-name Mather House , one of the dorms named after Increase Mather , the college president from 1685 to 1692 and a slave owner .
Administrators at Woodrow Wilson High School in Camden , N.J.—named after the nation ’ s 28th president , who guided the nation through World War I while upholding segregation policies—are now looking for a new name .
In an apparent bid to be more culturally sensitive , Land @ @ @ @ @ @ @ packaging the image of a Native American princess that had been featured on its products for a hundred years .
The distributors of Aunt Jemima Pancake Syrup , Uncle Ben ’ s Rice and Mrs. Butterworth ’ s Syrup have also announced plans to re-brand and re-name their products in an effort to avoid perpetuating racist stereotypes .
Cream of Wheat is considering what to do about the smiling black chef that graces its breakfast porridge ( his visage has been criticized for being stereotypically subservient ) .
Not to be outdone , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ retire the 99-year-old name for its Eskimo Pie frozen confections on a stick because “ Eskimo ” has been denounced as a racist nomenclature used by “ colonizers to Arctic regions to refer to Inuit and Yupik people.
” Gone with the Wind , the Civil War epic that won 10 Academy Awards and has long been considered one of the greatest films of all times , was temporarily pulled from HBOMax ’ s streaming service in response to concerns that it depicts “ ethnic and racial prejudices ” that “ were wrong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ University of Georgia ’ s marching band has removed “ Tara ’ s Theme , ” the opening orchestral theme from Gone with the Wind , from its musical repertoire .
What is the end sum of all these actions ?
What started as a movement to denounce police brutality in the wake of George Floyd ’ s death at the hands of killer cops has become a free-for-all campaign to rid the country of any monument , literal or figurative , to anyone who may have at any time in history expressed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , or existed within a racist society .
The police state has got us exactly where it wants us : distracted , distraught and divided .
While protesters topple statues of men with racist pasts who are long dead , unarmed Americans continue to be killed by militarized police trained to shoot first and ask questions later .
While activists use their collective might to pressure corporations to rebrand products in a more racially sensitive fashion , the American police state—aided and abetted by the Corporate State—continues to disproportionately target blacks , Hispanics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ correct censorship is attempting to sanitize the public sphere of words and images that denigrate minorities , it is not doing anything to rid hearts and minds of racism .
As Rod Serling , creator of the Twilight Zone , concluded in the “ Deaths-Head Revisited ” episode : In other words , what we need is more speech , more discourse , and a greater understanding of history and the evils perpetrated in the name of conquest , profit and racial supremacy .
Because if we bury the mistakes of the past @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fail to at least provide context to the past , we risk allowing the government to repeat those past mistakes—rewritten for a new age—and no one will be the wiser .
It has happened already : we have allowed the government strip people of their humanity ; to segregate them into polarized classes ; to treat them as chattel ; to deny them basic human rights ; and to reduce them to figures on a ledger sheet .
Censoring speech—toppling monuments—kowtowing to political correctness—is not the answer to what ails this nation .
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As long as we focus on words and ignore the systemic injustices that undergird the words , the disease will spread .
As long as we continue to allow the most controversial issues of our day—gay rights , abortion , race , religion , sexuality , political correctness , police brutality , et al.—to serve as battlegrounds for those who claim to believe in freedom of speech but only when it favors the views and positions they support , we will all eventually lose .
Silencing unpopular @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s by shouting them down , censoring them , muzzling them , or criminalizing them—only empowers the controllers of the Deep State .
Consider some of the kinds of speech being targeted for censorship or outright elimination .
Offensive , politically incorrect and “ unsafe ” speech : Disguised as tolerance , civility and love , political correctness has resulted in the chilling of free speech and the demonizing of viewpoints that run counter to the cultural elite .
Consequently , college campuses have become hotbeds of student-led censorship , trigger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ light ” speech policies targeting anything that might cause someone to feel uncomfortable , unsafe or offended .
Bullying , intimidating speech : Warning that “ school bullies become tomorrow ’ s hate crimes defendants , ” the Justice Department has led the way in urging schools to curtail bullying , going so far as to classify “ teasing ” as a form of “ bullying , ” and “ rude ” or “ hurtful ” “ text messages ” as “ cyberbullying.
” Hateful speech : Hate speech—speech that attacks a person @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such as gender , ethnic origin , religion , race , disability , or sexual orientation—is the primary candidate for online censorship .
Corporate internet giants Google , Twitter and Facebook are in the process of determining what kinds of speech will be permitted online and what will be deleted .
Dangerous , anti-government speech : As part of its ongoing war on “ extremism , ” the government partnered with the tech industry to establish a task force to counter online “ propaganda ” by terrorists hoping to recruit support or plan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Obama ) .
In this way , anyone who criticizes the government online can be considered an extremist and will have their content reported to government agencies for further investigation or deleted .
They might even find themselves pulled from their homes , arrested by the police and thrown into a mental hospital for expressing their opposition to government policies , as happened to Marine Brandon Raub .
The police state could not ask for a better citizenry than one that carries out its own censorship .
It ’ s a brilliant ploy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the citizenry remains focused on and distrustful of each other , they ’ re incapable of presenting a united front against the threats posed by the government and its cabal of Constitution-destroying agencies and corporate partners .
The antidote to intolerance is more tolerance .
What this requires is opening the door to more speech not less , even if that speech is offensive to some .
Understanding that freedom for those in the unpopular minority constitutes the ultimate tolerance in a free society , James Madison , the author of the Bill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Amendment that protected the “ minority ” against the majority , ensuring that even in the face of overwhelming pressure , a minority of one—even one who espouses distasteful viewpoints—would still have the right to speak freely , pray freely , assemble freely , challenge the government freely , and broadcast his views in the media freely .
The First Amendment is a steam valve .
It allows people to speak their minds , air their grievances and contribute to a larger dialogue that hopefully results in a more just world .
When @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no one to hear what the people have to say—frustration builds , anger grows and people become more volatile and desperate to force a conversation .
By bottling up dissent , we have created a pressure cooker of stifled misery and discontent that is now bubbling over and fomenting even more hate , distrust and paranoia among portions of the populace .
By becoming so fearfully polite , careful to avoid offense , and largely unwilling to be labeled intolerant , hateful or closed-minded that we ’ ve eliminated words , phrases and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entered into an egotistical , insulated , narcissistic era in which free speech has become regulated speech : to be celebrated when it reflects the values of the majority and tolerated otherwise , unless it moves so far beyond our political , religious and socio-economic comfort zones as to be rendered dangerous and unacceptable .
Protest laws , free speech zones , bubble zones , trespass zones , anti-bullying legislation , zero tolerance policies , hate crime laws and a host of other legalistic maladies dreamed up by politicians and prosecutors ( and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ speech with which they might disagree ) have conspired to corrode our core freedoms , purportedly for our own good .
On paper—at least according to the U.S. Constitution—we are technically free to speak .
In reality , however , we are only as free to speak as a government official—or corporate entities such as Facebook , Google or YouTube—may allow .
The end result : free speech is no longer free , and injustice persists .
So what we can do to end racial inequality , police brutality , and systemic injustice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the altar of political correctness or adopting violent tactics ?
Stop tiptoeing around , easily offended or afraid to cause offense .
Stop allowing the government and its architects to micromanage your life and curtail your freedoms .
Stop being a pawn in someone else ’ s game .
Find your own voice .
Give voice to your own outrage .
Speak truth to power nonviolently .
And throughout it all , love your enemies and put that love into action .
That last point , to love your enemies , is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was the principle that Jesus Christ spoke of most often : “ Love your enemies , bless them that curse you , do good to them that hate you , and pray for them that despitefully use you.
” This principle was also at the core of Martin Luther King Jr. ’ s efforts to combat racism and injustice .
In fact , King delivered an entire sermon on what it means to love one ’ s enemies even when they continue to wrong you .
King was not speaking in abstracts .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ having faced down water cannons , police dogs and police brutality , intimidation and prejudice and assassination attempts , still insisted that “ mass non-violent resistance based on the principle of love ” was his best weapon .
The first step in loving one ’ s enemies , says King , is to discover the element of good in them .
“ Within the best of us , there is some evil , and within the worst of us , there is some good .
When we come to see this , we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The person who hates you most has some good in him ; even the nation that hates you most has some good in it ; even the race that hates you most has some good in it… There is an element of goodness that he can never slough off .
Discover the element of good in your enemy .
And as you seek to hate him , find the center of goodness and place your attention there and you will take a new attitude.
” Second , says King , focus on defeating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ caught up in an evil system .
“ Love is greater than like .
Love is understanding , redemptive goodwill for all men , so that you love everybody , because God loves them .
You refuse to do anything that will defeat an individual , because you have agape [ the love of God working in the lives of men ] in your soul .
And here you come to the point that you love the individual who does the evil deed , while hating the deed that the person does .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ says , ‘ Love your enemy.
’ This is the way to do it .
When the opportunity presents itself when you can defeat your enemy , you must not do it.
” Third , says Kings , cut off the chain of hate and the chain of evil in the universe with love .
“ If I hit you and you hit me and I hit you back and you hit me back and go on , you see , that goes on ad infinitum .
It just never ends… And that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it doesn ’ t cut it off .
It only intensifies the existence of hate and evil in the universe… Men must see that force begets force , hate begets hate , toughness begets toughness .
And it is all a descending spiral , ultimately ending in destruction for all and everybody.
” Fourth , says King , hate ends up in tragic , neurotic responses .
“ Hate at any point is a cancer that gnaws away at the very vital center of your life and your existence .
It is like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the objective center of your life .
So Jesus says love , because hate destroys the hater as well as the hated.
” Instead , use love to redeem and transform those who would do you harm .
King ’ s conclusion to his sermon is a timeless message , sent through time , to our present age .
As I make clear in my book Battlefield America : The War on the American People , we are still fighting the triple evils of racism , poverty and militarism .
We are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the world dominated by corporate greed and political ambition .
We are still being manipulated into focusing our anger on flawed individuals rather than working to defeat evil establishments .
Sixty-three years later , King ’ s words are still relevant :


activistpost--2020-06-25--Refuse To Social Distance? New Study Says You May Be A Psychopath!