Pixelated Semantics

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The compelling Orwellian irony of American "Free Speech Zones" is well demonstrated at the Democrats convention in Boston. Protestors are sequestered in what is basically a concentration camp for street-events, which a court has called an "affront to free expression". Around it the government has positioned soldiers armed with machine guns and chemical weapons to silence voices that become too controversial. The message is clear: dissent will not be tolerated. The literary analogies for America's quickening descent into fascism don't stop at "1984" either. As Xymphora highlights, at Guantanamo Bay they are removing the "embarrassing" slogan "The Least Worst Place" [based on a remark by Rumsfeld]. According to the U. S. Navy's aptly-named spokesperson: "The removal was ordered because the commanding officer did not feel it accurately reflected his vision of the base". The spokesman's name is Lieutenant Kafka. "A man named Kafka has been deployed to field questions about a prison where the criminals are only vaguely charged with crimes, can't speak to lawyers and likely will never get out" - Xymphora clearly appreciates the parallels of art and life. It's a pity that more citizens don't, because it's likely to take a lot more clear and intelligent thinking to even begin to change the terrifyingly dark direction America and it's cronies are heading. Ask the inmates of "Free Speech Zones" just how free they feel today.

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