Quote of the Day: Silencing the Opposition

"Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear." – Harry S. Truman

There is not much I can add to that. Harry S. pretty much nailed it. Other than to note, he was a Democrat, which shows how much the Democrats have gone down the path of Fascism since 1972. (Yes, the big shift started after McGovern's loss, when the socialist wing of the Democrats captured the party machinery and chased out first the anti-Communists and eventually everyone to the right of Henry Wallace.)

The question now is how far will our government go down the path of increasingly repressive measures? I will leave that as an exercise for the reader. I will note that unless they become willing to resort to wholesale slaughter, once passive resistance to the government begins in earnest it will be increasingly difficult for them to maintain control. Unless they and until they repeal or neuter the Second Amendment. Even then, it will take a generation. We will see what happens.