The U.S. government has many political prisoners, including journalists; national security state whistleblowers; Black, Indigenous, and Latino revolutionaries; foreign diplomats; Muslims detained without trial; women who defended themselves from attacks; and environmental activists.
  • davel [he/him]English
    10•11 days ago

    These don’t count, silly.

    When the US does it, each case is an individual, isolated, aberrant deviation from the norm, indicative of no pattern.

    When “authoritarian” states do it, that’s completely different. Each of those cases is indicative of the malevolent norm.

  • Maeve
    3•11 days ago

    It took me two days to treat this article, because it was so disheartening and I had to keep putting it aside. It’s two years old and nothing has changed for the better.

  • @Valmond
    -10•11 days ago

    Aren’t you supposed to be on your “ml” server where you can ban all dissent?