Tt post oct 11 2016

"We do not jail political opposition."

Really? Define "political opposition."

If the definition of "political opposition" is never opposing the current laws and actions of government, then yes, "we" have never jailed political opposition, who would also be called "conformists."

Are you implying that political activists have never been jailed in the u.s.? Over the past hundred years, I think that a few anti-war protesters and equal rights supporters have been jailed for their opposition to the government.

MLK spent a few days in jail for his opposition.

On the geek side of things, the u.s. goobermint would love to jail hero Snowden for his opposition. Famed troll Weev got jailed for his opposition. Ditto for Barrett Brown and Ross Ulbricht on seemingly TRUMPed up charges by the government.

War on drugs, that's a nice government scam. Oppose this wonderful government action too much and you will be jailed.

What is viewed as civil disobedience by an activist is viewed as illegal by the people who make the laws, have the guns, fabricate the charges, and operate the jails.

Jailing political opposition in the u.s. continues today. It's old hat.

HDT :

Thoreau ran into the local tax collector, Sam Staples, who asked him to pay six years of delinquent poll taxes. Thoreau refused because of his opposition to the Mexican–American War and slavery, and he spent a night in jail because of this refusal.

The experience had a strong impact on Thoreau. In January and February 1848, he delivered lectures on "The Rights and Duties of the Individual in relation to Government" explaining his tax resistance.

Thoreau revised the lecture into an essay entitled Resistance to Civil Government (also known as Civil Disobedience).

Supposedly, Thoreau never voted, but he bitched a lot about the government. And allegedly, his Civil Disobedience essay influenced MLK.

F*cking anarchists. We need more submissives.