And as Jeff Waldorf points out, this sets a disturbing precedent in an age of media demonization:
…because if they can go after a whistleblower and a site that publishes leaked CIA cables and the Collateral Murder video, what’s to stop them from going after anyone and everyone who doesn’t kiss Dictator Donnie’s squashy ass?
Fear doesn't travel well; just as it can warp judgment, its absence can diminish memory's truth. What terrifies one generation is likely to bring only a puzzled smile to the next. --Arthur Miller, "Why I Wrote 'The Crucible'", The New Yorker, October 21, 1996
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