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...something new and dangerous was at work: disregard of the fundamental principles of free expression, a willingness to resort to intimidation tactics, and abuse of the law to stifle criticism.


This is pure textbook Saul Alinsky, from RULES FOR RADICALS.

And Obama from the earliest years of his career, euphemistically labelled as a "community organizer", was trained in these tactics, and taught them to classrooms full of others.

And before they were Alinsky's tactics, they were the tactics of the Bolsheviks:

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Members and front organizations must continually embarass, discredit and degrade out critics. When obstructionists become too irritating, label them as fascist, or Nazi or anti-Semitic... The association will, after enough repetition, become "fact in the public mind.
--Moscow Central Committee, 1943


The first precursors of these all-out assaults on free speech by Obama should have been the open endorsement of Mao and other strong-arm dictators by many appointed in Obama's White House (Anita Dunn, Van Jones, Ron Bloom, Mark Lloyd...)