American Exceptionalism
“We urge the Egyptian authorities not to prevent peaceful protests.”
— On January 29, 2011, Hillary Clinton to Hosni Mubarak
“Square by square, town by town, country by country, the people have risen up to demand their basic human rights. (…) The United States supports a set of universal rights. And these rights include free speech, the freedom of peaceful assembly…”
— President Obama on the Middle East and North Africa, May 11, 2011.
“I hereby declare this to be an unlawful assembly. If you refuse to go now, chemical agents will be used.”
— On October 25, 2011, Oakland Police to peaceful protesters
“I will not soon forget that President Obama was at a $7,500 a plate fundraiser in San Francisco while Occupy protesters were being gassed and clubbed right across the bay in Oakland. I plan to keep that image etched in my mind as the 2012 Presidential campaign unfolds.”
— Fordham University Professor Mark Naison (via socialismartnature)
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