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UC Davis Pepper-Spray Incident Reveals Weakness Up Top | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
UC Davis Pepper-Spray Incident Reveals Weakness Up Top | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
Again, when we abandoned our principles in order to use force against terrorists and drug dealers,
the answer to the question, What are we defending? started to change.

The original answer, ostensibly, was, "We are defending the peaceful and law-abiding citizens of the
United States, their principles, and everything America stands for."

Then after a while it became, "We’re defending the current population of the country, but we can’t
defend the principles so much anymore, because they weigh us down in the fight against a ruthless
enemy who must be stopped at all costs."

Then finally it became this: “We are defending ourselves, against the citizens who insist on keeping
their rights and their principles.”


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