As always - an excellent non-hysterical narrative
[Wow... is it S L O W in zIWE about this time...]
Of course Harry Belafonte was on the FBI list - he was an uppity nigra, and Selma hadn't happened yet, by a long shot.. You have *no idea* of the vehemence and the virulence of Murican anti-[black? Hell *-anyone* who wasn't a WASP] of the pre-60s.
This is an excellent read IMO. His advice goes to the heart of the 6/17/02 Matter:
Sarah: Having survived McCarthyism, do you have any advice on how to survive this period of political repression we seem to be entering and to keep the movements for positive change alive?In fact as I type this - on PBS (see below post) a phone-in person is asking,
Harry: Do not submit. It is extremely critical that repression be met full head-on and that it be resisted with every fiber in our being. There is just absolutely no compromise that can be made with it. As a matter of fact, compromise is what oppression feeds on.
Without compromise it would be defeated. Just as some cancers feed on hormones, compromise becomes the hormone of oppression.
... ... if you have Nothing to Hide\ufffd, why should you worry pretty little head if.. they want to -whatever- ?? [pop random searches of your vehicle, should you take a car ferry? Call you an "Enemy Combatant" and strip you of your Citizenship? ___]. The caller thought he'd be safer if he gave up "a few" liberties.
{sigh} If dumbth has crept to 50% ? 75% of the masses? Perhaps we are shovelling shit against a tide of insouciance. But.. we gotta try to counter the hysteria. The alternative is to tacitly abet the Yahoos who have always desired nothing less than homogenization and Control, calling it lawnorder.
Ashton