Thursday, October 23, 2014

The police as enemy is now a mainstream conservative idea

Despite the many depredations of the police state, conservatives have long been reluctant to acknowledge that the police were in fact part and parcel of that oppressive machine.  Conservatives have traditionally been supporters of 'law and order' and 'cracking down'.  But they are increasingly coming to the realization that in a land where everything is against the law, the police are the enemy.  Indeed, they must be the enemy.  Here's a key signpost on that journey to reality from Kevin Williamson in National Review.  Meet the New Serfs:  You.

The United States a free country?  Not really.  At least for most of us.

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