09-03-2015, 12:14 PM
(09-02-2015, 11:38 PM)Devils Advocate Wrote: MLK wasn't jailed alone. Moreover, you failed to address those political Prisoners of the 60's and 70's. You said there weren't any. There is. I gave you examples.
I agree that we have had political prisoners in the past. But I just see that as more proof that our system works.
There have been a lot of power grabs in U.S. history. I think Lincoln was wrong to suspend the right to habeas corpus. I felt FDR was wrong to try to expand the supreme court and pack it with like minded liberals. We were wrong to have Japanese Americans placed in internment camps during WWII. And the "Red Scare" really got us sideways with Joe McCarfthy in the Senate, and the the Un-American Activities Committee over in the House.
But every single time there has been a power grab it has been brought under control. And that is because we have a pretty damn good system.
