One of the surest signs that a society is falling into authoritarianism is the development of double standards in law enforcement and criminal prosecution in the name of political division. When laws are created or used to target one political group above another, and those people are consistently punished by officials more harshly than other groups who commit similar offenses, then your nation is on a fast-track to Orwell's Animal Farm.
In other words, “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others...”
We have seen numerous instances of these double standards in US courts in the past few years. For example, the entirety of the January 6th response was an attempt to falsely portray an unarmed protest (which capitol police attacked with rubber bullets and tear gas grenades until people reacted violently) as an “insurrection.”
More recently we have seen Michael Cassidy, the man who knocked down a satanic statue in the Iowa capitol building, charged with a “hate crime”even though satanists are not a victim status group and they often deny they are a religion. Keep in mind that leftist activists have spent the better part of the past several years destroying statues of historic figures as well as destroying biblical symbols. To this day very few leftists have been charged with a crime for these actions, let alone a hate crime.
This week, six pro-life activists were prosecuted and convicted under a little known federal law called the “FACE Act” for blocking entrances to an abortion clinic in Tennessee in 2021. Protesters performed a “sit-in” and sang hymns until they were removed by police. Using the FACE Act, prosecutors turned the case into a federal matter carrying felony charges. The activists could be sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison for protesting. Here is what they are guilty of doing...
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