Distinguished Writer in Residence Francine Prose on the Doom of Paramilitary Squads Descending on Portland
“Government-funded thugs, assaulting citizens, still conjure up repellent images of Hitler’s Brownshirts stomping their fellow Germans, and the street kidnapping of civilians has been the hallmark of authoritarian dictatorships,” writes Prose in the Guardian. “Is all that manpower necessary to protect statues? Who knew [the] White House was so invested in art, culture—or American history? These attacks are about exerting power, bullying dissenters, intimidating Americans into giving up their first amendment protections, their constitutional rights.”
Post Date: 07-28-2020
Post Date: 07-28-2020