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Microsoft is second only to North Korea or China in opression of ideas, and about the same in anti-Americanism. — theantibush
Microsoft President on Micro-Hoo: We Can Do It - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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And if they got their way and everyone aggreed. what actually do you want to change or return to, Tax Cuts, no-regulation, opression of the people from Goverment Entitlements.
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Martinned: On the other hand, a dictator who is not in it for the money, but is instead motivated by some form of communist ideology, will take an approach to opression that is qualitatively different, which is why we give such opression a different name: totalitarianism.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Competing Explanations for the Oppressive Nature of Socialism 2010
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Martinned: On the other hand, a dictator who is not in it for the money, but is instead motivated by some form of communist ideology, will take an approach to opression that is qualitatively different, which is why we give such opression a different name: totalitarianism.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Competing Explanations for the Oppressive Nature of Socialism 2010
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On the other hand, a dictator who is not in it for the money, but is instead motivated by some form of communist ideology, will take an approach to opression that is qualitatively different, which is why we give such opression a different name: totalitarianism.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Competing Explanations for the Oppressive Nature of Socialism 2010
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You don't invite government leaders who practice tyranny, opression and who murder it's citizens for standing up for their rights to a celebration of freedom.
White House rescinding July 4 invitations to Iran diplomats 2009
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Oh, give me your children, your huddled masses and those yearning to breath free far away from the opression and dogmatism of preservation and the mandate of oak windows in your bedroom.
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The Second Amendment was meant to be a check against government opression.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Violent Misdemeanants, the Right to Bear Arms, and the Right to Vote 2010
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We should not cause them harm and further opression, by our actions.
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Martinned: On the other hand, a dictator who is not in it for the money, but is instead motivated by some form of communist ideology, will take an approach to opression that is qualitatively different, which is why we give such opression a different name: totalitarianism.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Competing Explanations for the Oppressive Nature of Socialism 2010
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