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Deng was an enemy of dissent, though not of capitalism. And while Eaton Professor of the Science of Government Samuel P. Huntington might conceive of this paradox favoring economic freedom but not political as a cultural characteristic, I am prone to side with those who label it dictatorship...
...enemy of both dissent and liberty, Deng can be declared an enemy of students. All that is necessary evidence to understand this fact is that he personally ordered the shooting of pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Now think of poor, dead Deng, all cooped up in his glass casket. There is no need to weep for him, America...
...enemy of both dissent and liberty, Nixon can be declared an enemy of students. All that is necessary evidence to understand this fact is that he may as well have personally ordered the shooting of anti-war protesters at Kent State in 1970. Now think of poor, dead Nixon, all cooped up in his wooden casket. There is no need to weep for him, America...
...clothing. Rather than dwelling on that grown-up paradox, think of childhood, when the behavioral variations weren't quite so polar. That such a diversity of functioning in childhood exists may help to explain childhood cruelty--a cruelty that attempts to set standardized conventions, leaving no room for dissent...
WASHINGTON: In its annual human rights report, the State Department harshly reprimands China for silencing all voices of dissent. The report states: "All public dissent against party and government was effectively silenced by intimidation, exile or the imposition of prison terms, administrative detention, or house arrest. No dissidents were known to be active at year's end." Ironically, the survey was released even as two U.S. delegations were visiting China to talk about trade and human rights. Much to the chagrin of human rights activists, President Clinton delinked the two issues in his first term, a line new Secretary...