17. History of satire & cartooning has many figures who continue to do what they're told they can't do: Lenny Bruce syndrome
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28. Problem with that suggestion, aside from civil liberties, is prisons are themselves sites of radicalization.
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29. A pre-emptive crackdown would only intensify the very alienation that produces the problem.
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@HeerJeet Not much alternative, though, is there really? I'm not for a pre-emptive crackdown either, btw, 1/2 -
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@davidrieff@HeerJeet David, we lock ourselves in a prison of fear when we conceive of prison as a solution to anything. - Show replies
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@HeerJeet But the alternative then has to be greater monitoring and policing, with, I entirely agree, the cost in terms of civil liberties. -
@davidrieff@heerjeet To clarify, do you simply agree that that would be the cost, or are you stating that it is and is one you propose? - Show replies
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