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Bucknam: Collective guilt and political violence

Since the dawn of civilization, the tactics of those who seek absolute power are the same: demonize and dehumanize your political opponents. Hillary Clinton called her political enemies “deplorables.” The Nazis called theirs “undesirables.” Impose collective guilt for any criminal or wrongful conduct of any one of your political opponents’ supporters.

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Free speech alert: Twitter permanently bans President Trump

That avenue for airing his thoughts, grievances and political edicts appears to be closed for good after the social media platform announced Friday evening that it was closing down his account permanently. The move follows Facebook’s announcement earlier Friday that Trump’s account on that platform would remain suspended.