right wing bootlickers

The right wing hue and cry over the Supreme Court’s shocking decision that habeas corpus should apply to all human beings makes me despair. What the hell has happened to this country that we no longer believe in basic human rights for all people? Licking the boots of authority is not an American trait, it is a trait of a subjugated people. The United States was founded on dissent, and there is no more basic right of dissent than to be able to dispute one’s incarceration at the hands of authority. That those who are locked up in Guantanamo have had no such right is a stain on the Constitution of this country. The Supreme Court got it right on this one; don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. This decision will not endanger this nation. The grievous danger we are facing comes from those who decry this decision. John McCain is one such person.

Crossposted at Big Ass Belle’s Place