The Sarasota Herald Tribune published the following OpEd, Speech offers an ominous survey of authoritarian, fascist tactics by Florida Veterans for Common Sense, member, Pete Tannen.
By Pete Tannen
If you couldn’t get into the Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota on Veterans Day to hear Professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat’s …
Violent authoritarians sometimes succeed in overthrowing democratic governments with military coups. Other authoritarians win at the ballot box and then hijack democracy. They give false hope that only they, as the “strongman,” can relieve citizens’ angst and solve society’s problems. They mislead with disinformation
On this solemn Memorial Day, we honor and remember the brave men and women who died protecting the values we hold dear. These are not only the founding principle that all men are created equal. But, they include freedom of speech, freedom of …