Jillian York of the Electronic Frontier Foundation warns that today the tide of censorship “is against the speech of right-wing extremists . . . but tomorrow the tide might be against opposition activists.” The problem is that censors never believe they’ll lose power.
The French Revolution had its Reign of Terror,
an attempt to eradicate alleged "counter-revolutionaries"; by the
time it ended in July
1794, over 16,600 had been executed in Paris and the provinces.
One of the Principals of the French Revolution, Robespierre,
was executed during this time.a
Similar happenings occurred during the Russian
Revolution. Remember Trotsky being assassinated
in Mexico City?
