“Bungwe la Congress silidzakhazikitsa lamulo lokhudza kukhazikitsidwa kwa chipembedzo, kapena kuletsa kuchita zimenezo mwaufulu; kapena kuchotseratu ufulu wolankhula, wa atolankhani, kapena ufulu wa anthu wosonkhana mwamtendere, ndi kupempha boma kuti lithetse madandaulo awo.” 1st Amendment ya Constitution
Tikayang'ana m'mbuyo pazaka 5 zapitazi titha kuona kuti kutha kwa Constitution sikunachitike mwachisawawa. Kuyambira pomwe olamulira a Bush adayamba kusonkhanitsa ma Moslems 1100 mosaloledwa pambuyo pa 9-11 (kuwatsekera mpaka miyezi 6 popanda mlandu) zinali zoonekeratu kuti anali ndi dongosolo losokoneza Bill of Rights. Pa nthawiyo anayesa zolingalira za 3 za kugwetsa chitetezo choperekedwa mu 5th ndi 6th zosinthidwa; gawo la umboni, ma SAM (njira zapadera zoyang'anira) ndi nthawi yomwe adadzipangira okha kuti atulutse njira yoyenera; “wankhondo wosaloledwa”. Oyang'anira pomaliza adakhazikika pankhondo yosaloledwa ngati njira yabwino kwambiri yoperekera mphamvu zonse kwa akuluakulu; kulola kuti amange kwamuyaya aliyense amene amamuimba mlandu wachigawenga.
Kusintha kwa 4 kunali kovutirapo kusiya. Kutsatira 9-11 oyang'anira adatulutsa mozizwitsa tsamba la 300-kuphatikiza "mndandanda wazofuna" wazopondereza boma monyozedwa dzina la Patriot Act. Kongeresi idapereka lamuloli osawerenga ngakhale; kutsegula gawo lililonse la moyo wa nzika ku kulowerera kwa boma mopanda malire. Chitetezo cha Bill of Rights ku "kusaka mopanda nzeru ndi kulanda" kulibenso ku America ku Bush, komanso "chiyembekezo choyenera chachinsinsi".
Mofananamo, chitetezo cha 8th kutetezedwa ku "chilango chankhanza ndi chachilendo" sichinanyalanyazidwe kwathunthu. Monga malipoti ndi ma memos ochokera ku Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib ndi Bagram Air Force Base ku Afghanistan akuwulula, kugwiritsa ntchito kuzunza kwakhala "kofalikira komanso mwadongosolo". Sipangakhale kukayikira koyenera kuti milandu ya nkhanza za akaidi sizimawonetsa "maapulo ochepa oipa" koma, m'malo mwake, ulamuliro wa chizunzo wosonkhezeredwa ndi kupitirizidwa m'maboma apamwamba.
Kodi tingavomereze tsopano kuti njira zankhanzazi sizinapangidwe mwachisawawa potengera 9-11, koma gawo la njira yowerengetsera kusokoneza Constitution? Atachotsa kusintha kwa 4th, 5th, 6th ndi 8th, kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka moyo ndi chikhalidwe cha America; 1 kusinthidwa. Njira ya Bush yowukira "kulankhula mwaufulu" yakhala yobisika kwambiri ndipo imafuna kuwunika kozama. Sizidzakhala zotheka kuti boma lingopereka lamulo lakuti "ufulu wa kulankhula" wachotsedwa mwachidule. M'malo mwake, oyang'anira akuyesera kukhudza kusinthaku pogwira ntchito kudzera mwa anthu ambiri omwe amawatsatira pazofalitsa zamanja. Kulikonse komwe mungapite ku America lero mutha kuyimba pulogalamu imodzi kapena ziwiri za ola la 24 patsiku lakumanja. Anthu pafupifupi 45 miliyoni a ku America, amene amamvetsera mawailesi amenewa, amasangalala kumva kaonedwe kawo kogwirizana ndi kaonedwe kawo ka dziko; ndi nkhani ya “kutengera” malingaliro ofanana ndi a munthu. Nkhaniyi imakhala mtundu wa "kukwaniritsa zofuna".
Olimba-kumanja ku America agwiritsa ntchito chida ichi kuti apindule kwambiri kuposa kumanzere, chomwe chikusewera bwino. Mfundo yakuti takhala zaka 2 m'dziko lachilendo ndipo oposa 50% a anthu akadali osokonezeka pa mfundo zoyambira zomwe zinapereka zifukwa zankhondo (zomwe zilipo mosavuta) zikuwonetsa kupambana kwa chitsanzo ichi. Chikhalidwe chamalingaliro chawayilesi yakumanja, komanso kusalolera kwamalingaliro ena, ndikuwukira kwachindunji paufulu wakulankhula. Kumenyedwako sikuli lipenga la McCarthyism lomwe linawopseza ozunzidwa ndi milandu yachikomyunizimu. Ndizowoneka bwino kwambiri kuposa izi, ndipo zimagwira ntchito mwanzeru zomwe zimatchedwa msika waulere limodzi ndi zoyesayesa za mawayilesi a quasi-fascist kuti awononge ukali wa anthu motsutsana ndi malingaliro osiyanasiyana.
Panthawi ina, omwe adayambitsa mtunduwu adapereka zothandizira kuti zigawidwe mwaufulu za ndale pogwiritsa ntchito positi. Iwo anamvetsa kuti kufalitsidwa kwa malingaliro osiyanasiyana ndiko kunali gwero la moyo wa demokalase. Yerekezerani maganizo amenewo ndi mfundo zimene zikutsogolera zoulutsira nkhani masiku ano, pamene malingaliro otsutsa nkhondo kapena kuchotsedwa kwa ufulu wa anthu kapena kuwononga chuma ndi kuchotsera misonkho “osachiritsika” kwa anthu olemera samaulutsidwa mosamalitsa. Makanema amasiku ano amayang'ana kuti pakhale malingaliro ofanana popereka malingaliro awiri modzichepetsa omwe amathandizira mfundo zazikuluzikulu za boma, misika yaulere komanso kugula zinthu. Malingaliro omwe amatsutsana ndi malingalirowa amaperekedwa kwa anthu ang'onoang'ono pa intaneti. Ngakhale pamenepo, malingalirowa amachotsedwa pamasamba ndikugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chitsanzo cha "zowopseza zomwe zikuchitika"; kuganiza molakwika kwa adani a boma omwe malingaliro awo sakugwirizana ndi zolinga za regimentation ndi homogeny. Kuganiza mwaufulu ndi mdani wolumbirira wotsatira ndipo, motero, kuwopseza zolinga za boma la autocratic.
Dongosolo lapano sililola kuti olamulira aziukira anthu okha, koma kuti achite, monga adachitira a John Kerry, kudzera mwa ogwira nawo ntchito m'mabungwe omwe amachita zomwe akufuna. (Osachepera, palibe amene adasokonezeka ponena za zomwe zofuna za Swift Boat zidaperekedwa) Pankhani ya anthu omwe malingaliro awo amabweretsa zovuta ku boma, mabungwe omwe ali kale m'malo, achitapo kanthu kuti awononge munthuyo. funso. (Ward Churchill) Tawona kale momwe atolankhani amatha kupendekera makamera ake onse mbali imodzi (monga Michael Schiavo kapena Clinton) ndi cholinga chofuna kuwononga wozunzidwayo. Nkhani zokonda za anthu (monga izi) ndi masoka okhudzana ndi nyengo tsopano zikupanga zochuluka zomwe ife aku America timazitcha nkhani. Ndi njira yosiyanitsira anthu pofuna kuteteza anthu kuti asamve nkhani za zachuma ndi ndale zomwe akufunikira kuti atenge nawo mbali mu demokalase. Zolinga zenizeni zamawayilesi amasiku ano ndikusokoneza anthu aku America ndikukulitsa m'badwo wotsatira wa ogula. Pazifukwa zonsezi, ofalitsa nkhani achita bwino kwambiri.
Njira yamakono yochepetsera kusintha kwa 1 ndi kuukira kwa mbali ziwiri: 1- Kupatula mwadala malingaliro "osakondedwa" kuchokera pawailesi.
2- Kudalira dongosolo (wailesi yakumanja) yomwe imatha kuwongolera zinthu zaukali wa anthu pamunthu wina wake.
Malingaliro osatchuka atha pafupifupi kuzimiririka. Pamene zikuwonekera, monga momwe zinalili ndi pulogalamu yofufuza ya Bill Moyers TSOPANO, pali chipwirikiti chotero, kuti mphamvu zonse za ndale zimabweretsedwa kuti zithetse masewerowa. Nkhani ya TSOPANO ikuwonetsa mantha a pathological omwe arch-conservatives amakhala ndi malingaliro ena osati awo. Malingaliro ena a Moyers adakhala chothandizira kukonzanso utsogoleri wa PBS ndikuchotsa anthu apamwamba kukhala okhulupirika a Bush. Malingaliro omwe amasemphana ndi masomphenya ogwirizana ndi makampani tsopano amachotsedwa mwachangu kuchokera pawailesi yakanema ndikutumizidwa ku fumbi.
Wailesi yakumanja imagwira ntchito mosiyana; kutenga malingaliro osakondedwa ndi kuwononga lingaliro ndi wolemba wake. M'malo mwake, mapulogalamu ambiri amaperekedwa kunyoza anthu omwe malingaliro awo amatsutsa mwachindunji jingoism yokonda bizinesi, yowulutsa mbendera yomwe imalimbikitsidwa ndi kukhazikitsidwa kosunga. Ndi njira yabwino yothetsera kusagwirizana, kuthetsa malingaliro owopseza ndi kuphwanya otsutsa. Tonse tikudziwa kuchokera ku mapologalamuwa kuti cholinga sikupereka kuwonetsa kwabwino kwa malingaliro osiyanasiyana, koma kudodometsa, kusokoneza, kuwopseza ndi kufafaniza munthu ndi malingaliro ena. Izi zimafikiranso popereka zidziwitso za munthu ameneyo zomwe zingalimbikitse ena kumuwopseza kapena kumuzunza; kunyozetsa magulu omwe amalumikizana nawo, ndikunyozetsa banja lake ndi abwenzi.
Mawayilesi akumanja ndi masamba abulogu tsopano akugwiritsidwa ntchito ku bludgeon 1st amendment ndikuletsa kulankhula kwaulere. Iwo alowa mu nkhokwe yopanda malire imeneyo ya ukali wa amuna oyera ndikuwulozera kwa adani ogwirizana ndi mphamvu ya boma. Kumbuyo kwa mkwiyo wosagwirizana ndi omvera awo, makinawa tsopano ali m'malo kuti agwire ntchito yolimbana ndi otsutsa ndi kutseka anthu. Mchitidwewu umatsutsana ndi mfundo zathu zofunika kwambiri ndipo ndi mdani wachindunji wa boma la demokalase. Ayenera kuwululidwa ndikutsutsidwa kudzera mkangano wapoyera wa nkhanizo.
Demokalase sigwira ntchito popanda "msika wamalingaliro". Malingaliro osakondedwa ayenera kutetezedwa mwamphamvu kwambiri kuposa omwe ambiri amakhala nawo. Zofalitsa zomwe sizimapereka mwayi wofalitsa malingaliro osavomerezeka zimawonetsa udindo wawo pansi pa Constitution kuti asunge "gulu lodziwa". Posiya udindo umenewo, zoulutsira nkhani zangokhala ngati ntchito yofalitsa nkhani zongofuna kuchita zinthu zapadera.
Kubwezeretsedwa kwa demokalase ku America kudzafuna kukonzanso kwathunthu kwa media-paradigm yomwe ilipo. Yakwana nthawi yoti tiyambe kuchotsa nkhuni zakufa.
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