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Letter: Silencing opposition violates Bill of Rights

In the 1920s in Germany, the Brownshirts silenced opposition, which gave rise to Adolf Hitler. In Chicago recently, MoveOn.Org, Black Lives Matter, and Occupy Wall Street used the same tactics. This is a violation of the First Amendment. Are we a government of laws or lawbreakers?

John Nicholson

Hilton Head Island

This story was originally published March 18, 2016 at 8:00 PM with the headline "Letter: Silencing opposition violates Bill of Rights."

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