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Aug 22, 2023Liked by J.J. Dawson

Had to think about that for a bit. Ambivalent. Don’t have Netflix so won’t go there to check but I wonder if you aren’t being too kind to the concentration camp guards here. “..fearless public servants who are fighting for truth and justice..” Maybe, but far too few, if there were more the problem wouldn’t exist. So middle management and above - all of whom were once on the factory floor - well maybe not all - are culpable but the worthy on the factory floor are not. Simplistic of me, but everyone can make a determination about what they are doing, the effect of their actions, and whether those actions are right or wrong.

Genuine whistle blowers who risk whatever they been threatened with deserve our respect, gratitude and support. The ones who fail the integrity test don’t.

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Yes I completely agree, and when I say I have no problem with the notion that there are "fearless public servants who are fighting for truth and justice" all I mean is that there may be a handful of these folk, here and there, scattered though our various sprawling bureaucracies, and as such the character of Edie Flowers escapes my sardonic disbelief. Indeed the point I'm making is that despite these rare heroes, there are simply far too many drones within the system for them to make any difference. Furthermore we can assume that many who start out pure of heart become corrupted along the way. I think we're on the same page here, and certainly I am the first to call for accountability not only at the head of the beast but all the way on down. I got into an argument with a very passionate fellow on Bitchute about what should be done with those 'on the factory floor' (family doctors who pushed the jab in this case) - he was advocating for capital punishment across the board. I took a slightly more reticent approach, and for this he called me a "bleeding heart" which I found amusing since I was totally on board with life imprisonment for our esteemed doctors, as well as an appropriation of all assets to contribute toward a fund for the vaccine injured and the families of those murdered - hardly a liberal position... I guess he's really mad, and I totally sympathise. Put simply, and as I argued in my essay of the same name, my position is irrevocably: No amnesty for crimes against humanity (no matter how lowly the perpetrators station).

Fear not friend, the camp guards will receive no quarter from me. And you are absolutely right: if there were more like the fictional Edie Flowers, the problem wouldn't exist.

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