Re:‘Eternal’ Guantanamo prisoner tells of decades of US torture
by asveikau on Friday May 19, 2023 @10:46AM
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I opposed it at the time too. As did many.
The public was also not well informed of what was going on. Officials just said there are some bad people, that they're related to 9/11, and we locked them up.
Many people bought this, and i think part of the problem is that the general public doesn't really believe in due process, innocent until proven guilty, or the rights of the accused, even the rights of the convicted. I see lots of echoes of this in all the "tough on crime" rhetoric that is popular now. People just want to label people as "bad" and make them go away forever.
The public was also not well informed of what was going on. Officials just said there are some bad people, that they're related to 9/11, and we locked them up.
Many people bought this, and i think part of the problem is that the general public doesn't really believe in due process, innocent until proven guilty, or the rights of the accused, even the rights of the convicted. I see lots of echoes of this in all the "tough on crime" rhetoric that is popular now. People just want to label people as "bad" and make them go away forever.