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Minneapolis Spokesman
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
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W.E.B. DuBois criticizes the suppression of free speech in the US during a time when individuals must publicly support anti-communist, pro-war positions—including backing the Korean War and weapons like the atom bomb—to avoid persecution, deeming this required ideology insane.
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Editor: I never thought I would live to see the day that free speech and freedom of opinion would be so throttled in the U. S. as it is today. Today in this free country, no man can be sure of earning a living, of escaping slander and personal violence, or even of keeping out of jail unless publicly and repeatedly he proclaims that he hates Russia, opposes socialism and communism, supports the Korean war, ready to spend any amount to further war, anywhere, at any time, ready to fight the Soviet Union, China, any other country, or all together, that he believes in the atom bomb and any other weapon of mass destruction, regards any who oppose as traitors, that he believes all this and is willing to spy on his neighbors and denounce them if they do not believe as he does.
The mere statement of this creed shows its absolute insanity
Sincerely,
W. E. B. DuBois
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W. E. B. Dubois
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Editor
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free speech and freedom of opinion are severely restricted in the us, requiring individuals to publicly proclaim hatred for russia, opposition to socialism and communism, support for the korean war, willingness to engage in wars against the soviet union and china, belief in weapons of mass destruction like the atom bomb, and readiness to denounce dissenters as traitors to avoid slander, violence, or jail; this creed is absolutely insane.
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