Manedwolf
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Are they called on it by the US taxpayers and voters? Yes
Really. Try going into a pre-vetted Unitary Executive Pep Rally and even show off a T-shirt that says "I disagree with current policies." Just try it. I dare you.
Watch what happens to you. Oh, you'll be released...but only after being made to feel like you as a peon have crossed a sacrosanct line and offended royalty, and you better not do it again, or THEY will be watching.
A harmless, but just annoyed man in New Orleans shouted "F- you, Mr. Cheney" down the street at Dick Cheney, then went into his house. Now, a real man would have turned, let the Secret Service decide if he was a threat, and ANSWERED him, asked him why he'd said that and what he was angry about. Instead, the SS goons were sent in to handcuff and question the guy as a "threat". For speaking his mind...he didn't like Dick Cheney, and Dick Cheney is not a holy figure or royalty, he was supposed to be an ordinary man answerable to those who pay his salary...US.
Or for that matter, try to get a meeting with your congressional representative with anything less than a $50K lobbyist check in hand to get their attention, and see how far you get.
They've entirely forgotten who they work for.