Re: Conservatism creep evident, Our View, July 13, 2011.

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It repeats the hackneyed argument that somehow identifies repressive activity on the part of government agencies as being a right-wing (read: conservative) thing.

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Even unconstitutional is a more appropriate term.

Barry Gaetz

Victoria