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A Second Kind of Loyalty

A while ago, Skelly had a post about why people go into public defense; from a profound belief in the fundamentals of the Constitution and/or a strong anti-authoritarian streak. This post is about people who are stirred to act on that profound belief, and the price they pay for it.Beginning in the 1960's one of the many slogan/propaganda programs going on in China was to "Emulate Lei Feng." To emulate Lei Feng was to show obedient, unquestioning loyalty to the Party. Not heroism, not brilliance, not standing out in any way. In Feng's words, to aspire to be nothing more than "a revolutionary screw that never rusts."Beginning in the 1950's a journalist named Liu Binyan began writing literary reportage pieces, exposing corruption, bureaucratism and incompetence in China...continue to full post

Full post as published by Gideon’s Guardians on March 29, 2007 (boomark / email).