Republican leaders here — long the central targets of dissent — have become so familiar with the remaining protesters that they have devised nicknames for some.
The government's targeting of dissenting voices is chilling, and not just because of the implications for freedom of speech.
Not to be outdone, Cruz resorted to Shakespeare's Henry V. Paul jokily referenced Hollywood stars as being potentially targeted for acts of dissent, such as Jane Fonda's criticism of the Vietnam war in the 1960s.
The actual target of Justice Thomas's dissent on Monday was not so much the denial of review in the Utah case as the court's continued adherence to the approach it has evolved in recent years for discerning a line between the permissible and the forbidden in official recognition of religion.
Are we in for a long, hot summer of temper tantrums from Tennessee Democrats and Barack Obama supporters whining "racism" and "bigotry" every time their likely presidential nominee is the target of a little criticism and dissent?
But critics claim that it also opens the way for the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS) to target legitimate dissent, making criminals of environmentalists, native people and other protesters hostile to the government.
Mugabe and his Zanu-PF thugs, terrified of losing their empire, unleashed a carefully targeted anarchy at anyone who showed the slightest sign of dissent.
Mark Thomas has a section in 100 Minor Acts of Dissent and which he and his fellow activists target printed smut.
The report that Ai may be under police investigation for economic crimes, which could cover charges such as tax evasion, is unlikely to still the uproar his case has sparked, with human rights groups and Western governments calling him a target of China's campaign to stifle dissent.
But in a notable expression of dissent, Thomas M. Hoenig, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, voted against maintaining the target federal funds rate.
Seven people were reported killed on Sunday in Talkalakh, near the Lebanese border, the latest target of the military's attempt to quell dissent.
