I though I was just attempting to put a pragmatic view, but apparently I am a hard left nut job.
Personally I think Guantanamo bay is an example of terrible human rights abuse.
It shows how a 1st world superpower that claims to rid the world of terror, is causing its own brand of terror.
And why does America have the largest incarceration rate in the world at 700 or /100,000 people. Does it have the lowest crime...Nah
It also keeps terrorists locked up and off the streets.
You might not be a left-wing nut job Notch but you seem content getting caught in that umbrella - I don't think much of your passivism.
This country has serious serious problems and a pragmatic level headed view is what's needed, but you and I both know the left has gone too far, far too far. It's now gotten to the stage where the hard left are trying to ban and stifle freedom of speech, shut down political debate.