>>The authors of the original piece would be well advised to STFU.<<
ARE YOU AFRAID OF FREEDOM OR JUST DEFENDING YOUR RIGHTS?
When I was growing up, my mother used to say that we would never see a dictatorship in America because Americans would not fire on other Americans at the behest of the government.
I no longer believe this is true.
And frankly, that's the difference between what happened in Russia (leading to the fall of Communism) and what happened in Tianmen Square.