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Re: Naomi Wolf arrested in Occupy Wall Street protests

Very surprised this story didn’t make it into my Tumblr feed at all yesterday. Was buzzing all over the web and other feeds. Wolf, you might recall, in her book The End of America lucidly and convincingly itemized the ten steps to fascism, arguing that the United States is on that very track. Her arrest Tuesday falls neatly into step 6, to arbitrarily detain and release people, as the police clearly made up the rules on the spot in order to get her off the street, before releasing her from jail without charge a little while later.