{"id":10653,"date":"2017-10-01T21:02:04","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T01:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=10653"},"modified":"2024-09-11T17:07:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T21:07:10","slug":"spain-tyrannizes-catalan-voters-democracy-defined-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/01\/spain-tyrannizes-catalan-voters-democracy-defined-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain Tyrannizes Catalan Voters: Democracy Defined Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Will any police face charges for violence inflicted on Catalonian voters? If not,  Spanish \u201crule of law\u201d is a charade <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CatalanReferendum?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CatalanReferendum<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/914913910737825794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Will the media downplay Spanish police&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CatalanReferendum?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CatalanReferendum<\/a> attacks as merely a vast number of &quot;extra-judicial beatings&quot;?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/914887721142902784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Spanish government&#39;s aggression against Catalonia vivifies how Leviathan is now far more important than democracy.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CataloniaReferendum?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CataloniaReferendum<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/910974985388351488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How much destruction is Spain entitled to inflict on Catalonia to stop citizens from voting to secede? Defining down democracy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/910968336988721155?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For how the world reacts, the Spanish police rubber bullets, truncheons, and brutality matter far more than vote total <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CatalanReferendum?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CatalanReferendum<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oQHIg911QI\">https:\/\/t.co\/oQHIg911QI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/914648653717032960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Spanish police tyrannized Catalans today but a few more days like this &amp; people will find ways to ravage their oppressors <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CatalanReferendum?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CatalanReferendum<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/914647347317100545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Spanish Democracy &quot;Consent of the Governed&quot; &#8211; Consent or we will shoot or beat you &#8211; 700 injured by police during <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CatalanReferendum?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CatalanReferendum<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/914566823311560705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Spanish police viciously attacking Catalan voters show same spirit as  Alabama police who brutalized black marchers in Selma in 1965<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/914557789242036224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The great Barcelona Brawl over secession is even better than a bullfight. Americans can learn from this ruckus. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CatalonianReferendum?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CatalonianReferendum<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bo6P3sGLPY\">https:\/\/t.co\/bo6P3sGLPY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/914124559225368577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is the Spanish government entitled to preemptively punish Catalonia as if their voting is an act of war against Madrid? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T9tJ1zcOkd\">https:\/\/t.co\/T9tJ1zcOkd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/912763916626923520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 26, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If Spanish police claim a right to confiscate ballots in Barcelona, are they also entitled to physically assault Catalunya voters?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/912332566803439616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 25, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At least the recent threats &amp; crackdowns have proven that people in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Catalonia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Catalonia<\/a> have no reason to fear an all-powerful govt. in Madrid<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/911395145978929153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will any police face charges for violence inflicted on Catalonian voters? 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