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Last Monday, a guy from the libertarian We the People Foundation donned the mask of V, from V for Vendetta, and

visited security check points at the White House, the main Treasury, IRS and Justice Department Buildings and the Capitol. “V’s” purpose was to deliver the People’s Petitions for Redress of Grievances relating to the Government’s violations of the war powers, tax, privacy and money clauses of the Constitution, and to inform key Government officials that at least 100 more “Vs” would be at their doorstep on November 14th expecting a response to the Petitions.

What’s most interesting, I think, is that the Secret Service, et al, were generally very friendly with “V,” and listened to his explanations rationally.

When an agent asked if “V” would remove his mask for identification purposes, “V” explained that would defeat the very purpose of the mask, which was to give expression to the fact that the nation was becoming a police state, that too many people were becoming afraid to be identified as dissenters or protestors, and that this was not in the long term interest of a free people. The agents accepted the veracity of “V’s” message and refrained from veering “V” from his vanguard visit as the vox populi.

Really, though, how sad a state of affairs is it when it’s noteworthy that the agents weren’t jackbooted thugs?

The full essay and some [over-long] videos are here.

[via John Wick]