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@tracybeanz "Religious Repression: China Detains Dozens of Easter Worshippers" (04/24/11)
1) The "general line of the party" rooted in the principle of democratic centralism, which requires unconditional obedience to top level decisions at all party levels.
1) The "general line of the party" rooted in the principle of democratic centralism, which requires unconditional obedience to top level decisions at all party levels.
@tracybeanz 2) Statements produced by Communist Party leadership are written with great care and exact phrasing in prescribed terminology and with established slogans.
The goal is to provide a means of political and social control.
The goal is to provide a means of political and social control.
@tracybeanz 3) Once the Central Committee forms a statement about the party line on a particular issue, it is republished in major newspapers and electronic media. Disagreements with the party line are political crimes and are severely punished.
Hence: Obama, Clinton & Easter worshippers.
Hence: Obama, Clinton & Easter worshippers.
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