When Butterflies Attack!

and coercive persuasion

I’ve lived my whole life not knowing these winged beasts could destroy our American way of life.

The Border and the U.S. Government

The problem began in 2017 when the North American Butterfly Association (NABA) sued the U.S. Government to stop the building of the border wall with Mexico. Their complaint was that the wall would cut its nature preserve in two, with most of it inaccessible to the Butterfly Center.

This newsletter takes no position on the border wall. Support whatever policy you want to. The Tell discusses coercive persuasion and control.

First, there was the machinery of the U.S. Government mashing the butterfly supporters in 2019:

Over the past week, government officials have "driven their trucks and heavy machinery back and forth across the Butterfly Center as if they own it," NABA told the court. They've also "blocked access to more than two-thirds of the Butterfly Center with law enforcement vehicles and by cutting the Butterfly Center's lock on one of its gates and re…