Justice Department Will Not Reopen Torture Inquiry

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9. I'm wondering about any nuanced differences between our "zero tolerance" culture and "torture."

Elisa Massimino, president and chief executive of Human Rights First, said the immediate goal should be focused on "building a durable consensus against torture in the U.S.''

We have deeply embedded religions in the U.S. that delight in their hatred and contempt of certain groups and intend long-lasting harm, we have a deeply embedded and long-term police state culture, we have more folks in prison than anywhere else in the world, an embedded deep-punishment paradigm, and we have a society that is deep into deception and denial. While this is not exhaustive, it would seem difficult to develop a consensus against hatred and contempt, it is evident everywhere we look when we desire to look deeper than the surface manifestation, the facade.