Posted on 04/27/2018 12:55:10 PM PDT by Kaslin
In their incessant, mostly baseless attacks against President Donald Trump, his leftist haters reveal much more about themselves than him -- and it's not an attractive revelation.
In what seemed like a parody of a coastal elitist disparaging inferior flyover Americans, CNN's Jim Acosta said that too many Americans can't see through Trump's act because they "don't have all their faculties." This is going pretty far, even for this smug activist masquerading as an objective journalist. But in his defense, who wouldn't unravel at the realization that one's diligent yearlong efforts to remove the president have failed so spectacularly?
Have you ever noticed that leftists often characterize conservative views as bigoted, and sometimes dangerous, to discredit and dehumanize them -- and suppress their speech? I dare say that as recently as a few decades ago even radical leftists wouldn't have openly abandoned the universally shared American ideal of free speech. Today, however, finding themselves defeated in the marketplace of ideas, they increasingly support restrictions on speech they don't like.
They routinely conceal their censorship schemes in handsome packages, such as the Fairness Doctrine, net neutrality, and seemingly innocuous campus speech codes, but their aim is the same -- to restrict or obtain a government-leveraged advantage over the speech of their political opponents. A ubiquitous telltale sign of such ploys is the insistence that they are promoting peace and harmony by protecting groups and society from offensive speech, especially that which could lead to violence.
A new standard needs to be raised for journalism. All Press credentials need to be cancelled and all journalists need to be vetted before being allowed back in the press room.The rules say no editorializing when asking questions. NO snarky remarks or talking over the press secretary. Doing so IMMEDIATELY voids the credentials. New guy needs to be vetted before another press varmint is allowed in the building.Freedom of the press means you are free to go somewhere else if you don’t like the rules..OR your organizations credentials can be voided..
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From your keyboard to Trump’s desk.
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