NYT Op-Ed Claims Internet ‘Threatens Democracy’ by Bypassing the Establishment Class

Breitbart ^ | March 3, 2017 | By Allum Bokhariy

[Brad from Tennessee]

The New York Times has published an article from opinion columnist and academic Thomas B. Edsall blaming the Internet for the collapse of establishment authority.

Arguing that the Internet “threatens Democracy,” Edsall openly concedes that he believes the freedom unleashed by the Internet to be a threat to the establishment; to its norms and language codes

"As the forces of reaction outpace movements predicated on the ideal of progress, and as traditional norms of political competition are tossed aside, it’s clear that the internet and social media have succeeded in doing what many feared and some hoped they would. They have disrupted and destroyed institutional constraints on what can be said, when and where it can be said and who can say it."

This is a rare moment of honesty from a mainstream commentator: up until now, the panicked, clumsy attempts to roll back freedom of speech on the web have advanced in disguise. Campaigns to reintroduce the language codes in the anarchic realm of the web have been concealed behind seemingly neutral concerns about “online harassment,” “trolling,” and “abuse.” Edsall, by contrast, doesn’t obfuscate. He straightforwardly admits that it’s really free speech on the web that concerns him. Good for him. . .

[Lazamataz]

Shoulda done it under OTrauma, because it won't happen under President Trump.

[Freedom56v2]

BUMP

[USNBandit]

"Rosebud........."

/mic drop

[jeffc]

Thomas B. Edsall blaming the Internet for the collapse of establishment authority.

Yeah, I'm old enough to remember that's what they said about the printing press.....
=;-)

[AFreeBird]

Hey, NYT; do the letters F.O. Mean anything to you?

[AFreeBird]

HA!

[Garth Tater]

Shoulda done it under OTrauma, because it won't happen under President Trump.

Yes, with President Trump's election the control of the internet (as in the outlawing of the dissemination of all but their version of the "news") will not happen at the backbone router level like it would have under President Hillary, but it will still continue at the corporate router level.

President Trump doesn't control the FB, Twitter, Yahoo, etc. routers and these corps will be doing their absolute best to direct and control the dialog that reaches these low-info voters. The battle for the minds and votes of these idiots will still continue during the Trump administration.