That was an excellent article describing how to fight back against the censors. Boiled down to its essence, the advice is simply “Be American”.
It starts off with “Now disagreement is seen as a threat, and according to John Kerry, must be “hammered out of existence.” The former presidential candidate just complained at a World Economic Forum meeting that “it’s really hard to govern” and “our First Amendment stands as a major block” to the important work of hammering out unhealthy choices.”
And ends with “To the people who are suggesting that there are voices who should be ignored because they’re encouraging mistrust or skepticism of authority, or obstructing consensus: I’m not encouraging you to be skeptical of authority. I’m encouraging you to defy authority. That is the right word for this time.”
I can’t do the article justice with just those two brief paragraphs. I’m not an American yet, but I recognize that, according to Matt Taibbi, I’ve been “acting American” in challenging statements offered in my circles that I strongly disagree with. Some people think it makes me a disagreeable sort at times but, in his opinion, that’s how you fight the censors … just be an unapologetic American and refuse to both accept the propaganda and to be silenced.
Matt Taibbi is a liberal who got mugged.