Posted on 02/20/2021 12:47:23 PM PST by CheshireTheCat
American freedom is no longer what is once was, producer and author Dinesh D'Souza said as he compared the U.S. to other countries.
When asked about cancel culture, D'Souza told the John Solomon Reports podcast, "it suddenly occurred to me that we're really no longer living, at least in terms of some of our basic civil liberties, in a free country."
"This is a startling thing for someone like me as an immigrant to say," D'Souza added. “But it suddenly dawned on me that, you know, we always think of America as like, the freest country in the world. And it occurs to me that when we objectively look at it now, we'd have to say that we're kind of in the middle. There are many, many countries much freer than we are. Now, there are countries that are less free than we are, as well. But the very fact that we are in the middle hits me with a kind of a shock, and trying to make sense of it."
D'Souza explained why he thought America has reached this low point in defending civil liberties.
"Is it the case, one possibility, is that the people who are supposed to be liberal have all turned out to be illiberal? In other words, we thought that they were liberals in the sense that they vote - wanted higher taxes, and they wanted a big welfare state," D'Souza said...
(Excerpt) Read more at justthenews.com ...
Others have actually said this years ago, they just weren’t as prominent.
The turning point was probably Obama’s election. It did not happen right there but you could pinpoint everything after that date. I think all of this had accelerated after Joe’s “victory” because there’s no one to stop them now.
Perhaps.
But it also wasn’t as obvious.
I wish someone would do a poll on this. Not that I necessarily believe polls, but it could be interesting.
“”But we assumed that there was an element of classical liberalism in them and that they still believed in things like your right to disagree, this is America, so you can say whatever you want.”
Maybe if he had listened to Rush and BELIEVED HIM, he would not have assumed that liberals wanted anything to do with having a ‘right to disagree’.
While I certainly like Dinesh, he is an IDIOT for doubting Rush, as are most conservatives, for that matter...and that is why we got defeated, permanently.
"Okay, so we stole the election. Whattya gonna do about it, punk?"
A national election stolen right in front of our eyes — and the so-called “news” media tells us it wasn’t.
Neo-Bolsheviks creating chaos in our cities — but the so-called “justice” officials saying patriots are terrorists.
Power mad governors destroying the economy with shameless fear-mongering — but the so-called “social” media silencing anyone who dissents.
Yep
Bump to both
It may still be the freest, but freedom is something that is quickly vanishing from the entire planet.
The article does not mention the nations that are free’r than the US. Let me know where to move. the question is how to take our money with us.
Exactly! The vector of the socialism mind virus was Public Schools or State Indoctrination Camps as I call them . Separation of School and State is an idea whose time has come.
Exactly! The vector of the socialism mind virus was Public Schools or State Indoctrination Camps as I call them . Separation of School and State is an idea whose time has come.
And the best alternative is . . .
There’s a huge normalcy bias, which, as it turns out, the enemy has been counting on for some time.
Even now, most “normies” don’t get it. They think that the singular achievements of the American experiment are still in full force and effect, and are unassailable.
It will be too late once they realize that the storm is upon them.
Right now? Anywhere in the Western Hemisphere is freer than the US.
Eventually, we are not going to do a damn thing a bout it. A coup was pulled off ant the Nation is acting as nothing out of the ordinary happened. The legitimate winner had the election stolen from him and approved [certified] by both the Senate and Electoral College. The Senate vote was 93-7 for approval.
Very well said. Truth has been destroyed, and look who are the arbiters of truth now— the ones that lie the most.
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