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Are You on the Side of Freedom or Authoritarianism?
American Thinker ^ | 30 Apr, 2022 | D. Parker

Posted on 04/30/2022 4:11:29 AM PDT by MtnClimber

The news of Elon Musk buying Twitter not only illustrated that the anti-liberty left exploits the term liberal, but it also provided a stark political demarcation line.

Have you ever noticed that some people tend to overcomplicate matters when it’s never really justified? People, who insist that things are ‘nuanced’ when they aren’t? Where you don’t have to look at every aspect of a situation and a general evaluation works quite nicely?

In the engineering field, we can get good results for the motion of everyday objects, by simply applying the principles of Newtonian physics while leaving out negligible relativistic effects or taking into account quantum theory. So you have to wonder why some insist on overcomplicating the world when it’s not necessary. Especially when it comes to political matters and the issues of freedom and basic human rights.

We’ve all witnessed the two disparate reactions to Elon Musk buying Twitter to restore free speech on the platform. Two very divergent responses to the same news story from the two sides of the political spectrum. Anti-liberty leftists losing the plot and what remains of their minds on the one side, while those of us on the pro-freedom right side of the spectrum cautiously hailed this as a step towards the restoration of liberty.

I don’t know about you, but it’s been pretty entertaining to see them lose their collective minds over this. If it didn’t seem like they were Hades-bent on destroying the country, it would be a lot of fun to just break out the popcorn and settle into an easy chair and watch them get upset over something they supposedly all support.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Education; Society
KEYWORDS: communism

1 posted on 04/30/2022 4:11:29 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

I hope Elon can free up twitter, but I have my doubts that he can overcome the rabid left.


2 posted on 04/30/2022 4:11:39 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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3 posted on 04/30/2022 4:14:31 AM PDT by sauropod ("We put all our politicians in prison as soon as they are elected. Don’t you?" Why? "It saves time.”)
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Musk just wants to be free to be an authoritarian.


4 posted on 04/30/2022 4:30:58 AM PDT by FarCenter
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5 posted on 04/30/2022 4:43:46 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's hard to "Believe all women" when judges say "I don't know what a woman is".)
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The media is realizing that when its primary source for news and opinion is no longer a one note symphony of affirmation and admiration, it can ruin the whole day.


6 posted on 04/30/2022 4:57:20 AM PDT by Roccus (First we beat the Nazis........Then we defeated the Soviets....... Now, we are them.)
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To: MtnClimber

I’m a substitute for another guy,
I look pretty tall but my heels are high,
The simple things you see are all complicated,
I look pretty young but I’m just backdated in


7 posted on 04/30/2022 5:08:28 AM PDT by joe fonebone (And the people said NO! The End)
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"I hope Elon can free up twitter, but I have my doubts that he can overcome the rabid left."

Regardless, It'll be fun to watch. I had/have the same feeling about President Trump.

8 posted on 04/30/2022 7:07:19 AM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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