Posted on 12/20/2024 5:46:24 AM PST by MtnClimber
The reelection of President Donald Trump could serve as a historic turning point for free speech in America. President Trump has said he will investigate censorship practices by the federal government, end the rampant disrespect for First Amendment rights on our college campuses, and take on Big Tech’s Orwellian policing of speech on the Internet. If successful, these efforts would make the First Amendment stronger than ever before.
Yet President Trump’s opponents will not simply stand by and watch as he dismantles their carefully crafted censorship machine. Controlling who gets to speak and what can be said is essential to the left’s dominance over our institutions. They will not give up such an important source of their power without a fight.
To ensure the success of Trump’s free speech agenda, the right must anticipate and prepare for the left’s inevitable attacks. Fortunately, their methods are not hard to predict. In fact, Democrats tipped their hand during the campaign.
Back when the party’s out-of-touch leadership thought Kamala Harris would propel them to victory, they set about making plans to silence opposition to their agenda once in office. At the Democratic National Convention, Sen. Chuck Schumer promised sweeping changes to elections, voting, and campaign finance if Democrats won control of Congress and the White House. All of these efforts would slant the political playing field further in the left’s favor.
Among the bills was legislation that would strip Americans of their privacy when supporting nonprofit groups that speak out on hot button issues like abortion, crime, the border, or extreme gender politics. The importance of this provision should not be underestimated.
The left calls it “transparency” when they publicly expose a private citizen’s personal information, including their name and home address, but Americans know it better as doxxing.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
It will be interesting to see if the democRATs learn any new tricks.
“The death of a republic is different from the death of a nation; Rome was a nation for nearly 2,000 years, but its period of being a republic was only around 300 years long. For the rest, it was a brutal empire with a small but wealthy and corrupt ruling class and a thin patina of democracy-for-show.”
Seems to me the Left is trying to mimic the latter part of this.
“It will be interesting to see if the democRATs learn any new tricks.”
Republicans should bring all lawsuits against the left before courts in Florida, Texas, etc. Play their game. Plus whenever they get the opportunity, ridicule the Democrats at every turn. It was Alinsky’s biggest fear that ridicule is the only thing that will work against his leftwing dogma.
Trump owns a large part of Truth Social.
Leftist censorship would make Truth Social actually valuable.
2028
Truth Social - the voice of half of America, perhaps.
We always have to play nice with people who want to subjugate and murder us. A small, quick civil war would cull these scumbags.
Democrats and Biden have an image of being out of touch.
bkmk
I’m sure it will contain the phrase “Dangerous rhetoric”. Because it always does.
All of these articles should be dated 2024 and no further because the Democrats won’t be able to do a thing. Trump is quickly becoming the president of the world and they have to get used to doing what Trump wants when he wants it
Period
Narcissists CANNOT learn new lessons, expect the same-old-same-old from the Left.
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