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We’ve been seeing more and more that the media has been at the fore of the organized attacks on The First Amendment and free speech. We’ve seen more and more opinion writers, like the NY Slime’s Thomas Friedman, and now this Atlantic piece, that actually praise the actions of the Chinese Communist Party.

I believe that the reason for this is a combination of a lack of education, the decision to ignore the horrific human rights violations by the CCP, greed with the belief that as long as they toe the totalitarian, leftist line, that President Trump is an anomaly, as is the belief in liberty and that the Constitution actually means something, and that things will be getting “back to normal” in 2021. Finally, they believe that as long as they toe the line, that their jobs are safe, that they’ll be the last to be “eaten by the alligators.” It also helps that it helps make them feel superior to the “unwashed masses.”

It really shouldn’t be surprising. History and civics really haven’t been taught in the public primary and secondary school systems, and to be certain that totalitarian ideals are enshrined, the curricula are devised by, and the vast majority of schools and university are run by the supporters of totalitarianism.

The things that are being taught (more importantly, the things OMITTED) are shocking. There are high school students whose only knowledge of American History is based around slavery, and how the United States of America was the only country where slavery was legal. I met two of them, when I was helping a friend’s children with their math homework. It quickly changed to a civics lesson. They had heard of The Constitution, but had no idea what it was for or what was in it.

There’s no doubt that far too many in the media are more than willing to do away with the Constitution and the concepts of freedom of speech and the freedom to protest the government, as long as their jobs are safe.

Mark