"1984" was not meant to be an instruction manual.
Posted on 02/13/2021 9:53:37 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Why does the Left want to silence conservatives? Why do rank-and-file Democrats go along with this abomination? Leftists have bad intentions, but how about the Democrats who enable them? I prefer to think they’ve being manipulated.
As worried as we should be about the hyperexploding national debt and our inevitable fiscal catastrophe, I am even more worried about the Left’s success in turning America into a police state (ironic, given its simultaneous war on the police).
People still able to summon their rational faculties during this pandemic have to be concerned about this insane, concerted effort to control people’s thoughts and speech. How can those who purport to rage against the fascism of former President Donald Trump, which was an abject Democratic and media myth, promote actual fascism in our culture?
It strains the mind to imagine that fair people can deceive themselves into believing that silencing and canceling people for “offensive” views is consistent with our liberty tradition. Some rationalize that because government is not the moving agency in this censorship, and because the Constitution only restricts state action, not that of private entities, there is no violation of our constitutional principles.
They can lie or fool themselves, but don’t let them fool you. Let’s not pretend that this consortium of overblown, unaccountable digital oligarchs does not represent an equal threat to our speech. If you can live with censorship by these immensely powerful companies, then you don’t believe in the spirit of constitutional liberties. They are just nice-sounding platitudes — a means to justify their end of gaining control over the people.
The Left has been quite strategic in its sinister plans to silence and control conservatives. If it could sufficiently demonize us, it could emasculate us as effective opponents of its agenda.
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The worst part is the Democrats in R jerseys who are assisting them and the voters who don’t recognize the enemy within.
"1984" was not meant to be an instruction manual.
You can keep thinking that, but the reality is that they would not only shut down conservatives, they would gladly see them marched into boxcars, and exiled somewhere for "re-education", or ouright eradication. They want you dead, not silenced, dead.
Bkmk
Therefore, they must shut down all dissenting views.
“I prefer to think they’ve being manipulated.”
I’d prefer to think that too.
But many, far too many, are quite willing to knowingly and deliberately be manipulated.
The word that fits that is ‘evil’, a word they have virtually banned from public discourse.
Yup. The word is “evil”.
I think you're right... Nazis used this tactic against 'the Jews' prior to the camps... ginned up hatred against Jewish citizens with lies and their control of the corrupt press.
reworking the tagline...
Perfect.
Read later!
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