Posted on 04/15/2022 2:29:20 PM PDT by Rummyfan
“Democracy Dies in Darkness” is the motto of the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post. It may sound like a warning, but more and more it seems like a summary of the left’s aspirations to control debate and shut down any opposition.
A recent example of those aspirations appeared in a column by former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich on Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s big buy of Twitter stock. The original headline — changed after widespread mockery — was this: “Elon Musk’s vision for the Internet is dangerous nonsense: Musk has long advocated a libertarian vision of an ‘uncontrolled’ internet. That’s also the dream of every dictator, strongman and demagogue.”
The mockery was understandable. “Libertarian visions” of “uncontrolled” speech haven’t actually been the stock-in-trade of dictators, strongmen and demagogues. Typically, those authoritarian figures want to silence their opponents and ensure that their own voices, and those of their satraps and sycophants, are the only ones heard.
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These people need to have their accounts and articles banned for a month so they have an appreciation for the other side.
Why does ANYONE listen to that sawed-off prick? I have never known him to get ANYTHING right. He is not just short in stature, he is an intellectual midget!!!
Isn’t his real name Robert ReissssssscccchhhhhhhhAH”?
He's a small-minded small man. That's why Clinton chose him for his cabinet.
The hypocrisy, it is strong with these people.
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