How dare you question gubmint's commitment to Free Speech around the world!!
Now...be silent!!!
Posted on 09/20/2024 7:43:35 PM PDT by bitt
Collusion between Big Tech and Western governments is a growing threat.
It’s the First Amendment for a reason: free speech is a fundamental prerequisite for liberal democracy. But The Guardian, with logic that Stalin would have appreciated, insists the concern over free speech has been “concocted” by the Right. This is one example of many that shows the assault on free speech today primarily comes from the very people—the legacy media, academia, and progressives—who once championed unencumbered dialogue.
Given the increasing likelihood of a Kamala Harris presidency, the outlook for free speech could turn even more dismal. As California’s attorney general, when it came to privacy legislation, she supported policies favored by her tech backers, and also evidenced little interest in protecting pivotal rights of free societies such as due process.
Under Harris, the censorship regime would likely get even stronger. She has spoken openly about wanting to “censor misinformation and hate.” Already under Biden, there has been strong support for suppressing online dissent, even proposing to create a “disinformation” board. This likely would be used not only to cover COVID-related issues but also climate change, with the Biden Administration’s top climate adviser Gina McCarthy casting censorship as a “health issue.”
To be sure, the U.S. will have to get much worse to beat our erstwhile democratic allies’ abandonment of free speech; unlike the U.S., the U.K. has no First Amendment. Even as authoritarian regimes are expanding all around the world, notes Freedom House, other Western nations seem to be tilting toward greater restraints on free expression, with “hate speech” laws already surfacing in Scotland, Ireland, Australia, and Canada.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanmind.org ...
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>> Given the increasing likelihood of a Kamala Harris presidency, the outlook for free speech could turn even more dismal.
Corrupt ballot box => restricted soapbox...??? Hang on tight to that cartridge box!
Only if you let it...
Hang on tight to that cartridge box!
Bullsh!t hang on. Getting very close to the time to open it up and let it do my talking!!
Having a gun is one thing.
Having bullets is another.
Having the WILL to put the two together and employing them effectively is a whole nother dimension.
Aim Small, Miss Small
BTTT for later...
“This is one example of many that shows the assault on free speech primarily comes from the very people -— the legacy media, academia, and progressives -— who once championed unencumbered dialogue.”
Well, Joel, thank you for that enlightenment, only half /s.
The legacy media,academia,and progressives have not championed unencumbered dialogue or free speech for decades, and certainly not for the lifetimes of most Americans.
Bkmk
The dumber people get the less they tolerate opposing views. Fear the stupid because they believe their thoughts are always right. Unfortunately, the world is becoming more stupid with the passage of time. Intellect has no relationship to stupidity, common sense and respect for opposing views is what matters and is sorrily lacking today.
The Guardian
Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9GU
As you can see, it’s a very dumpy looking building, used as a latrine for homeless vagrants. /spit
If a person needs this explained at this point, they’re lost already
Gosh, I wonder why? Aren't the Rockefellers in oil and gas?
For those of you who don't know: Exxon/Mobil hopes to be the largest lithium mining corporation in North America.
Ecclesiastes 10:20 niv
Do not revile the king even in your thoughts,
or curse the rich in your bedroom,
because a bird in the sky may carry your words,
and a bird on the wing may report what you say.
Probably a spy camera or a cellphone...
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