Posted on 01/30/2022 10:18:33 AM PST by American Number 181269513
American liberals are obsessed with finding ways to silence and censor their adversaries. Every week, if not every day, they have new targets they want de-platformed, banned, silenced, and otherwise prevented from speaking or being heard (by "liberals,” I mean the term of self-description used by the dominant wing of the Democratic Party).
For years, their preferred censorship tactic was to expand and distort the concept of "hate speech” to mean "views that make us uncomfortable,” and then demand that such “hateful” views be prohibited on that basis. For that reason, it is now common to hear Democrats assert, falsely, that the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech does not protect “hate speech." Their political culture has long inculcated them to believe that they can comfortably silence whatever views they arbitrarily place into this category without being guilty of censorship.
Constitutional illiteracy to the side, the “hate speech” framework for justifying censorship is now insufficient because liberals are eager to silence a much broader range of voices than those they can credibly accuse of being hateful. That is why the newest, and now most popular, censorship framework is to claim that their targets are guilty of spreading “misinformation” or “disinformation.” These terms, by design, have no clear or concise meaning. Like the term “terrorism,” it is their elasticity that makes them so useful.
More of a reason, if we need any, to retake Congress in ’22 and the White House in ’24 so we can start to put an end to this madness.
IBT "McCarthy was right!"
There. I said it myself. Now nobody else has to say it. (sigh) What am I saying. This is FR. OF COURSE somebody's going to say it. Fine. Go ahead. Get it over with.
Leftism is a death cult. Darkness, negativity, ingratitude. The destruction and death of all that is good, decent, wholesome, productive and holy.
Never tell me of liberals’ good intentions.
“... claim that their targets are guilty of spreading “misinformation” or “disinformation.”
let’s go brandon...
LG, B!
It’s time to wake up and recognize that leftists are waging war. Leftist do not play within the rules. They do not recognize our laws and constitution. But many on the right do not see it as war and are content to send polite letters and right intellectual editorial/opinion pieces. They do that while using the apparatus of the left, whether it be newspapers, cable networks, facebook, twitter, youtube and in this case Spotify. All of that gives leftists more money to continue their assault on our Republic. Screw all of that and stop using the things that give leftists money and power.
The First Amendment should protect “hate speech” in all its forms. And prayer in any location. Honestly, I sort of think it ought to protect yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theater — because as soon as you open the door and decide that censorship is a really swell idea under certain circumstances, then pretty soon you get censorship in an ever expanding set of circumstances. And before you know it, it’s illegal to say, “I might vote Republican in the next election.”
Allah-The greatest deceiver
Leftists-The deciples of both
Their reiguin is control of every life. To decide who lives, who dies, who has access to wealth, health. This is as dark as the dark ages before Christ transformed the would. He will again, only this time it will be our blessed hope.
Call them what they are: fascists
Anyone who disagrees with a libtard must be silenced 🤪
Same thing with the nazis
Funny you should say that. I was at a friend's funeral yesterday and sat next to another friend I hadn't seen in 5 years. We got to talking about what's going on in the world and I sad, "You know, it's weird. I think back to the dark ages when the Pope and the Kings of a handful of European countries and other wealthy people basically divided up the world and I think to myself, how did they even do that? It had to be by organizing wars against each other and creating famines and whatnot in order to foment fear and stoke false patriotism. "
I had forgotten to mention The Reformation. Thanks for reminding me. How does that saying go? The past is prologue? We may have to go through some hell in the next few years but we know what's on the other side.
One example, the most recent one - Biden’s promise to violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964 / Equal Employment Opportunity Act by disqualification of any citizen based on gender or race for the open seat on the Supreme Court.
Where are the republicans screaming for impeachment based on this High Crime and Misdemeanor?
The republicans are afraid of rocking the boat and they’re afraid of the incoherent kiddie groper who shits his pants and is only in office via fraud
Funny how demokkkrats can spread misinformation and nobody does anything about it.
bmp
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