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The Murdering Of Free Speech In America

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Posted By: RockyTCB, 1/18/2022 5:22:09 AM

In Cato’s 15th letter, the writers who compiled the series of essays under a pen name inspired by the Roman senator who stood against the tyranny of Julius Caesar argued that “freedom of speech is the great bulwark of liberty; they prosper and die together.” Today, we are watching that death play out before us. President Joe Biden, whose growing unpopularity is well-deserved, continued to carry on last week what has become a Democratic tradition: He asked the private sector to become partners in censorship with the federal government. “I make a special appeal to social media companies and media outlets,

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Reply 1 - Posted by: F15 Gork 1/18/2022 6:00:44 AM (No. 1042295)
Social Media......who needs it? Hit the jettison button.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: BarryNo 1/18/2022 7:39:37 AM (No. 1042345)
Democrat leaders have been aiming for this since the 1920s. They were friends and suporters of the Nazis - till it became unpopular. They were friends with Soviet Russia, Cuba, practically ANY 2-bit dictator who rose to power through deceit and violence - only backing away if those people got bad press, or weren't reciprocating, sufficiently (in wealth, ower, or GOOD press). Lets face it - many of the programs and policies of those tyranical regiems were authored as "intellectual dissertations" by Democrat supporters. They've been aiming for this for generations.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Sanchin 1/18/2022 7:39:45 AM (No. 1042346)
The "murdering" has ceased, the America that promoted and protected individual rights and liberties is dead. What we live in today is not America but a geographical area named "The United States" which is the most ironic name imaginable. Memories of what America once was should be kept alive and cherished in the hope that one day in the not-so-distant future they once again may be brought back to life. Today, only a soulless vessel exists.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: moebellini3 1/18/2022 8:16:45 AM (No. 1042385)
They are who they want you to hate. Every single thing they accuse you of dong is what THEY are doing. They are disinformation and misinformation, they are the bigots and hypocrites. It is proven every day but that is how communism works. We are dealing with sick people led by a sick freakin president. Wake up.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: pinger 1/18/2022 8:29:17 AM (No. 1042398)
So basically the situation is that they have the freedom to tell us lies and inaccuracies but we don’t have the freedom to refute them and/or convince others that they’re being fed lies and inaccuracies. And they profess that it is WE who threaten democracy.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: msjena 1/18/2022 8:42:47 AM (No. 1042417)
The suppression of "misinformation" is a direct attack on the First Amendment. Incorrect facts, even lies, are protected. The theory is that the cure for wrong speech is more speech. It is true that social media is private but shouldn't they follow First Amendment principles as a conveyer of news? What would the Democrats say if they started censoring things like the "threat" of global warming or news of alleged police brutality? Social media like Twitter benefit from laws that shield them from defamation claims and there is ample ability to respond to and dispute things that readers think are incorrect. They should be prohibited from censoring ideas consistent with Fisrt Amendment law if they want, basically, First Amendment protection from being sued. And to they extent they might censor things like pornography and acts of violence, they need to be clear on what is and is not allowed.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: bigfatslob 1/18/2022 9:08:26 AM (No. 1042451)
Not in defense of Joe Biden but he doesn't come up with these notions like the comment of social media working with the government. Joe Biden delivers the message by reading a teleprompter that someone put these words in. Biden is stupid but how many tyrants are guiding this country and saying these things that Joe reads? We have no government we a fronted by nitwits and scallywags. Tyrants just seeking power who intend to keep it. It will get worse if we do nothing this is no longer America. Wake up, MAGA
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Reply 8 - Posted by: wordsmith82 1/18/2022 12:19:42 PM (No. 1042769)
Fascism. The 20th century's most enthusiastic Fascist, Benito Mussolini, stated the Fascism is the combining of government and corporate power.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Starboard_side 1/18/2022 12:44:01 PM (No. 1042818)
FTA: “Again: so much of the censorship from Google and other tech monopolies is done not on their own accord but under pressure and threats from Democratic Party leaders.” When this happens, I wonder if it shouldn't be viewed, particularly by the Courts, as acting as a government agent. Besides, when they say misinformation, what are they saying? Is anything not presented by the government considered misinformation?
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Reply 10 - Posted by: jeffkinnh 1/18/2022 2:38:05 PM (No. 1042956)
Authoritarians have an outstanding characteristic; their ideas are BAD. Bad as in unworkable and foolish. Rational people listen to their ideas, know they are a dead end, and speak against them. The only way the authoritarians can have their way is suppress speech and freedom. They cannot win a rational argument so they have to suppress reason. To mangle a quote, "Authoritarianism is the last refuge of the incompetent". No wonder it is so appealing to the senile Biden and the Leftists who are incapable of forming a sustainable government using their "ideas".
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