The Elite War on Free Thought

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Anti-Gunners Don't Want You to Read This:  The Truth About Armed Citizens Stopping Mass Shootings

 

[...] When was the last time you saw a report detailing how an armed citizen foiled a mass shooting?  Chances are that the answer is "never."  But these numbers suggest it happens more often than we think.  [...]

 

https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/09/02/anti-gunners-dont-want-you-to-read-this-the-truth-about-armed-citizens-stopping-mass-shootings-n2163367

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Even though this column touches on several areas, overall, it is all about the Democrat/Left assault on free political speech, and free political expression.

 

In Democrats' incessant prosecution of Trump, progressives ignore free speech rights

 

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.” Those words from philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche capture the fear that the struggle against the ideas and people we oppose will twist us into the very thing we hate.

 

For Democrats, that moment has come in an age of rage against former President Donald Trump in particular and conservatives in general. It's an age when reason and restraint are strangers.

 

In various areas, Democrats have embraced repellent concepts in the effort to silence or even jail their opponents. What is most striking is that legal arguments now used by the left were once used against the left.

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2023/09/04/trump-banned-2024-election-democrats-fight-free-speech/70717503007/

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Good article!

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FAIRNESS IN MEDIA

A Harley rider is passing the zoo when he sees a little girl leaning into the lion's cage.  Suddenly, the lion grabs her by the cuff of her jacket and tries to pull her inside to slaughter her under the eyes of her screaming parents.

The biker jumps off his bike, runs to the cage, and hits the lion squarely on the nose with a powerful punch.  Whimpering from the pain, the lion jumps back, letting go of the girl, and the biker brings her to her terrified parents, who thank him endlessly.

A New York Times reporter has watched the whole event.  The reporter says, "Sir, this was the most gallant and brave thing I saw a man do in my whole life."  The biker replies, "Why, it was nothing, really; the lion was behind bars.  I just saw this little kid in danger, and acted as I believed was right."

The reporter says, "Well, I'm a journalist from the New York Times, and tomorrow's paper will have this story on the front page... so, what do you do for a living and what political affiliation do you have?"

The biker replies, "I'm a U.S. Marine and a Republican."

The next morning, the biker buys the New York Times to see if it indeed brings news of his actions, and reads, on the front page: 

"U.S. MARINE ASSAULTS AFRICAN IMMIGRANT AND STEALS HIS LUNCH."

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Harvard ranked as America's worst college for free speech

 

Harvard University has been ranked as America's worst college for free speech, with its attitude to open expression described as "abysmal".  [...]

 

https://unherd.com/thepost/harvard-ranked-as-americas-worst-college-for-free-speech/

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WaPo's Phillip Bump Humiliates Self by Claiming 14 Presidents Signed Anti-Trump Letter

 

https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2023/09/07/wapos-philip-bump-implodes-again-with-new-incredible-post-about-trump-n2163549

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Worthwhile, from Matt Taibbi.

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Inside the Blue Bubble

 

https://www.racket.news/p/inside-the-blue-bubble

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Free Speech Wins:  5th Circuit Upholds Heart of Injunction Against Biden Administration

 

September 8th marks another free speech win, albeit with a somewhat narrowed scope.  On Friday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its highly anticipated ruling in Missouri v. Biden, the case in which the states of Louisiana and Missouri, along with several individual social media users, challenged the federal government's coercive attempts to squelch speech on social media platforms like Twitter (now "X") and Facebook, asserting it violated their First Amendment Rights.

In a nutshell, the appellate court agreed that the government had violated the Constitution, but it pared down the scope of the injunction issued by the district court, both in terms of the defendants to whom it applied and the nature of the prohibited actions.  [...]

 

https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2023/09/08/free-speech-wins-5th-circuit-upholds-heart-of-injunction-against-biden-administration-n2163596

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Jonathan Turley.

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America's Institutions of Higher Indoctrination:  A New Study Shows the Continued Decline of Free Speech on Campuses

 

[...] Harvard was ranked dead last as the country's most hostile school for free speech.  It received a score of 0.000 — and even that was subject to grade inflation; its actual score was -10.69.  [...]

 

https://themessenger.com/opinion/americas-institutions-of-higher-indoctrination-a-new-study-shows-the-continued-decline-of-free-speech-on-campuses

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What If We Had a Functional Media?

 

Could you imagine the difference if, in the fall of 2020, the Washington Post had accepted a copy of the Hunter Biden hard drive and actually investigated the thousands of emails, photos, text messages, and other evidence that implicated not just Hunter but his father Joe Biden in sundry unethical and criminal enterprises?  [...]

 

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/09/11/what_if_we_had_a_functional_mainstream_media_149732.html

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Glenn Greenwald wants you to listen for yourself what a fascist Rachel Maddow is

 

https://twitchy.com/brettt/2023/09/13/glenn-greenwald-wants-you-to-listen-for-yourself-what-a-fascist-rachel-maddow-is-n2387209

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This clown has been wrong in >99.99% of anything he's ever said.

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Hot Takes:  Paul Krugman Gets the Burn Ward Treatment After Declaring Inflation Battle 'Painless'

 

https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2023/09/14/hot-takes-paul-krugman-gets-the-burn-ward-treatment-after-declaring-inflation-battle-painless-n2163813

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Gotta love the elite globalists.

 

“We Own the Science and Think the World Should Know It” – Globalist UN Official Calls for More Controls Over Speech, Greater Censorship of the Masses (VIDEO)

 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/09/we-own-science-think-world-should-know-it/

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7 hours ago, Dashinka said:

Gotta love the elite globalists.

They need to be put over some knees for a good spanking.

Then worse.

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Electorate's Deep Cynicism Is Greatest Cause For Optimism

 

After decades of America's political, cultural, and media elites lying to the American electorate, the public has become deeply cynical and distrustful of institutional authority.  But while this may initially seem like a depressing development, the fact that voters now understand they are being deceived has eroded the effectiveness of the lies propagated by those in power – perhaps marking the first step toward a restoration of constitutional government where the people are truly in charge.  [...]

 

https://amac.us/newsline/elections/electorates-deep-cynicism-is-greatest-cause-for-optimism/