CitizenBBN
12-09-2016, 09:15 PM
The left is all for freedom, so long as you get in line with them. But say something they don't like and you're a racist or sexist.
Well, that didn't win them the election, no matter how much they said it, so now they have a NEW angle: declare anything they don't like as 'fake news' and then BAN IT OUTRIGHT.
Two examples:
1) In the Netherlands, the right wing party candidate was just found guilty of "hate speech" for what I thought was so mild it as a mis-quote. But I looked at multiple sources. He asked a crowd if they wanted more or fewer Moroccan immigrants, and they said "Fewer!" and he said "we'll take care of that". That's it, all that was done, and he was convicted of hate speech for inciting discrimination.
That is the future Leftist vision of America IMO, where dissenting speech can simply be declared a violation.
Think I'm overreaching? Then check out...
2) Hillary today called for CONGRESS to legislate "fake news". She just flat out called for the government to decide what is "real" and "fake" and what is "news" and what is forbidden to be said.
My my, now how dangerous is that? I'm sure there is a lot of nonsense on the internet, but do you want to have to filter that yourself or have the government out there regulating it with the Department of News Integrity and Purity?
Now, I'm not saying this will happen tomorrow, but Hillary Clinton has shown faux outrage at things from Trump like not "accepting the results of the election" (which she then wouldn't accept), but this is a true outrage. the idea that a person of her stature politically is straight faced calling for government control over what qualifies as "the truth"?
A national safe space, cozy and safe for leftists from sea to sea. I think not.
Well, that didn't win them the election, no matter how much they said it, so now they have a NEW angle: declare anything they don't like as 'fake news' and then BAN IT OUTRIGHT.
Two examples:
1) In the Netherlands, the right wing party candidate was just found guilty of "hate speech" for what I thought was so mild it as a mis-quote. But I looked at multiple sources. He asked a crowd if they wanted more or fewer Moroccan immigrants, and they said "Fewer!" and he said "we'll take care of that". That's it, all that was done, and he was convicted of hate speech for inciting discrimination.
That is the future Leftist vision of America IMO, where dissenting speech can simply be declared a violation.
Think I'm overreaching? Then check out...
2) Hillary today called for CONGRESS to legislate "fake news". She just flat out called for the government to decide what is "real" and "fake" and what is "news" and what is forbidden to be said.
My my, now how dangerous is that? I'm sure there is a lot of nonsense on the internet, but do you want to have to filter that yourself or have the government out there regulating it with the Department of News Integrity and Purity?
Now, I'm not saying this will happen tomorrow, but Hillary Clinton has shown faux outrage at things from Trump like not "accepting the results of the election" (which she then wouldn't accept), but this is a true outrage. the idea that a person of her stature politically is straight faced calling for government control over what qualifies as "the truth"?
A national safe space, cozy and safe for leftists from sea to sea. I think not.