There are disturbing parallels indeed between the “truth squad” goons who seek to impose a chokehold on principled dissent, in a variety of ways, against a variety of mediums.
The “fairness doctrine” in the hands of Nancy Pelosi, “calls to action” by the campaign of Senator Obama during an appearance by Stanley Kurtz, the swarm of dorsal fins sent to Missouri, Code Pink showing up and disrupting, shouting, screaming incoherent chants during serious discussions…leftist totalitarianism is peeking out beneath the veil of “champions of tolerance”.
I am glad that Mark Steyn, one of our most courageous voices speaking truth to power, was not bothered further by this clear attempt at censorship. I am even happier that the imbecilic show trial brought down some heat on the producera of mendacity..even moreso that it shed light on the dangers of leftist authoritarianism.
I do not care where you sit on the political spectrum, if you believe in strangling principled dissent, you are an enemy of freedom.
The reason I despise those who stole our information stream and why I choose to argue strenuously against the leftists who benefit from that abject cowardice, is precisely the point of pointing out this parallel. It is not because I hold dear any particular right wing or even right of center hot button issues, it is because fighting against leftist jackbooting of my country is the most important issue, bar none, that any of us face if we love freedom and if we are to self-govern this land of ours.
The left has gone too far. They have become despicable and untenable in a “by any means necessary” infusion of tactics and enforcements. They have become dangerous and irrational.
It was allowed to happen in Canada and anyone who does not believe it could just as easily happen here, isn’t paying attention.
I cheered for Mark Steyn and I cherish his brilliant talents at speaking truth to power…but that power is no longer in our hands. We are about to give it away and our freedoms are more at stake by what was witnessed here in a “win” than is clear to the naked eye.
We no longer get “facts” in our “news”. Some are held back, some are filtered, some are photoshopped, some are forged, some are staged, …if we are not able to garner facts upon which to self-govern this land of ours…we are already under the totalitarian thumbs of those who intend to command us to think a certain way, to behave a certain way, to dream a certain dream and to vote a certain vote.
When the “truth” is owned by those who choose to Cuisinart the facts and then strain out any of those which are inconvenient to the “message”…we are slaves to that “message”.
Pick any other issue (abortion, gay rights, economic highs and lows, Middle East conflicts, terrorism) and they pale in comparison. We can’t even vote on the best way to address them, if we are victims of a gang rape of our information stream.
Vote no to leftist totalitarianism. Vote no to having your freedoms stolen from you. Vote no to giving absolute power to a party complicit in stealing your ability to speak, your ability to know, your ability to dissent from their policies. Vote no to tyranny of “the message”. Vote no to having your information filtered and obscured. Vote no at each and every opportunity.
Because if you don’t…you could replace Mark Steyn in that seat one day, only here…in America…and when they come for you, we might not be able to find out the truth to save you. They won’t let us, and the “facts” we get…will suggest you are guilty.
