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John Kass @ Chicago Tribune: "We were lied to about who would silence free speech"
Posted on 5/2/17 at 10:39 am
Posted on 5/2/17 at 10:39 am
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John Kass writes at the Chicago Tribune:
John Kass writes at the Chicago Tribune:
quote:
The lies we were told about who would silence free speech
The lie we were told as kids was this: The end of American liberty would come at the hands of the political right.
Conservatives would take away our right to speak our minds, and use the power of government to silence dissent. The right would intimidate our teachers and professors, and coerce the young.
And then, with the universities in thrall, with control of the apparatus of the state (and the education bureaucracy), the right would have dominion over a once-free people.
Some of us were taught this in school. Others, who couldn’t be bothered to read books, were fed a cartoon version of the diabolical conservative in endless movies and TV shows. The most entertaining of these were science fiction, sometimes with vague references to men in brown shirts and black boots goose-stepping in some future time.
Women would become handmaids, subjugated and turned into breeders. And men would be broken as well. The more lurid fantasies offered armies of Luddites in hooded robes, hunting down subversives for the greater good.
But the lie is obvious now, isn’t it?
Because it is not conservatives who coerced today's young people or made them afraid of ideas that challenge them. Conservatives did not shame people into silence, or send thugs out on college campuses to beat down those who wanted to speak.
The left did all that.
It's there in front of you, the thuggish mobs of the left killing free speech at American universities. The thugs call themselves antifas, for anti-fascists.
They beat people up and break things and set fires and intimidate. These are not anti-fascists. These are fascists. This is what fascists do.
Many liberals — journalists, senators, television comedians and others — are properly appalled at what their political children, born of the hard left, have done. Many liberals have warned about this, and so many must wince as the fruits of their labor turn bitter in their mouths.
But they are also complicit, because they've taken advantage of the anger and energy of this hard left fascism to leverage their own politics. And Democratic operatives still hope to use this emotional frenzy and muscle for political gain in the next elections.
What is the cost for all this?
Free speech, without which there is no republic.
Posted on 5/2/17 at 10:43 am to MButterfly
guy is brave and will soon be subject to protest
Posted on 5/2/17 at 10:49 am to MButterfly
God bless that patriot for speaking out.
Posted on 5/2/17 at 10:56 am to bamarep
refreshing to read isn't it
Posted on 5/2/17 at 11:01 am to MButterfly
RIP John Kass...a true patriot and martyr for the American Cause
Posted on 5/2/17 at 11:17 am to John Gotti
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RIP John Kass
i hope he avoids general aviation and hunting trips.
Posted on 5/2/17 at 11:18 am to MButterfly
Glad to see some are finally starting to get it, but this has been going on for a while. Still nice to see it in writing.
This post was edited on 5/2/17 at 11:19 am
Posted on 5/2/17 at 11:29 am to GeauxBayouBengals
They created the monster and they can not control it.
Posted on 5/2/17 at 11:37 am to MButterfly
Call to Chicken for anchorage
Posted on 5/2/17 at 11:38 am to MButterfly
quote:
Many liberals — journalists, senators, television comedians and others — are properly appalled at what their political children, born of the hard left, have done
Such as?
Posted on 5/2/17 at 12:30 pm to Jake88
I would like that list too. At least he is shining a light on the problem.
Posted on 5/2/17 at 1:18 pm to MButterfly
Finally, maybe people will start listening. I wonder who downvoted
Posted on 5/2/17 at 2:52 pm to McLemore
quote:
i hope he avoids general aviation and hunting trips.
And going for walks in northwest DC.
Posted on 5/2/17 at 2:55 pm to MButterfly
quote:
They created the monster and they can not control it.
I've been saying this since Occupy Wall Street. From the Gracchi to Robespierre the monster of street theater politics always turns on the maker. This Obama/Alinski/Soros incarnation won't escape history. Live by the mob, die by the mob.
Posted on 5/2/17 at 2:57 pm to MButterfly
Given the course we are on, I wonder at what point the shooting starts? (Rhetorical)
These people on the left are taking it too far trying to outright silence conservatives/libertarians. Given the desperate actions of the left, I think we (on the right) are "winning" the war of sensibility.
There used to be some honor among political opposition and a focus that was on the best interests of the country. Unfortunately, there is little to no common ground today as pertains to each sides vision for the country. You can't really reconcile America First versus Global First.
I despise liberal, progressive and globalist ideology and even Presidents from my side of the aisle that helped sell us down this river. i.e., Bush 43.
These people on the left are taking it too far trying to outright silence conservatives/libertarians. Given the desperate actions of the left, I think we (on the right) are "winning" the war of sensibility.
There used to be some honor among political opposition and a focus that was on the best interests of the country. Unfortunately, there is little to no common ground today as pertains to each sides vision for the country. You can't really reconcile America First versus Global First.
I despise liberal, progressive and globalist ideology and even Presidents from my side of the aisle that helped sell us down this river. i.e., Bush 43.
Posted on 5/2/17 at 3:00 pm to MButterfly
quote:
But the lie is obvious now, isn’t it?
Because it is not conservatives who coerced today's young people or made them afraid of ideas that challenge them. Conservatives did not shame people into silence, or send thugs out on college campuses to beat down those who wanted to speak.
The left did all that.
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