For John, BLUF: If there is no Free Speech then we lose our Republic and become just like all those other Oligarchies. As an inheriter of all those Anglo-Saxon efforts toward the "Rights of Englishment" I am embarrassed. Nothing to see here; just move along.
From Yahoo News, by Reporter Carl Samson, 11 January 2021, at 7:01 PM EST.
Here is the lede:
Sarah Jeong, the New York Times reporter who made headlines in 2018 for antagonizing white people, has branded conservative journalist Andy Ngo "dangerous" and called for his censorship on Twitter. In a tweet posted on Jan. 9, Jeong cited a thread from Donovan Farley, another journalist who claimed that Ngo repeatedly "willfully deceives his followers into a frenzy that results in death and rape threats" for journalists and "anyone else" supposedly targeted by his "scorn."This desire for censorship is a bad sign in our democracy. It smacks of authoritarianism. Who is to decide what can and cannot be said? Who is to decide when a riot is a good riot (see 2020) and when it is a bad riot (6 January 20212)?
Mr Jim Lyons, recently reëlected Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party, said this today:
It is clear that those who stand for freedom of speech will be targeted for deletion no matter how big or how small. Unless you fall into line with Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi’s rhetoric, be prepared to be ostracized and de-platformed.I think the press-room gang at The Old Gray Lady think a little too much of themselves. It is like they think that a Press Pass that identifies them as from the NYT indicates that they are a special breed, set apart from us mere plebs.
De-platform yourself. Find alternative ways of exchanging information. Sure, Parler has been squashed, but it may well come back. And, there is always the old fashioned letter and the telephone text message. And after COVID-19 subsides, there is always having a face to face conversation at Eienstein's Bagels, where all the best people go.
Hat tip to the InstaPundit.
Regards — Cliff
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