OMG! We have crossed the statist Rubicon.....

[SteyrAUG]

This is the unhinged lunatic they’re putting in charge.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=eywF-wUB...e=emb_imp_woyt

good.......lord.

Of course I don't know why I'd expect anything different.

[Business_Casual]

Well we've had "thought crimes" (aka hate crimes) on the books for awhile so I guess this was inevitable.

The sad part is now the government will be the determining agency in deciding what is truth and what may be presented on social media as a result. Part of me thinks "what did you imagine would happen with your comet pizza, flat earth society, illuminati BS that multitudes of idiots crap all over the net" but I also know truth will be the actual casualty as it always has been.

Of course this is nothing new, just the spread of the same disease to a newer medium. The MSM has been mostly "opinion vs. fact" based information for awhile now. They have simply annexed mainstream internet sources.

And in the swirl of nonsense currently promoted by conspiracy idiots, this will barely blip the radar even though this time it's actually true and something to actually worry about.

Wow, free expression of ideas brought us to tyranny because some of those ideas are judged to be silly by some of the people? Interesting thesis, indeed.

[SteyrAUG]

Wow, free expression of ideas brought us to tyranny because some of those ideas are judged to be silly by some of the people? Interesting thesis, indeed.

Don't discount the fantastic contributions of people such as yourself.

[Business_Casual]

Don't discount the fantastic contributions of people such as yourself.

Yes, you disagree with me, so I am bad. I understand your world view.

It’s hard for me to take someone seriously when this their approach to life:

“It's hard to be a ACLU hating, philosophically Libertarian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative, scientifically grounded, agnostic, porn admiring gun owner who believes in self determination.“

See? It’s a two-way street.

[AndyLate]

I have trouble accepting that the supreme court will let it stand.

This has nothing to do with people posting weird conspiracy theories and everything to do with the leftist cabal fearing they may lose their strangehold on social media (and the fact that Fox News is decimating their talking heads).

The left has nothing to lose at this point. Unless every Repub stays home in Nov. the senate will flip hard and Congress will be a majority R. No more f#!$ing Jan 6 committee, no more Comrade Pelosi figurehead.

The only hope is to literally do a Bagdad Bob and hope enough idiots believe them.

Andy

[Averageman]

I have trouble accepting that the supreme court will let it stand.

Andy

I agree Andy.

[BrigandTwoFour]

Kinda feels like an information warfare version of the House Un-American Activities Committee.

I came across an article recently, written in 2017, that introduced me to the phrase the "Blue Church."

https://medium.com/deep-code/underst...h-e4781b2bd9b5

It doesn't describe explicitly as a left-leaning philosophy. Rather, it's a way of describing a cabal of powerful networks like government, academia, entertainment, and mass media. The goal of the blue church is to establish and reinforce "good opinion" amongst the population and establish a dominant cultural force. The problem, as described by the author, is that the blue church is failing to function in an era where it can no longer control a single narrative. The counter-force is independent information nodes and networks (including forums like this one) that are able to analyze and provide effective counter narratives.

The stuff we're seeing now, like this DHS-backed "disinformation" council, represents the panicked thrashing of a power mechanism that's losing relevance and is grasping to hold on.

[jbjh]

What’s their enforcement mechanism? This feels like it going to be a second helping of press briefings, and releases.


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[just a scout]

I have trouble accepting that the supreme court will let it stand.

This has nothing to do with people posting weird conspiracy theories and everything to do with the leftist cabal fearing they may lose their strangehold on social media (and the fact that Fox News is decimating their talking heads).

The left has nothing to lose at this point. Unless every Repub stays home in Nov. the senate will flip hard and Congress will be a majority R. No more f#!$ing Jan 6 committee, no more Comrade Pelosi figurehead.

The only hope is to literally do a Bagdad Bob and hope enough idiots believe them.

Andy

And if we do make it to the election and that happens, do you really think the Republicans are going to get rid of this thing? Or will they just put their own person in charge? Because now it good, because the GOP is running the Congress?

When the Left is in charge, they do anything they want. When the Right is in charge, they don’t repeal ANYTHING the Left put into place, the Left still gets most everything they want (in the spirit of bipartisanship of course), and they pick up exactly where they left off when they get control back again.

They only losers in this whole deal is the American people.


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[Diamondback]

And if we do make it to the election and that happens, do you really think the Republicans are going to get rid of this thing? Or will they just put their own person in charge? Because now it good, because the GOP is running the Congress?

When the Left is in charge, they do anything they want. When the Right is in charge, they don’t repeal ANYTHING the Left put into place, the Left still gets most everything they want (in the spirit of bipartisanship of course), and they pick up exactly where they left off when they get control back again.

They only losers in this whole deal is the American people.


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I don't even see the R's replacing the people in charge--look how hard they fought over Obama holdovers as soon as Trump took office. *snort*