How the Left Will Defend Its Censorship Regime Against Trump

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-20 14:13:31 | Updated at 2024-12-28 11:34:38 1 week ago

How the Left Will Defend Its Censorship Regime Against Trump
RealClear Politics ^ | 20 Dec, 2024 | Bradley Smith

Posted on 12/20/2024 5:46:24 AM PST by MtnClimber

The reelection of President Donald Trump could serve as a historic turning point for free speech in America. President Trump has said he will investigate censorship practices by the federal government, end the rampant disrespect for First Amendment rights on our college campuses, and take on Big Tech’s Orwellian policing of speech on the Internet. If successful, these efforts would make the First Amendment stronger than ever before.

Yet President Trump’s opponents will not simply stand by and watch as he dismantles their carefully crafted censorship machine. Controlling who gets to speak and what can be said is essential to the left’s dominance over our institutions. They will not give up such an important source of their power without a fight.

To ensure the success of Trump’s free speech agenda, the right must anticipate and prepare for the left’s inevitable attacks. Fortunately, their methods are not hard to predict. In fact, Democrats tipped their hand during the campaign.

Back when the party’s out-of-touch leadership thought Kamala Harris would propel them to victory, they set about making plans to silence opposition to their agenda once in office. At the Democratic National Convention, Sen. Chuck Schumer promised sweeping changes to elections, voting, and campaign finance if Democrats won control of Congress and the White House. All of these efforts would slant the political playing field further in the left’s favor.

Among the bills was legislation that would strip Americans of their privacy when supporting nonprofit groups that speak out on hot button issues like abortion, crime, the border, or extreme gender politics. The importance of this provision should not be underestimated.

The left calls it “transparency” when they publicly expose a private citizen’s personal information, including their name and home address, but Americans know it better as doxxing.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: leftism

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1 posted on 12/20/2024 5:46:24 AM PST by MtnClimber

To: MtnClimber

It will be interesting to see if the democRATs learn any new tricks.

2 posted on 12/20/2024 5:46:34 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)

To: MtnClimber

“The death of a republic is different from the death of a nation; Rome was a nation for nearly 2,000 years, but its period of being a republic was only around 300 years long. For the rest, it was a brutal empire with a small but wealthy and corrupt ruling class and a thin patina of democracy-for-show.”

Seems to me the Left is trying to mimic the latter part of this.

3 posted on 12/20/2024 6:00:15 AM PST by antidemoncrat ( )

To: MtnClimber

“It will be interesting to see if the democRATs learn any new tricks.”

Republicans should bring all lawsuits against the left before courts in Florida, Texas, etc. Play their game. Plus whenever they get the opportunity, ridicule the Democrats at every turn. It was Alinsky’s biggest fear that ridicule is the only thing that will work against his leftwing dogma.

4 posted on 12/20/2024 6:03:44 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Drill Baby Drill!)

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