This article is a repeat of my blog posting from many months ago. However it isn't for historical purposes that I bring it back. Since, as I argue, so-called "progressives," are becoming increasingly entrenched in their folly. See if you can agree with my assessment:
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In 1964, during Democrat Lyndon Baines Johnson’s official oversight as the 36th President of the United States, the “Free Speech Movement” was formed to defy his administration’s ban of on-campus protesting over the Vietnam War. Their goal was consistent with that of any university. 1 Astonishingly however, the Wikipedia article on this topic, which was revised as recently as this month (Dec. 1) states, “To this day, the Movement’s legacy continues to shape American political dialogue both on college campuses and in broader society.” 2 Yet ironically, Leftists3 today are seemingly clueless to the contradiction of their stance in the face of that Movement back in the 60’s to which they claim inspiration.
Indeed left-of-center ideology today is thoroughly pervaded with a spirit of both censorship and the suppression of honest debate4 in matters of substance, each of which fundamentally undermines freedom of speech that is protected in the First Amendment of our U.S. Constitution.5 This ploy seeks, apparently, to buffer Leftists from scrutiny by an informed public as applied in the following ways:
• In terms of posture, the Left’s chronic refusal to engage in dialogue with Conservatives destroys even the possibility of reaching a common understanding together. So much darker, then, is the prospect of reaching mutually acceptable solutions. Nonetheless, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and Kamala Harris, to name a few, insist on unchecked grandstanding as opposed to conversing.
• Censorship of critical facts has marked the ongoing ploy of all news networks, except Fox, over this recent Presidential election campaign. Not only did they forbid broadcasting the hundredplus-nights of rampage when police were constrained from both halting the damage and protecting lives; they also refused to assign the blame to the refusal of Democrat Mayors to act. 6
• In contradiction to scientific methodology7 concerning Covid19, both Google and Facebook censor viewpoints that lie outside the prevailing Leftist vision, despite being advanced by renowned first-rank scientists who have advanced degrees in the very same relevant medical fields.8
• Leftism 9 has aided the obscurity in Joe Biden’s pre-election schemes both in terms of his “agenda” and his financial entanglements with China. Only after his win seemed sure, did the press report what they earlier mockingly dismissed; that Hunter Biden is under FBI investigation.
These factors each betray Leftism’s deep insecurity about exposing their views to public scrutiny. Indeed, apart from such ploys there is little prospect that they could remotely prevail in an honest vote. I for one gladly invite challenges to my own views. How pathetic it is then that they fear to do the same.
