Posted on 04/29/2022 6:14:38 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Ever since Elon Musk announced his intentions to buy Twitter, the reaction from liberals has been nothing short of a meltdown.
When Musk actually clinched a deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion, the meltdown morphed into a full-scale implosion.
The primary cause of the outrage was Musk’s pledge to defend free speech as shown in his recent tweet:
Most of the anger emanated from the Washington Democrat establishment and rapidly spread like wildfire elsewhere.
Musk recently added a caveat to his assertion about free speech saying that it has to be within the realm of the law.
Here is what Elon Musk Tweeted:
By “free speech”, I simply mean that which matches the law.I am against censorship that goes far beyond the law.
If people want less free speech, they will ask government to pass laws to that effect.
Therefore, going beyond the law is contrary to the will of the people.
It was hence not a question of if, but when, Washington would respond by using the government to place roadblocks.
On Wednesday, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified to Congress that a Disinformation Governance Board had recently been set up.
This news comes a week after former President Obama talked about disinformation and even called for censorship of social media at Stanford University.
It was also announced that Nina Jankowicz will head the Department of Homeland Security's Disinformation Governance Board as executive director.
The expectation usually is that such a department would be headed by an individual with a consistent track record of being factual and a proclivity of spotting false information.
But since it is the Biden administration, you must expect the contrary of what is required.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
An Agency created that is TOTALLY against the 1st Ammendment.
Nah, I wouldn’t worry about it. What’s the worst could happen?
I understand Baghdad Bob is available to be the spokesperson.
Jankowicz is a fellow at the Wilson Center where she studied the 'intersection of democracy and technology in Central and Eastern Europe.' She also wrote books such as “How To Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict” and “How to Be a Woman Online.”
Obviously, there is a pattern here that her recruiters in the Biden administration liked.
The Oxford Dictionary defines disinformation as “a form of propaganda involving the dissemination of false information with the deliberate intent to deceive or mislead.”
So how has Jankowicz’s record been on combating disinformation?
When stories about Hunter Biden's infamous laptop broke, Jankowicz was among those attempting to dismiss it as disinformation.
She repeated the false claim that former intelligence experts had branded it likely "Russian disinformation."
When she almost conceded that the emails on the laptop could be real, she claimed it was part of “part of an influence campaign.”
That is easy. It is already in the law called the Constitution..
Jankowicz is a fellow at the Wilson Center where she studied the 'intersection of democracy and technology in Central and Eastern Europe.' She also wrote books such as “How To Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict” and “How to Be a Woman Online.”
Obviously, there is a pattern here that her recruiters in the Biden administration liked.
The Oxford Dictionary defines disinformation as “a form of propaganda involving the dissemination of false information with the deliberate intent to deceive or mislead.”
So how has Jankowicz’s record been on combating disinformation?
When stories about Hunter Biden's infamous laptop broke, Jankowicz was among those attempting to dismiss it as disinformation.
She repeated the false claim that former intelligence experts had branded it likely "Russian disinformation."
When she almost conceded that the emails on the laptop could be real, she claimed it was part of “part of an influence campaign.”
Should we be surprised when this traitorous kakistocracy creates a Gestapo agency, headed by a leftwing lunatic, to curtail the Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution?
How is something disinformation unless it has been proven to be disinformation ???
Unless a statement can unequivocally and factually be proven to be incorrect, it is just opinion and opinion cannot be disinformation.
The fact that the government the board is running raises questions.
The mere presence of a government-run Disinformation board may deter some, who just do not want trouble from speaking out, which probably was always the goal.
“Why are conservatives worried? Only those who spread disinformation have a reason to panic?” is what the board members will tell you, almost hinting that your concerns are proof of your guilt.
So how has the record of the Biden administration been in these matters?
Their treatment of the protestors of Jan. 6 has been sub-human. The blatantly partisan Jan. 6 House select committee exists merely to persecute and torment political opponents. Parents who were concerned about their children being indoctrinated with Critical Race Theory were branded domestic terrorists. Also, their myriad purposeless investigations of President Trump exist to prevent him from running in 2024.
Those who are confident about their ideas always welcome debates because opposing perspectives always enrich the mind. The Democrats know that their ideas are deeply flawed, very unpopular, and often bizarre and even dangerous. Hence the only way to push these ideas is to mandate them and make any questioning of them illegal.
The airheaded woman (Nina Jankowicz) they picked to run this is laughable. This Biden Administration is one continuous Saturday Night Live skit.
IMO said agency will be the target of vicious and justified ridicule. All that really needs to happen is for Conservs and Repub types to set up “factcheck” websites, which I am sure will start and proliferate. There will come a point where, unless you are a Joe Scarborough or Brian Stelter, your cred will be instantly shot if you utilize such a site as your source in a discussion/argument.
These people are absolutely Orwellian. I have no problem with a gov’t official contradicting something false, but this board is insane.
This is Big Brother speaking:
newspeak is now the official language of New America, because it has been devised by the Ministry of Truth to meet the ideological needs of NAMSOC, or New America socialism. So, be good little slaves and obey the thought police, because if you commit a thoughtcrime by opposing groupthink, you will be punished.
I am watching you!
Here is a link to Tucker Carlson’s opening last night on Nina and Biden’s new Ministry of Truth.
Anyone who imagines this new dept is only aimed at Russian DI, is naive or foolish.
When the main source for disinformation says they are going to govern disinformation. Yes, we should be concerned.
Something the Bidens learned from their Chinese Communist Party friends ?
Herr Gobbles would be proud.
We are literally becoming as repressive as the former Soviet Union.
I realize all great republics eventually fall. I just never thought the US's fall would be in my lifetime.
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