You are a legend, Michael. Instead of elites, we should be calling them fascists. The emperor has no clothes and seeks to imprison those who say he is a naked tyrant.
I want to again thank you Michael, friends and brave fellow journalists, like Bari Weiss, Matt Taibbi, Alex Epstein (fossil fuel guy), organizations such at Judicial Watch and many others for absolutely speaking truth to power when the latter is dedicated to stamping out the former in Orwellian game of dis/mis/mal information. It take incredible stamina, patience and I believe your efforts are paying off. Witness some of the recent elections in Europe - Italy, Greece and Spain.
I just watched the WEF promotional video on what I'll enjoy in 2030, and could only think of the Hunger Games or some other dystopian vision which for the Davos elites is not fiction but the future.
I look forward to your continued efforts and clear, concise and persuasive writing. Thanks again.
Personally, I think all "fact checking" should be chucked in the bin. If we are ever going to usher in a return of widespread critical thinking, outsourcing the job of finding truth to someone else will never get it done. Yes, we may run the risk of reading something that is *gasp* false; but we used to operate under the maxim of "don't believe everything that you read."
Whether it is shadowy techno-fascists or good-intentioned crusaders for free speech, it's high time that the lazy, ignorance-inducing habit of asking the internet to "just tell me the right answer" ends.
"Hate speech": any speech that challenges the narrative du jour, most especially against the holy trinity of Diversity Equity Inclusion (thus someone "interrogating your whiteness" can never be hateful, but refusing to submit to it is only and entirely hateful), questioning "gender affirmation" (the only possible reason for opposition is "Hate") or opposing mass immigration (once again, only Haters disagree).
And people still wonder why the global corporate state wed the New Left: it was for the Kafka traps!
Have just been wading through a piece by Matthew Crawford on The Rise of AntiHumanism. He has a substack, Archedelia, but the full piece is in a publication called First Things, link: https://www.firstthings.com/article/2023/08/the-rise-of-antihumanism. It covers a lot of territory (not all of which I pretend to completely comprehend) but he breaks it into 4 parts that today's elites have 4 underlying assumptions about us humans: We are stupid, we are obsolete, we are fragile and we are haters. Therefore, our scope for action and evaluative decision making must be ever more narrowly defined to save us from ourselves and others. Democracy and free speech is too much trouble, generates too much inconvenient friction (for them) to bother with, they believe. And of course, it's those 'elites' who will define the scope they will allow us to have. It's pretty dense but I can tell it would be child's play for many of you who read these pages. A worthwhile and thought provoking read that explains the philosophies behind what Michael and his colleagues are uncovering.
We can all see the push for more censorship on the rise. They have to, “they know we know”. The massive interlocking infiltration of western institutions seems undefeatable.
Free speech is the most important thing we need to defend. It is the most important thing America at one time gave to the world. We cannot let it slip away.
We cannot allow “them” to doublespeak the meaning of it to oblivion, like they have the meaning of democracy or our values.
The democrats must be somehow swayed to open their eyes to the destruction they are creating to American values.
I could be wrong, but I think the countries most interested in Woke ideology are listed here:
"There is bad psychology behind the war on free speech. Elites came to hate and fear ordinary people after the election of Trump and the Brexit referendum in 2016. Liberals made a deal with the devil, partnering with forces within the national security state, particularly in the Five Eyes nations of the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, to label populists and nationalists as racists, anti-Semites, and fascists."
Michael, I tried to donate. The site needs much work. The Paypal link disappears after flashing on the screen, and then the Paypal hookup (if you can snag it) just hangs. I am sure it works sometimes. But if it does not work for a sophisticated user like me, it is going to fail for others as well. Someone needs to give it some work and then we will try again. Or try a payments processor that has all of these permutations conquered. Fingers crossed. This is important and I would like to support it, but have to be able to do so.
Please tell us more about the alternative fact checking apparatus. What principles will guide it? How are you finding people to work on this? This is badly needed. There is a remarkable amount of great fact checking analysis on Substack blogs that would provide a good resource.
You are a legend, Michael. Instead of elites, we should be calling them fascists. The emperor has no clothes and seeks to imprison those who say he is a naked tyrant.
Amnesty International is another human rights GONGO that has been captured, no longer standing up for free speech. They sided with Trudeau against the truckers and said nothing about COVID lockdowns/mandates: https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/amnesty-international-silence-ccp-esg-covid
I want to again thank you Michael, friends and brave fellow journalists, like Bari Weiss, Matt Taibbi, Alex Epstein (fossil fuel guy), organizations such at Judicial Watch and many others for absolutely speaking truth to power when the latter is dedicated to stamping out the former in Orwellian game of dis/mis/mal information. It take incredible stamina, patience and I believe your efforts are paying off. Witness some of the recent elections in Europe - Italy, Greece and Spain.
I just watched the WEF promotional video on what I'll enjoy in 2030, and could only think of the Hunger Games or some other dystopian vision which for the Davos elites is not fiction but the future.
I look forward to your continued efforts and clear, concise and persuasive writing. Thanks again.
Personally, I think all "fact checking" should be chucked in the bin. If we are ever going to usher in a return of widespread critical thinking, outsourcing the job of finding truth to someone else will never get it done. Yes, we may run the risk of reading something that is *gasp* false; but we used to operate under the maxim of "don't believe everything that you read."
Whether it is shadowy techno-fascists or good-intentioned crusaders for free speech, it's high time that the lazy, ignorance-inducing habit of asking the internet to "just tell me the right answer" ends.
Freedom = Speech
Speech = Freedom
Speech is a human right.
"Hate speech" does not exist.
If a listener/reader is offended by speech they "feel" is hate, that individual is responsible for battling his/her own demon.
"Hate speech": any speech that challenges the narrative du jour, most especially against the holy trinity of Diversity Equity Inclusion (thus someone "interrogating your whiteness" can never be hateful, but refusing to submit to it is only and entirely hateful), questioning "gender affirmation" (the only possible reason for opposition is "Hate") or opposing mass immigration (once again, only Haters disagree).
And people still wonder why the global corporate state wed the New Left: it was for the Kafka traps!
Sorry. - but if the question becomes "The Internet, or the First Amendment?", then the internet has to go for me.
Have just been wading through a piece by Matthew Crawford on The Rise of AntiHumanism. He has a substack, Archedelia, but the full piece is in a publication called First Things, link: https://www.firstthings.com/article/2023/08/the-rise-of-antihumanism. It covers a lot of territory (not all of which I pretend to completely comprehend) but he breaks it into 4 parts that today's elites have 4 underlying assumptions about us humans: We are stupid, we are obsolete, we are fragile and we are haters. Therefore, our scope for action and evaluative decision making must be ever more narrowly defined to save us from ourselves and others. Democracy and free speech is too much trouble, generates too much inconvenient friction (for them) to bother with, they believe. And of course, it's those 'elites' who will define the scope they will allow us to have. It's pretty dense but I can tell it would be child's play for many of you who read these pages. A worthwhile and thought provoking read that explains the philosophies behind what Michael and his colleagues are uncovering.
Dude you are doing such important work. Thank you.
We can all see the push for more censorship on the rise. They have to, “they know we know”. The massive interlocking infiltration of western institutions seems undefeatable.
Free speech is the most important thing we need to defend. It is the most important thing America at one time gave to the world. We cannot let it slip away.
We cannot allow “them” to doublespeak the meaning of it to oblivion, like they have the meaning of democracy or our values.
The democrats must be somehow swayed to open their eyes to the destruction they are creating to American values.
I could be wrong, but I think the countries most interested in Woke ideology are listed here:
"There is bad psychology behind the war on free speech. Elites came to hate and fear ordinary people after the election of Trump and the Brexit referendum in 2016. Liberals made a deal with the devil, partnering with forces within the national security state, particularly in the Five Eyes nations of the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, to label populists and nationalists as racists, anti-Semites, and fascists."
Funny, that.
How much longer will we even be able to have this conversation without some form of recrimination?
I think they want to break the Constitution somehow and slide in with a prearranged alternative governing structure in the immediate aftermath.
It's Minority Report with psychos instead of psychics.
Michael, I tried to donate. The site needs much work. The Paypal link disappears after flashing on the screen, and then the Paypal hookup (if you can snag it) just hangs. I am sure it works sometimes. But if it does not work for a sophisticated user like me, it is going to fail for others as well. Someone needs to give it some work and then we will try again. Or try a payments processor that has all of these permutations conquered. Fingers crossed. This is important and I would like to support it, but have to be able to do so.
Please tell us more about the alternative fact checking apparatus. What principles will guide it? How are you finding people to work on this? This is badly needed. There is a remarkable amount of great fact checking analysis on Substack blogs that would provide a good resource.
Freedom of speech means that people we don't like get to say things we don't want to hear.
And that is necessary for our democracy to function.
Just because you offend me, doesn't mean I can stop you from talking. But also, that you can't stop me from saying things you don't want to hear.