They’re so fragile that making any chink in their armor will get you labeled as America’s (next) ‘first 9/11.’
The same people who relentlessly insisted that Big Tech’s censorship campaign was totally fine are now screaming that a potential buyout of Twitter by Elon Musk poses a certified Threat to Democracy. But we’ve heard this absurd routine before, and it’s not really democracy they’re worried about. The Big Tech, big media, and big government cabal just whine about democracy being under siege when their own power conglomerate is threatened.
“I am frightened by the impact on society and politics if Elon Musk acquires Twitter. He seems to believe that on social media anything goes,” fretted The Washington Post’s Max Boot last week, after the Tesla and SpaceX CEO offered to buy the entirety of Twitter stock. “For democracy to survive, we need more content moderation, not less.”
Former New York Magazine writer Jesse Singal had the very intelligent take that even the possibility of Musk buying out Twitter was “America’s very first 9/11,” while Salon’s Matthew Rozsa blared that “Elon Musk’s attempted takeover of Twitter is a threat to the free world.”
The idea of losing some power to silence opposing viewpoints on social media is terrifying to these people — so terrifying that in their panic they don’t even realize they’ve admitted their own gluttony for control.
But this isn’t the first time the group of people in media, tech platforms, and politics who want to control what you think have seen pushback on their vise grip and gone ballistic. And a “threat to democracy” is their favorite label with which to smear anything that challenges their power.
The most obvious example is the systematic campaign to convince the country that a five-hour riot at the U.S. Capitol — which, contrary to media lies, did not cause the deaths of five people — was as bad as or worse than the terror attacks of 9/11, Pearl Harbor, and the Civil War. You don’t have to defend the Jan. 6, 2021 riot to recognize that America’s own justice system indicates it was neither an “insurrection” nor a “terrorist attack,” despite the hysteria of the corporate press.
The Left Anti-American Democrats are the THREAT TO DEMOCRACY in America !!!
Their Propaganda trys to Blame everyone else for What THEY DO !!! Not Working !!!
Elon is WHITE so they can’t stand that LOL LOL
Actually, more often than not, they’ll say, “It’s a threat to OUR democracy,” as if they have either an exclusive right to the concept of American democracy, or have a special, Democrat-only version. The truth is that being a Democrat has little to do with Democracy, witness the run up to the 2020 election and all that has transpired since.
“….more content moderation….”
That ace**** REALLY means “censorship” of anything HE doesn’t agree with.
If you want to be Hitler, be man enough to act like it and use Hitler’s words and actions.
Content moderation.
If we are lucky, he gets a virulent form of cancer that “moderates his content”.
March that wanna-be Heinrich out in the street, put some TV camera’s on him, make him tie a noose, wrap it around his neck, attach it to the bumper of a fast car and see if he can survive a 75 MPH trip around the city.
On TV.
Staple the Bill Of Rights to his head (with industrial-type staples).
Americans…..PLEASE get off your knees. Our republic is in serious danger.