And I trust the American people to see through this epidemic of left wing propaganda.
By the way, Google/YouTube have censored Prager U videos: not all, but some. That is still censorship. But it's all in the service of a greater good, right?
And I trust the American people to see through this epidemic of left wing propaganda.
By the way, Google/YouTube have censored Prager U videos: not all, but some. That is still censorship. But it's all in the service of a greater good, right?
No. They have not been censored. What you are referring to is self-censorship. All anyone has to do to see any Prager U video is to turn off the parental controls. Prager's claims of "censorship" are a perfect example of how he loves to play the victim and the martyr. His propaganda techniques are working on you. He has you irrationally fearing "the left".
I also have a silly opinion to share. True, opinions are not facts. And my opinions are only semi-informed, like anybody else's. But, here are some of my observations and ruminations. Back in 2016, in my place of work, we had to hire psychologists to counsel the "traumatized" leftists among us who were mourning the election of Trump. "Trump is a Nazi" and "Trump is a fascist" were oft-stated "facts" thrown around in those counseling sessions, meetings, and just in passing. In one alarming moment, I watched a coworker pound his hands on the table in the teachers' lounge, yelling "Trump IS Hitler! Trump IS Hitler!" I found this puzzling, as anyone who listened openly to what Trump was saying would have to conclude that he was the opposite of these things... his purported stance, at least, was to reduce government interference with business, and also to reduce government itself (note... purported stance or not, nobody in power ever reduces government, and neither did he). Now, over the past 5 years or so, I've observed an obvious and deliberate collaboration, between a political party, a united national media, and a strange new powerful force of technology megacorporations determined to take down a duly elected President. They succeeded, largely undetected by the algorithm'd public and certainly without any negative consequences to the collaborators, as it was all done in what appears to be an entirely legal fashion. Under this collaboration, censorship has suddenly become the norm, and "misinformation" is now anything that doesn't support the preferred narrative. And after a year of letting leftist riots run amok all over this country, that same group has all but instituted martial law in DC (to protect themselves) in response to a single uprising by the opposition. All of these aspects of that expansive collaboration seem to fit more closely with the textbook, Mussolini definition of fascism than anything I've ever seen in this country. And no, the Bidens and the Pelosis of the world aren't going to stand up and say, "A vote for me is a vote for a totalitarian fascist future." That wouldn't go over too well, politically. And yet, here they are, marching at the front of this frightening, radical, repressive new regime, with half the country's blessing. I guess it's because when you think you are fighting for the right side, you don't see yourself as a fascist or an oppressor, you see yourself as a liberator, an educator, a moral engineer. You lose sight of what you are actually doing, and start to think any means are ok if the ends are "utopian". Observing what's transpiring here, and digesting it, I've never had a less optimistic view of America's future than I do right now. Last thought: While I don't see anyone standing up and calling openly for fascism, it has become increasingly more ok in this country to call openly for socialism and communism. So, maybe fascism is working is way up the acceptability ladder. Yikes.
And I trust the American people to see through this epidemic of left wing propaganda.
By the way, Google/YouTube have censored Prager U videos: not all, but some. That is still censorship. But it's all in the service of a greater good, right?
No. They have not been censored. What you are referring to is self-censorship. All anyone has to do to see any Prager U video is to turn off the parental controls. Prager's claims of "censorship" are a perfect example of how he loves to play the victim and the martyr. His propaganda techniques are working on you. He has you irrationally fearing "the left".
"The left" has me RATIONALLY fearing the left.
I also have a silly opinion to share. True, opinions are not facts. And my opinions are only semi-informed, like anybody else's. But, here are some of my observations and ruminations. Back in 2016, in my place of work, we had to hire psychologists to counsel the "traumatized" leftists among us who were mourning the election of Trump. "Trump is a Nazi" and "Trump is a fascist" were oft-stated "facts" thrown around in those counseling sessions, meetings, and just in passing. In one alarming moment, I watched a coworker pound his hands on the table in the teachers' lounge, yelling "Trump IS Hitler! Trump IS Hitler!" I found this puzzling, as anyone who listened openly to what Trump was saying would have to conclude that he was the opposite of these things... his purported stance, at least, was to reduce government interference with business, and also to reduce government itself (note... purported stance or not, nobody in power ever reduces government, and neither did he). Now, over the past 5 years or so, I've observed an obvious and deliberate collaboration, between a political party, a united national media, and a strange new powerful force of technology megacorporations determined to take down a duly elected President. They succeeded, largely undetected by the algorithm'd public and certainly without any negative consequences to the collaborators, as it was all done in what appears to be an entirely legal fashion. Under this collaboration, censorship has suddenly become the norm, and "misinformation" is now anything that doesn't support the preferred narrative. And after a year of letting leftist riots run amok all over this country, that same group has all but instituted martial law in DC (to protect themselves) in response to a single uprising by the opposition. All of these aspects of that expansive collaboration seem to fit more closely with the textbook, Mussolini definition of fascism than anything I've ever seen in this country. And no, the Bidens and the Pelosis of the world aren't going to stand up and say, "A vote for me is a vote for a totalitarian fascist future." That wouldn't go over too well, politically. And yet, here they are, marching at the front of this frightening, radical, repressive new regime, with half the country's blessing. I guess it's because when you think you are fighting for the right side, you don't see yourself as a fascist or an oppressor, you see yourself as a liberator, an educator, a moral engineer. You lose sight of what you are actually doing, and start to think any means are ok if the ends are "utopian". Observing what's transpiring here, and digesting it, I've never had a less optimistic view of America's future than I do right now. Last thought: While I don't see anyone standing up and calling openly for fascism, it has become increasingly more ok in this country to call openly for socialism and communism. So, maybe fascism is working is way up the acceptability ladder. Yikes.
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