What Happened to Liberals?

From Free Speech to Censorship Were you forwarded this email? [Sign-up to The Daily Reckoning here.]( [Unsubscribe]( [Daily Reckoning] It’s come to our attention that you might be missing out on extra benefits exclusively for The Daily Reckoning subscribers. Check out our website where you can find archives, updates, and everything else included in your subscription. You can access it by [clicking here now](. What Happened to Liberals? - Many “liberals” want to crush the unvaccinated… - Yesteryear’s anti-authority liberals have become “the man”… - “Today's liberal is a moralist out to scotch sin rather than a detective out to pursue truth”… Recommended Link [Here is your instant access link]( [Read more here...]( [Here is your instant access link to The Next Gen Crypto Summit.]( Keep in mind this is a first-come, first-served event. Anticipation is high, and with the special link above, you’ve got ‘first read’ access. 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It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.” Nor does it pick our pocket — or break our leg — if a man believes the United States is the greatest nation of Earth or the least nation of Earth… Or if he lists politically to starboard or if he lists politically to port… Or if he believes Donald John Trump is an angel of God or an angel of Satan. Or if he believes Joseph Robinette Biden is a sharp tack or a dull, dull blade. Or even if he believes Hillary Clinton cannot tell a lie. It is all one to us. Our tolerance, our Olympian aloofness, covers the worst hellcat in this world or any other… so long as he respects our pocket… and our leg. Many “Liberals” Want to Crush the Unvaccinated Yet we fear today’s “liberalism” is not Webster’s liberalism. We fear pirates have hijacked her. And they steam under false colors. Please consider one recent Rasmussen poll… 59% of Democrats favor house arrest for the unvaccinated, save for emergencies. 55% of Democrats favor financial penalties against the unvaccinated. That is, fines. 48% of Democrats favor fining — or jailing — those who publicly question vaccine efficacy. 47% of Democrats would have the government monitor those who refuse vaccination. 45% of Democrats endorse temporary internment to “designated facilities or locations” for the recalcitrant who refuse vaccination. 29% of Democrats favor the temporary stripping of parental rights if these despicables refuse vaccination. Recommended Link [The #1 Crypto SECRET No One’s Telling You]( [Read more here...]( This ordinary package hides a surprising crypto secret… It’s a little-known device with the power to deliver you FREE crypto income… Every day, with ZERO work! In fact, Stacy H. reportedly made a staggering $10,000 in just ONE YEAR thanks to this device! Discover what it is, and how YOU can get your hands on one yourself. [Click Here To See What's In The Box]( “Unacceptable Views” Are these the preferences of “liberals” as Webster defines them? Recall, a liberal is: A supporter of a political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy and free enterprise. The figures cited above indicate a sharp frowning upon individual rights and civil liberties. We might yelp that these are “unacceptable views.” Yet we are not the liberal Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada… and so we shall not. The only unacceptable view — in our view — is this: the view that unacceptable views exist. If a viewpoint is horrifically toxic, take it outside. Let the sunlight disinfect it. Keep it dark and the thing spreads and spreads… like mushrooms in a dank cave. We concede, the paintbrush here applied is perhaps overbroad. Not all liberals are Democrats and not all Democrats are liberals. What is more, significant percentages of polled Democrats dissented from their zealous mates. We believe the poll nonetheless gives a fair overall sketch. Today’s “liberals” — the quote marks are necessary — often slant in authoritarian directions. But why? What happened to the traditional liberal of open mind and spacious spirit? In one word… power. Liberals Have Become “the Man” In the 1960s “liberals” decried and denounced “the man” — the oppressive man. Yet they have since taken their long march through the institutions… Goose-stepping through the professors’ lounges of the universities… through the halls of government bureaucracy… through the newsrooms… through the production studios… through the human resources departments of corporations… through the philanthropic organizations. Once safely inside, they raised the drawbridges and pulled up the ladders. The commanding heights were theirs. Is it any wonder that trust in the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation is greatest among liberals? Look also to the rock of American free speech, the very home of the free speech movement, the university. Today the university campus is the nearest thing to North Korea in this world outside North Korea itself. The merest deviation from orthodoxy equals blasphemy. Out comes the masking tape… and over the blasphemer's mouth it goes. Thus yesterday’s dissenting liberals have become today’s conformist authority. They have become… the man. And the man does not appreciate dissent — be he left, be he right. A Traitor Within the Ranks Journalist Glenn Greenwald is a man of the political left. Yet he himself has come under the excommunication. Why? Because he is Webster’s liberal. Because he has turned his coat… and called in fire upon his own camp. Because he has performed treason: All factions, at certain points, succumb to the impulse to censor. But for the Democratic Party's liberal adherents, silencing their adversaries has become their primary project… American liberals are obsessed with finding ways to silence and censor their adversaries. Every week, if not every day, they have new targets they want de-platformed, banned, silenced and otherwise prevented from speaking or being heard (by "liberals,” I mean the term of self-description used by the dominant wing of the Democratic Party). For example: For years, their preferred censorship tactic was to expand and distort the concept of "hate speech” to mean "views that make us uncomfortable” and then demand that such “hateful” views be prohibited on that basis. For that reason, it is now common to hear Democrats assert, falsely, that the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech does not protect “hate speech." Their political culture has long inculcated them to believe that they can comfortably silence whatever views they arbitrarily place into this category without being guilty of censorship. Recommended Link [Trump’s Final Gift To America]( [Read more here...]( There’s a little-known way Trump could – one day – have his revenge. It involves a Federal Ruling he oversaw in the final year of his Presidency that could change America forever… unleash an estimated $15.1 trillion in new wealth… and create countless ways for everyday Americans to benefit. What is this little understood decision? And how will it impact you? All the important facts are here. [Click Here Now]( “Disinformation” More from Mr. Greenwald: The “hate speech” framework for justifying censorship is now insufficient because liberals are eager to silence a much broader range of voices than those they can credibly accuse of being hateful. That is why the newest, and now most popular, censorship framework is to claim that their targets are guilty of spreading “misinformation” or “disinformation.” These terms, by design, have no clear or concise meaning. Like the term “terrorism,” it is their elasticity that makes them so useful… This "disinformation" term is reserved for those who question liberal pieties, not for those devoted to affirming them. That is the real functional definition of “disinformation” and of its little cousin, “misinformation.” It is not possible to disagree with liberals or see the world differently than they see it. The only two choices are unthinking submission to their dogma or acting as an agent of "disinformation.” Dissent does not exist to them; any deviation from their worldview is inherently dangerous — to the point that it cannot be heard. That is, today’s liberal is a moralist out to scotch sin rather than a detective out to pursue truth. To him, dissent is of the devil, as are the dissenters themselves. He wages a holy war. Why So Partisan? The Daily Reckoning is not merely bipartisan. It is anti-partisan — and fiercely anti-partisan. Why then are we training our cannons on liberals today? Why are we behaving partisan? It is because we have something to say and we like to say it. We like to hear ourself chirp. We traffic in opinion — often disreputable opinion. For instance: We have filed severe grievances against lockdowns, vaccine mandates and the rest of it. This puts us afoul of the crusaders in government and media. And we are jealous of our claims to free, open and unfettered speech. If the censor’s tape comes out, our blood goes up, our back goes up — and our dukes go up. And as we see things, the principal threat to free speech springs from one side of the political spectrum — at least today. If the other side comes for us, you can just bet we would have something to say about that too. Free speech yesterday, free speech today, free speech tomorrow, we say… lest the heavens fall. Regards, [Brian Maher] Brian Maher Managing Editor, The Daily Reckoning Editor’s note: This leading cryptocurrency expert says you’ve got many moves you could make right now. [But only 1 will win the game.]( For the past few days he’s been telling his readers exactly what he’d do. A similar move allowed him to turn $25,000 into over $2 million dollars in 4 years. But like any game of chess… time runs out. And at midnight tonight, this man says it’s checkmate. [So you might want to click here and make your move, before time runs out.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for reading The Daily Reckoning! We greatly value your questions and comments. Please send all feedback to [feedback@dailyreckoning.com.](mailto:dr@dailyreckoning.com) [Brian Maher][Brian Maher]( is the Daily Reckoning's Managing Editor. 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