A correspondent shared some images and memes with us here at TPOL, worth sharing.
We note this is generally addressed to “mainstream media” but similar ideas (that is, lies) can be found in alternative media.
And of course, “trust us when we say that AI is going to kill off all of humanity: maybe not in just 10 years, but certainly some time in the future. (Gee, maybe they learned from all the prophecies which made Algor a false prophet.)
So we have this:
But just as a reminder of Algor and such (many blasts from the past!):
Blood, violence, fear, and panic all sell papers, magazines, and get clicks. It has been the case almost since printing and newspapers were invented. It is no different in the age of social media and online publication.
But there are also more motives, both in the past and today. Whether we are talking the patriots of Boston in pre-Independence times, rabid Radical Republicans in the years leading up to the War between the States, yellow journalism and the Cuba question, or so many more, there are ulterior motives to these claims.
The point has been made by a number of commentators, including people in all parts of the political diamond. In recent days, the return of “Commie Kammie” (Harris) to the campaign road illustrates that the lust for power, and therefore the need to dominate and control elections, drive much of the rhetoric and the fearmongering and panic-incitement regarding both Trump and the AI controversy and panic. Add to that the constant need to expand the powers of governments at all levels, and it becomes clearer.
Every year, especially every election year, we see yet another crisis and panic. At least a main one: there are often more than one. And both wings of the Old Party are responsible. Whether this is a planned and coordinate effort (as some claim) or just the result of unhealthy and often fake competition and role playing, it is bad for liberty. Bad for the States, and bad for the world.
PS: It is not that we necessarily disagree that The Donald is a threat to democracy (or even to the republic and liberty). We just don’t see him as any greater threat to our nations, liberty, freedom, and many other good things than, oh, Biden, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, and on back. (We might give Silent Cal (Coolidge) a pass. Maybe.)
It isn’t just the Second Amendment that is targeted
Woke enemies of liberty have a lot of things these days that they want to get rid of. (Those enemies are most notably those who call themselves Progressives or Liberals, and whom TPOL believes are accurately described as Regressives, or the aptly-coined “Tranzi” (for Transnational Socialists, like Nazis are National Socialists). But we realize that the so-called Conservatives (right-wing, compassionate or not) have their own list.)
The Second Amendment of course, is most prominent of the targets on their firing range. For decades, we’ve seen more and more conflict over the right to keep and bear arms. Although great strides have been made in recent years about reestablishing the original intent of the US Constitution (and the constitutions of most States), it is a seesaw battle depending on which old party holds power in the Congress, White House, and judicial systems (especially the FedGov). And we see how in many States (Colorado being the one we here at TPOL are most familiar with), the hoploclasts (weapons haters) keep coming up with new ideas to steal away our right to defend ourselves and others.
But we know that the First Amendment is also one of targets of these enemies of liberty.
First, there is the constant drumbeat of outlawing and punishing “offensive language,” despite the seemingly-obvious idea that it is precisely offensive language that needs to be protected as free speech.
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