Americans Are a Brainwashed Country that Supports Censorship and False Official Narratives

December 13, 2023 | Categories: Guest Contributions | Tags: |  Print This Article

Americans Are a Brainwashed Country that Supports Censorship and False Official Narratives

Is the First Amendment becoming a historic relic? On July 4, 2023, federal judge Terry Doughty condemned the Biden administration for potentially “the most massive attack against free speech in United States history.” That verdict was ratified by a federal appeals court decision in September 2023 that concluded that Biden administration “officials have engaged in a broad pressure campaign designed to coerce social-media companies into suppressing speakers, viewpoints, and content disfavored by the government.”

In earlier times in America, such policies would have faced sweeping condemnation from across the political spectrum. But major media outlets like the Washington Post have rushed to the barricades to defend the Biden war on “misinformation.” Almost half of Democrats surveyed in September 2023 affirmed that free speech should be legal “only under certain circumstances.” Fifty-five percent of American adults support government suppression of “false information” — even though only 20 percent trust the government.

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/12/james-bovard/is-free-speech-a-relic-in-america/