Censorship, Masks, Rights and Revolution
We face the clash between our ruling class’s assertion of the right to rule by its own fiat — which it calls “Our Democracy” – and the democratic republic under which we had been living.
by Angelo Codevilla
May 18, 2021
The New York Times on May 6 published a full-dress condemnation of Facebook’s decision merely to continue suspending, rather than banning, Donald Trump from its platform.
The Times said that “our democracy” demands shielding voters and their representatives from what it considers falsehood concerning the 2020 presidential election.
Rather than trying to show that any particular statement was false, or demonstrating the truth in opposition to Trump, the Times merely pointed out that his “lies” were dangerous because the majority of state legislatures had already voted to impose restrictions on the practices that had made 2020’s electoral outcome possible.
Hence Trump and all other purveyors of “untrustworthy content” must be banned permanently.
By the same token, any number of persons and entities involved in managing the 2020 election have refused to turn over their records to legislatures that want to audit them. Most recently, Maricopa County, Arizona app…
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