Shakemyhead

Those in today’s world who seek to exercise power over us – the woke mob, “human rights” lawyers, pressure groups, bureaucrats, politicians, regulators, big tech companies, HR departments, the post-liberal intelligentsia, the know-it-alls, the propagandists – are fully aware that free speech is their very own kryptonite. They dread scrutiny, and fear being held to account.

Their strategy to combat open and fearless expression can vary. Speech can be regulated or constrained by laws, directives or official guidance, as with ever-expanding privacy case law or “non-crime hate incidents”; bullying, shunning and cancelling dissidents can also work well, forging a toxic culture of self-censorship.

There is no better way to stamp out dissent than to cite a “speech code”, or claim that “the science” isn’t being followed, or to dismiss somebody’s opinion as a “conspiracy theory” (even when it is not) or to warn that somebody’s feelings are being hurt.

Several of the greatest global scandals of recent years could have been avoided had speech been freer. In Britain and Europe, cancel culture was deployed against anybody who questioned the scale and impact of mass migration, with sceptics smeared as racists. The Hunter Biden scandal was covered up, including by Facebook, which censored a New York Post story ahead of the 2020 elections. It became impossible to discuss the likelihood that Covid originated from an accidental lab leak in Wuhan; posts or articles would be removed from social media or search engines, and authors hounded as xenophobes.

Still crazy that 48 hours ago, we nearly lost Trump to some deranged assassin.

They couldn't impeach him, so they tried to bankrupt him.
They couldn't bankrupt him, so they tried to put him in jail.
They couldn't put him in jail...so the next logical step was to kill him.

Given the past 8 years of constant "Trump is Hitler" rhetoric being spewed by the MSN, I shouldn't be surprised that something like this would happen. And a part of me hoped it wouldn't escalate this far. But, here we are.

My condolences go to Corey Comperatore's family. Corey was the firefighter who was shot protecting his family during the rally. He shouldn't have died.

And he wouldn't have if the secret service had done their job. I still don't understand how they left that rooftop completely unguarded. It had direct line of sight of the stage. So it's no wonder that many people think that it was an inside job, and the shooter was basically allowed to get up there and open fire. Or it was as insane levels of incompetence.

And it's gross how many leftists are angry that the guy didn't hit Trump. We got Jack Black and Tenacious D talking about how "next time they shouldn't miss." Mark Hamill deleting a tweet celebrating the shots that were fired, then replacing it with the usual "I don't condone violence" message to make himself look better. Just take a look at people like Libs of Tiktok, and you'll find plenty of other examples too.

The silver lining is just how much this assassination attempt has galvanized the Trump base. I am 100% ready to to see his second term after he's declared the winner in November.

I'm glad Trump survived. But I get a bad feeling this won't be the last attempt on his life. Here's hoping I'm wrong.