The hullabaloo among the liberal cohort over Carlson’s interview with Putin unveils that those who label communists as tankies and authoritarians are well-aware of the necessity to suppress divergent viewpoints.
It emerges that freedom of expression is limited to ideas that align with the liberal narrative; when faced with opinions they deem detrimental, liberals demand cancellation, imprisonment, or even death for the proponents.
The real disagreement liberals have with communists is over what set of ideas has merit. When liberals screech about authoritarianism what they’re really saying is that it’s their ideology that’s being suppressed.
We are a free and democratic society (but we imprison journalists and whistleblowers).
We have free speech (but only if what you say conforms with the government approved narrative).
We are not at war with Russia (but anyone who gives Russia a platform to express their point of view is a traitor).
We help Ukraine protect freedom and democracy against Russian autocracy (but Ukraine has cancelled elections and Russia has not).
We want peace, Russia wants war (but we must not negotiate, we have to pump more weapons into the conflict and keep it going).
Orwell, racist sex pest and duplicitous snitch that he was, was really just projecting. In reality he was describing liberal democracy.
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The amount of times in my life I was told I was not allowed to critisise the US or the Military because “they are the reason you have your rights that no one else in the world has, like to criticize your government or the military” is unreal.