The past few weeks have been extremely troubling for those who value Democracy, Freedom, Human Rights, and Civil liberties within the United States of America.
If left unchecked, Democracy will wither away in favor of
a sinister police state.
Recently Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified that
a Disinformation Governance Board has been set up to counter with the goal
of countering disinformation coming from Russia and rebutting misleading
information. Critics have rightly slammed this as Biden’s Ministry of Truth.
Mayorkas didn't state the specific powers the board may have, only
said that the board would "tackle the threat, not only to election
security but to our homeland security."
Will they be able to prosecute people for spreading
‘disinformation? Will this board be restricted to social media only or will the
powers also apply to ‘right-wing media’? We do not know.
However that is not the only concern, there have been other
assaults on Democratic values.
CNN published details of correspondence that occurred from
Election Day 2020 to Biden's inauguration day between President Trump's Chief
of Staff Mark Meadows and myriad other people. These conversations were
obtained by the January 6th committee.
On April 15th, CNN published text messages Meadows had with Republican Sen. Mike
Lee of Utah and Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas.
On Friday, CNN
published text exchanges between Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo and
Meadows.
On Saturday, CNN carried details of more than 80 text messages between Meadows and
Fox News's Sean Hannity.
CNN also published never-before-seen text messages from Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Donald Trump Jr, White House officials, Cabinet members, Campaign officials, Republican leaders, January 6 rally organizers, and Trump allies.
There are also text exchanges between Meadows and more than 40
current and former Republican members of Congress, such as Sen. Ted Cruz of
Texas and Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio, Mo Brooks of Alabama, and Marjorie Taylor
Greene of Georgia
New
York Times reporters Burns and Martin leaked a recording allegedly
between House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California and Rep. Liz Cheney
of Wyoming.
Most of the mainstream media has feverishly covered these
leaks in great detail.
The coverage has two underlying themes. The first was to
portray those involved in text exchanges as dangerous anti-democratic
insurrectionists. The other theme was to portray President Trump as the captain
of a sinking ship whose crew members were abandoning him and badmouthing him
behind his back out of disgust.
There is nothing wrong with the thoughts or ideas expressed in
the leaks. During private conversations with friendly colleagues, people often
think loudly or place all options on the table. It may not necessarily be
something that they intend to do. We have to remember that the situation was
tense, at times people either lose their nerves or go overboard.
In a Democracy people are punished for actions and not
thoughts.
If similar taps are to be conducted in Biden's White House,
the contents are likely to be infinitely more startling.
The mid-terms are approaching in November and the Democrats
know they are likely to receive an emphatic drubbing.
The Democrats know that they have lost in the arena of ideas.
Under their watch inflation is at a 40-year high, the borders are open causing
an influx of potentially dangerous illegal immigrants, the supply chain crisis, and the energy crisis are likely to affect citizens.
Since the Democrats do not have solutions to people’s problems
they resort to sleazy maneuvers such as setting up Disinformation boards and leaking
private texts hoping it will scupper the GOP.
We must hence not fall into the Democrat trap of debating the
contents of the leaks. The focus should be solely on the assault on
Democratic rights and values.
Leaks that intend to accuse individuals of thought crimes and
eliminate the presumption of innocence and the Disinformation Governance Board
where governments function like overlords sitting in judgment of the utterances
of citizens have no place in a Democracy.
If the media had any values or morals they would have refused
to publish this privates messages leaked by the Democrats. But it would be
wrong to think of the news media and Democrats as separate entities. The
current mainstream media is the propaganda arms of the Democrats. These leaks
must therefore be thought of as information circulating between departments and
published.
In a Democracy, citizens have the right to express themselves
freely without fear of being judged or monitored. Privacy is a human right.
In a Democracy, citizen rights are inherent, i.e. a right is
not granted to a citizen by governments, it belongs to a citizen. Hence no
government trespass upon rights irrespective of the circumstance.
This is why there are strict rules when law enforcement wants
to initiate surveillance even on suspected criminals. Request for surveillance
have to go through the courts and warrants have to be obtained. If any
conversations are looked at as part of an investigation, the right to privacy
for citizens still prevails.
The important question to ask is if they can do this to Donald
Trump, Kevin McCarthy, Ted Cruz, Maria Bartiromo, and Sean Hannity what hope do
regular people have. As a citizen, you have no option but the presume that every word you say is being monitored.
The Democrat record on Democracy is looking very poor. How
ironic it is that this group of totalitarians call themselves Democrats and
frequently talk about the importance of protecting democratic values.
But the self-righteous seldom have self-awareness. Perhaps
they are brazen and no longer care how they appear. Perhaps they are doing what
they usually do, doing exactly what they claim their opponents do. The
Democrats are real insurrectionists who relentlessly gnaw at the root of Democracy
when they are about to lose electoral contests.
When the GOP campaigns during the mid-terms the importance of
ensuring that the US continues to function as a Democracy must be placed at the
center.
When the GOP comes to power it is essential that the sources of
these leaks are found and punished.
Sitting in judgment of the utterances of citizens and leaking
conversations of political opponents occurs only under Soviet-style dictatorial
regimes but emphatically not in one of the world’s leading democracies.
The Democrats MUST not be allowed to get away with this.
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