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 “Threats to freedom of speech and writing, though
often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect, and unless checked,
lead to disrespect for the rights of the citizen.” – George Orwell, 1984
In 1946, George Orwell provided the definition of 20th century totalitarianism
and how it will control society today. Orwell’s insight into the future,
“Nineteen Eighty-Four,” provides a visceral cognition of the modern day
progressive state that is controlled by an all powerful oligarchy. The head of
this political state is "Big Brother," who secures control over the masses by
denying freedom of speech.
Since the end of the Second Great War, prototypes of Big Brother's all powerful
and freedom-limiting governments have appeared around the world. These
all-controlling autocracies use one common tactic to control the masses. They
censor all forms of free expression; what is spoken and what is written. Big
Brothers control the language and therefore they control the past, present and
future.
After the Revolution, the colonies were so adamant about maintaining individual
independence and liberty that they demanded that the architects of our
Constitution include a Bill of Rights. The first right they coveted was the
right to freedom of speech. The second was the right to bear arms to defend it.
America lays claim to free speech but has a long history of violating the First
Amendment. Since John Adams outlawed criticizing elected officials in the 1800s,
our free speech rights have been challenged.
"We must never disrespect those in elected office or their authority." – John
Adams
Many attempts at limiting free speech have come during war. Reporters were
arrested in the North for opposing the Civil War, and their reports were
censored. During World War I, vocal critics were jailed. During World War II,
Franklin Roosevelt created the Office of Censorship to monitor information about
the war. Everything published in newspapers or broadcasted on the airwaves was
censored by FDR.
In 1955, the U.S. post office banned the Greek play “Lysistrata,” about women
withholding sex due to war. That year, the FCC ordered that The Ed Sullivan Show
film Elvis Presley from "the waist up" due to his "sexually explicit moves."
Many of his songs were also banned from radio stations.
“I feel my temperature rising. Help me, I’m flaming, I must be a hundred and
nine” – Elvis Presley
When the court lifted a ban on William Burroughs’ book “The Naked Lunch” in
1965, this ended all censorship by U.S. Customs. The American Motion Picture
Association adopted the Hays Code in 1968, which is today's film rating system.
In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled that adult pornography was no longer illegal.
And even comic book star "Betty Boop" was allowed to appear in her mini skirt
again.
"Girls, there are plenty of fish in the sea. Be sure you hook the right one!" –
Betty Boop
Although the FCC's Child Online Protection Act only censors internet content not
fit for minors, the latest Pew Research poll found that 75% of Americans believe
social media censors political views they find objectionable. Both Twitter and
Facebook would not post anything about the Hunter Biden scandal, and censored
conservative viewpoints last presidential election, which aided progressives.
Throughout the years, what the U.S. Supreme Court considers free speech has
shifted from left to right and someplace in between. But they have usually come
to their senses and redrawn the line in the sand when Big Brother "ventured too
far over that line." Let's hope they do that to Joe Biden.
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Orwell's dystopian leader Big Brother maintains total control with his "Ministry
of Truth." This allows him to control the language and enables him to rewrite
history. This enables him to justify what he does currently and will do in the
future. He has total power over the society and the citizens.
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls
the past.” – George Orwell
In true progressive form, last week "Big Brother" Joe Biden proclaimed he was
crafting a personal "Ministry of Truth." The creation of Biden's “dystopian
disinformation bureau" will coexist under the department of Homeland Security.
His government police will monitor and censor free speech.
GOP congressmen called this a “disgrace” and an attack on the sanctity of the
First Amendment.
U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, said "I thought this was a satire. Surely, no
president would use his power to allow government to abridge our First Amendment
rights!" Sadly, Hawley was mistaken.
It is an "inconvenient truth" that Joe Biden's foray into "Big Brother's"
dystopian totalitarian state is obviously a reaction to Elon Musk's purchase of
Twitter. Musk promised to make improvements with the social media platform that
will make it a true free speech form for everyone.
When news broke of Elon Musk's $3 billion investment in the forum, VP of
Communications Lulu Cheng Meservey tweeted, "If you're a Twitter employee
worried about Elon Musk pushing for less regulated speech, do not come work on
Tuesday." Democrats and woke Twitter employees sent "APBs" to the White House
tweeting serious concerns about not censoring conservative speech.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that she didn’t have details on the
board’s role, or its executive director, but said "President Biden knows that
there has been a range of disinformation about a range of topics including COVID,
election eligibility, and his policies – just to mention a few.”
Biden has joined an elite group of infamous dictators, all who established a
"Ministry of Truth" to silence free speech and advance their peremptory hold
over the people. Adolf Hitler in Germany had a Ministry of Truth run by Nazi
Joseph Goebbels, and so did ruthless soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.
"How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think." –
Adolf Hitler
George Orwell wrote, "The ministry of Truth is the ministry of lies." Orwell's
protagonist is Winston Smith, head of the ministry of truth. His role is to
rewrite historical facts to align them with what Big Brother wants the people to
believe is true. This assures Big Brother's party will never lose power; much
like what progressives have been doing since they took control of our federal
government.
The only ones buying into Biden's dystopian truth ministry are those seeking to
censor information that reveals key points of vulnerability for Biden and the
Democrats. The left needs to hide the truth about illegal immigrants on our
southern border, the true status of how Biden has destroyed the economy and
Biden's botching of Afghanistan, and news about our failed foreign policies in
Russia and Ukraine.
Biden's "Disinformation Board" is unconstitutional and all Americans must call
Congress ASAP and demand that the coffin is nailed shut on Biden's "Big Brother"
before he is a creature. It is far easier to kill a bad idea than a monster
after he is created.
"Political chaos is connected with the decay of language. When the present is
untrue, those untruths become the truth of the past." – George Orwell
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