Journalist Glenn Greenwald recently took to Twitter to outline how he believes leftists are methodically and systematically stifling dissent through coordination with various elements of the state and media.
Twitchy reports that journalist Glenn Greenwald recently took to Twitter to examine how the left is systematically stifling dissent via coordination with various people within the media and state.
Greenwald tweeted:
The regime of censorship being imposed on the internet – by a consortium of DC Dems, billionaire-funded “disinformation experts,” the US Security State, and liberal employees of media corporations – is dangerously intensifying in ways I believe are not adequately understood.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 6, 2022
A series of “crises” have been cynically and aggressively exploited to inexorably restrict the range of permitted views, and expand pretexts for online silencing and deplatforming. Trump’s election, Russiagate, 1/6, COVID and war in Ukraine all fostered new methods of repression. pic.twitter.com/RXIbcMhiiD
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 6, 2022
Greenwald notes that a number of topics have become “off limits” to discuss in the mainstream media and that those that attempt to bring them to light — such as by podcaster Joe Rogan — face intense pressure to step back in line.
During the failed attempt in January to force Spotify to remove Joe Rogan, the country’s most popular podcaster – remember that? – I wrote that the current religion of Western liberals in politics and media is censorship: their prime weapon of activism.
https://t.co/SAMtK31UY8— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 6, 2022
However, the failure to force Rogan to step back in line only strengthened these campaigns, according to Greenwald:
But that Rogan failure only strengthened their repressive campaigns. Dems routinely abuse their majoritarian power in DC to explicitly coerce Big Tech silencing of their opponents and dissent. This is *Govt censorship* disguised as corporate autonomy.
https://t.co/7s5uY175HZ— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 6, 2022
There’s now an entire new industry, aligned with Dems, to pressure Big Tech to censor. Think tanks and self-proclaimed “disinformation experts” funded by Omidyar, Soros and the US/UK Security State use benign-sounding names to glorify ideological censorship as neutral expertise. pic.twitter.com/5JxSYugUIf
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 6, 2022
Greenwald claims that leftist media employees are the worst offenders, aligning with leftist organizations while posing as independent journalists.
The worst, most vile arm of this regime are the censorship-mad liberal employees of big media corporations (@oneunderscore__, @BrandyZadrozny, @TaylorLorenz, NYT tech unit). Masquerading as “journalists,” they align with the scummiest Dem groups (@mmfa) to silence and deplatform. pic.twitter.com/CMpONlXngi
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 6, 2022
Greenwald further noted the hypocrisy of those on the left decrying fascism while attempting to “unite state and corporate power to censor their critics:”
It is astonishing to watch Dems and their allies in media corporations posture as opponents of “fascism” – while their main goal is to *unite state and corporate power* to censor their critics and degrade the internet into an increasingly repressive weapon of information control.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 6, 2022
A major myth that must be quickly dismantled: political censorship is not the by-product of autonomous choices of Big Tech companies.
This is happening because DC Dems and the US Security State are threatening reprisals if they refuse. They’re explicit:pic.twitter.com/j64rCdZ82L
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 6, 2022
Greenwald said that those posing as “journalists” are taking the lead in “agitating censorship” and calling on corporate giants to ban dissenters:
But the worst is watching people whose job title in corporate HR Departments is “journalist” take the lead in agitating for censorship. They exploit the platforms of corporate giants to pioneer increasingly dangerous means of banning dissenters. *These* are the authoritarians. pic.twitter.com/Ru6oGtIrFb
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 6, 2022
This is the frog-in-boiling-water problem: the increase in censorship is gradual but continuous, preventing recognition of how severe it’s become. The EU now legally *mandates censorship of Russian news. They’ve made it *illegal* for companies to air it.
https://t.co/mtWA4utXJE— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 6, 2022
Greenwald notes that multiple tactics are being used to silence critics:
So many new tactics of censorship repression have emerged in the West: Trudeau freezing bank accounts of tucker-protesters; Paypal partnering with ADL to ban dissidents from the financial system; Big Tech platforms openly colluding in unison to de-person people from the internet. pic.twitter.com/O9U2s89ca1
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 6, 2022
All of this stems from the classic mentality of all would-be tyrants: our enemies are so dangerous, their views so threatening, that everything we do – lying, repression, censorship – is noble. That’s what made the Sam Harris confession so vital: that’s how liberal elites think. pic.twitter.com/D7Fdzjoeab
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 6, 2022
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