Truthout is
running one of its panic campaigns to see donations, and they do this all the
time, so it’s hard to believe. (Well, that’s
what activists do, isn’t it – beg and demand; am I an activist, or a journalist?)
I do support
a few video channels (mostly “libertarian” and centrist – like Pakman’s, Pool’s,
etc).
I’ve also suggested before that
industry needs to set up a way to bundle paywalls so you can conveniently pay
for multiple newspapers or video channels at much lower costs (they used to sell
magazines this way).
Some of their
articles seem to urge socialism and the end of capitalism, which I won’t support,
but some of their articles have a lot of substance and need an answer. Here is one op-ed by Spencer Sunshine, “Ted
Cruz’s ‘Antifa Are Terrorists’ Resolution Seeks to Stifle the Left”, with Senate Resolution S 279 link.
Okay, it is
dangerous for the government to label organizations as “terrorist”, I agree, it
is possible to jump to all kinds of conclusions.
But private
tech companies want to “libel” organizations as “dangerous” (on the right) and
even individuals, in a few cases without solid evidence. Facebook, for example. And Truthout wants to start a “Make a racist
cry” campaign. What if someone is labeled a "racist" on flimsy claims merely by distant "association". (It was that way for homosexuals before Stonewall a half century ago.)
No, I don’t
believe in going around labeling people “racist” simply because they have
sometimes associated socially with other people thought of that way, or because
they seem indifferent to demands for group solidarity and activism from the
left.
Yet, I sometimes
wonder, when do citizens have an obligation to stop writing and filming (claiming
“Swedish” neutrality) and join in protesting, even at risk to themselves. “Extinction
Rebellion” has been making that claim at the Capitol this week.
(Oh,
superglue can make an embarrassing sacrificial depilatory for men.)
I got an
angry tweet that pretty much explains why the far Left has a right to make demands
of people even like me, and that I should take my “both sides bullshit” elsewhere
(Trump’s “fine people on both sides”). There’s a typo in the tweet; the last “and” should be an “if”. A lot of visitors liked her tweet.
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