Article originally appeared on www.zerohedge.com.
One of the most revealing narratives that surfaced during the 2024 US election campaign was the argument from establishment journalists that the Constitution and the voting system might be allowing “too much freedom” for the general public. How can this be true? Progressive activists claim that voter choice can be manipulated by abuses of free speech (disinformation) and that without controls on that speech the Constitution essentially has a built in self destruct mechanism.
Outlets like the New York Times made these arguments specifically in reference to the presidential bid of Donald Trump. Trump, leftists assert, represents the rise of “far-right fascism” in America and the normal rules of the democratic process no longer apply. They argue that he must be stopped at all costs.
One could dismiss all this rhetoric as the coping and seething of sore losers, but it goes well beyond that.
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