February 2, 2022
By Gary Bauer
While the left claims that Donald Trump is a threat to our democracy, the left is really the biggest threat to our freedom. For the latest example of the left's threat to freedom, look no further than the controversy engulfing Joe Rogan and threatening his popular Spotify podcast.
The left's jihad against Rogan is odd in a way because he's not really a conservative. He endorsed Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson in 2016 and Bernie Sanders in 2020. But like Bill Maher, Rogan's not an insane leftist.
Yesterday, I wrote about how the left uses the concept of "intersectionality" to enforce ideological conformity. Because if there's one thing the left can't stand, it's diversity – diversity of thought and opinion.
Throughout the pandemic, Rogan has invited people on his show to discuss the coronavirus. At times, there have been guests who were critical of the government and who dared to question some things the healthcare bureaucrats deemed as "settled science."
Now, the left wants to take Rogan down because it has rejected a fundamental idea of America -- free speech. Yes, the left is fundamentally anti-American!
Liberal entertainers are taking their music off Spotify unless Spotify takes Rogan down. Last week, the U.S. surgeon general demanded that Rogan be censored. Really? One of America's top medical officials is taking his scalpel to the First Amendment now?
This week, the Biden White House weighed in. Press Secretary Jen Psaki demanded that Spotify "do more" than just add "content warnings" to Rogan's podcasts. (How do we get one of those warnings for Biden's next press conference?)
But much of what Rogan and others were saying that the public health bureaucracy denounced as "lies and misinformation" ended up being true or is still open to debate. Things like the lab leak theory and the effectiveness of vaccines, that masks don't work and that lockdowns don't work.
That's why this country was built on free speech and the right to question our government. When open debate is allowed, eventually the truth is discovered. And the truth shall set us free!
Beyond the "emergency" of the coronavirus, the left is all in on the idea that we're also in a "climate change emergency." Many Americans, including many scientists, disagree. And the climate alarmists have been alarmingly wrong with their past predictions.
But if the left gets to determine what is an "emergency," then the left will shutdown any debate over climate change. They've been trying for years.
By the way, racism, as defined by the left, is increasingly described as a "public health emergency." It's not hard to imagine leftists trying to shut down any debate at school board meetings over critical race theory or unleashing the FBI on concerned parents. Oh, right – they're already doing that!
My friends, FEAR IS THE POINT. The left is all about fear and control.
And if we can lose our constitutional rights whenever there is an "emergency," then the left will make sure there is always an emergency.
Posts
