In a 1993 essay on the Stalinist domination of Poland, Henry Szabala and Miroslaw Michalczak made some observations that ring with chilling familiarity for anyone listening closely to America’s current political rhetoric. Their most salient points seemed obvious to me, but I’ve read the George Orwell canon. Soviet censors had “protected” their Polish audience from Orwell’s satires on ideological takeovers like Stalin’s.
In the West, Orwell’s searing sarcasm helped discourage the ever-present menace of totalitarian impulses for half a century. Backhanded evidence of his effectiveness emerges from today’s dictatorship of the woke — most of whom belong to the first American generation since the 1950s whose public education left them ignorant of Orwell’s cautionary parodies.
Interesting observations but when you speculate towards the end that the group "probably consist of..." your argument falls apart. You can't accuse without having supportable facts. That called speculation. Also, your concern is insignificant when compared to the urgency at the moment as we have a president that has floated the idea of delaying an election, a president who has called the press "the enemy of the people" which are the exact words that Hitler used to describe the press, and a president who uses every loophole to expand his powers to the detriment of our constitution, including his current attempt to suppress voter turnout by arguing that mail in voting is riddled with fraud. Like you, he does not use facts to support his position.
Randel, I would have expected nothing less than your immediate rebuttal on this column.
It strikes directly at the heart of your political persuasion, and it hits the mark dead-on.
As for supportable facts, just look at what has been happening across the country for the last several months. Read the columns in the opinion section of this paper alone. The misinformation, twisting of facts, and outright propaganda are stunning.
“Orwellian” doesn’t come close in describing how the liberal news networks spin it’s reporting, social media censors opposition of thought, and elected Democratic officials actually support mob rule and breaking the law as if it’s all okay, calling it “peaceful protest”.
And of course, there are always the hyperbolic references to Hitler, which is so intellectually dishonest and over-the-top, that you lose any credibility.
Lastly, the whole voter suppression argument is getting tired and old. Stop treating people like they can’t figure out how, where, and when to vote. Or, that voter ID cards are somehow far too onerous to deal with. You can’t survive today with and ID card. Try it some time.
The only reason the Democratic Party is pushing so hard on this:
1- It gives them cover for when they lose elections. They can claim fraud.
2- It gives them the chance to rig the results by circumventing authentication.
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Interesting observations but when you speculate towards the end that the group "probably consist of..." your argument falls apart. You can't accuse without having supportable facts. That called speculation. Also, your concern is insignificant when compared to the urgency at the moment as we have a president that has floated the idea of delaying an election, a president who has called the press "the enemy of the people" which are the exact words that Hitler used to describe the press, and a president who uses every loophole to expand his powers to the detriment of our constitution, including his current attempt to suppress voter turnout by arguing that mail in voting is riddled with fraud. Like you, he does not use facts to support his position.
Randel, I would have expected nothing less than your immediate rebuttal on this column.
It strikes directly at the heart of your political persuasion, and it hits the mark dead-on.
As for supportable facts, just look at what has been happening across the country for the last several months. Read the columns in the opinion section of this paper alone. The misinformation, twisting of facts, and outright propaganda are stunning.
“Orwellian” doesn’t come close in describing how the liberal news networks spin it’s reporting, social media censors opposition of thought, and elected Democratic officials actually support mob rule and breaking the law as if it’s all okay, calling it “peaceful protest”.
And of course, there are always the hyperbolic references to Hitler, which is so intellectually dishonest and over-the-top, that you lose any credibility.
Lastly, the whole voter suppression argument is getting tired and old. Stop treating people like they can’t figure out how, where, and when to vote. Or, that voter ID cards are somehow far too onerous to deal with. You can’t survive today with and ID card. Try it some time.
The only reason the Democratic Party is pushing so hard on this:
1- It gives them cover for when they lose elections. They can claim fraud.
2- It gives them the chance to rig the results by circumventing authentication.
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