Is the first amendment under attack?

[A2SG]

Kayleigh McEnany Says CBS’s Scott Pelley ‘Should’ve Been Arrested’ for Anti-Trump Graduation Speech​

The former White House press secretary made the explosive comment during Tuesday’s episode of The Five on Fox News, while reacting to Pelley’s now-viral address to graduates at Wake Forest University.

In the speech, Pelley warned students that under Trump, “the rule of law, journalism and freedom of speech are all under attack.”

Gutfeld then pointed out the obvious: “He wasn’t arrested after that, you know. He wasn’t arrested, Kayleigh.” [presumably intimating that the First Amendment is not under attack.]

That’s when McEnany dropped the bombshell: “Yeah, well, look, he should have been.”

Typically, one of the first things a dictator does when they seize power is to suppress or outright eliminate the free press. Then they do the same to the courts.

-- A2SG, just sayin'.....

 

[essentialsaltes]

‘Just Move Out of Our Country’: Racists Unleash Hate on Black College Graduate for Her Refusal to Stand for National Anthem In Viral Video​

For an article cobbled together from angry Twitter posts, it surprisingly would almost pass muster on CF, but it's a little too First Amendment-y.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Bondi fires Justice Department employee for gesturing at National Guard​

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi fired a Department of Justice official on Friday for making a vulgar gesture to members of the National Guard deployed to Washington, D.C., on her way to work.

 

[Pommer]

Bondi fires Justice Department employee for gesturing at National Guard​

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi fired a Department of Justice official on Friday for making a vulgar gesture to members of the National Guard deployed to Washington, D.C., on her way to work.

Carter never micromanaged this good!

 

[eclipsenow]

Bondi fires Justice Department employee for gesturing at National Guard​

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi fired a Department of Justice official on Friday for making a vulgar gesture to members of the National Guard deployed to Washington, D.C., on her way to work.

Oh no - did it hurt that poor Guardsman's feelings?
How awful - a citizen expressing themselves!
We should ban the First Amendment!

(Or - tell me America is going autocratic without saying the word autocratic! )
As you know - censorship is one of the Top 4 strategies in that old and much studied game, "How to become a dictator."

Propaganda lords: Dictators quickly learn the value of indoctrination. To maintain their hold on power, they seek to control information, ideally by centralising all mainstream media. Positive news is attributed to them and negative news is ascribed to enemies of the state. With the help of the propaganda machine, dictators become an integral part of everyone’s life. During elections, they manipulate the final outcome by curtailing press freedom, limiting the opposition’s ability to campaign and spreading misinformation – “fake news”. Dictators also try to prevent or destroy social frameworks and institutions serving as countervailing forces.​

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https://knowledge.insead.edu/leadership-organisations/fighting-against-dictatorship​