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Brent Nyitray's avatar

The most annoying intellectual tic is the left's conceit that it is never authoritarian.

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SimulationCommander's avatar

We don't even have to travel back in time to your days in Russia - just look at what's happening in Canada right now. The CBC is a reliable mouthpiece for the Liberals, who complain when the Conservatives point this out. "ATTACK ON JOURNALISM!" they scream in unison, while also maneuvering to destroy the independent media by freezing them out of briefings or grants.

"We decide who is and isn't a journalist" is almost as dangerous as "We decide what is and isn't legal speech" -- and for the same exact reason.

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