The "net" held the promise for a new and expanded consciousness and conversation among the worlds free peoples. It also made the machinations of political/financial grifters transparent to public scrutiny. Hence their world wide crackdown on free speech and expression.
( In case you missed it, Glenn Greenwald has a half hour with the scholar Jonathan Turley on the importance of free speech. He said, scientific studies show the repression of free speech and expression actually causes parts of the human brain to atrophy. and shrink. I'm buying the book.)
Great comment. Thanks for the link. I have been arguing to put Jonathan Turley on the supreme court since he used to be a regular guest on Keith Olberman in the oughts.
The day Jonathan Turley (or Glenn Greenwald and his ilk for that matter), relaxes his principles a la Krugman, MSNBC et al is the day that Hell ACTUALLY freezes over.
This is an important point that Mike R. makes about Glenn Greenwald and Jonathan Turley. Both are overwhelmingly known as proponents of civil liberties. But is that projection true to reality? The U.S. Supreme Court, the lower courts and the state bar associations collude with the prosecutors to "remove" fair trial rights against targeted defendants when it politically suits them. Yet, neither Greenwald nor Turley have any problem with it. Indeed, as long as they promote free speech to the heavens it will act as a sedative to readers in distracting them from seeing all this coming down. Moreover, both Greenwald and Turley are lawyers.
No one knows better than them that this corruption is going on. Here is a newsletter that documents the collusion of the judicial officials in destroying fair trial rights right under the nose of Greenwald and Turley. It is entitled:
The Supreme Court Buries Professional Misconduct."
I'm glad you're making this point Runnymede, and I will say that I believe Turley and Greenwald are capable of supporting free speech as the foundation of true human liberty and calling out an egregious action by SCOTUS.
The "net" held the promise for a new and expanded consciousness and conversation among the worlds free peoples. It also made the machinations of political/financial grifters transparent to public scrutiny. Hence their world wide crackdown on free speech and expression.
( In case you missed it, Glenn Greenwald has a half hour with the scholar Jonathan Turley on the importance of free speech. He said, scientific studies show the repression of free speech and expression actually causes parts of the human brain to atrophy. and shrink. I'm buying the book.)
Great comment. Thanks for the link. I have been arguing to put Jonathan Turley on the supreme court since he used to be a regular guest on Keith Olberman in the oughts.
The day Jonathan Turley (or Glenn Greenwald and his ilk for that matter), relaxes his principles a la Krugman, MSNBC et al is the day that Hell ACTUALLY freezes over.
Hi Jose Weto, again, how about taking a look at The Runnymede Report's reply to Mike R.
This is an important point that Mike R. makes about Glenn Greenwald and Jonathan Turley. Both are overwhelmingly known as proponents of civil liberties. But is that projection true to reality? The U.S. Supreme Court, the lower courts and the state bar associations collude with the prosecutors to "remove" fair trial rights against targeted defendants when it politically suits them. Yet, neither Greenwald nor Turley have any problem with it. Indeed, as long as they promote free speech to the heavens it will act as a sedative to readers in distracting them from seeing all this coming down. Moreover, both Greenwald and Turley are lawyers.
No one knows better than them that this corruption is going on. Here is a newsletter that documents the collusion of the judicial officials in destroying fair trial rights right under the nose of Greenwald and Turley. It is entitled:
The Supreme Court Buries Professional Misconduct."
https://therunnymedereport.substack.com/p/the-supreme-court-buries-professional?r=3tdx2w
I'm glad you're making this point Runnymede, and I will say that I believe Turley and Greenwald are capable of supporting free speech as the foundation of true human liberty and calling out an egregious action by SCOTUS.