Twitter censorship is the modern-day red scare, by Jonathan Turley

Are you now or have you ever been a Russia asset? Twitter and the FBI want to know. From Jonathan Turley at nypost.com:

“The Democratic Party [is] the bedfellow of international communism.” Those words from Sen. Joe McCarthy captured the gist of the Red Scare and the use of blacklists and personal attacks to silence critics. The Democrats this week appear to have taken up the same cudgel in labeling opponents and critics Russian sympathizers and fellow travelers in opposing government involvement in a massive censorship system.

The Red Scare is back and it is going blue.

I testified this week in Congress on the Twitter Files and how they suggest what I have called “censorship by surrogate” or proxy.

The files show dozens of FBI and government employees actively seeking the censorship of citizens and others for their viewpoints. In my testimony, I warned that this was reminiscent of the McCarthy period where the FBI played a role in the establishment of blacklists for socialist, communists, and others. I encouraged Congress not to repeat its failures from the 1950s by turning a blind eye to such abuse.

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2 responses to “Twitter censorship is the modern-day red scare, by Jonathan Turley

  1. “The Democratic Party [is] the bedfellow of international communism.” –At least part of the team.

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  2. The Bolshevik revolution redux happens during times of terminal Peak Stupidity.
    The dumbing down was done for this time.

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