Mao launched his “free speech” campaign in 1957 called “Let 100 Flowers Bloom” to ask ppl, esp. intellectuals, to make constructive suggestions to the CCP. Not understanding the evil of Communism, many sincerely did so. One of their pleads was allowing free speech. The campaign quickly turned into an “Anti-Rightist” campaign. Half a million were condemned as rightists & became enemy of the state. They were denounced & exiled to labor camps. Many more were implicated & had to undergo “thought reform”.
“Anti-Rightist” campaign put an end to any free speech in China. It paved way to the disastrous Great Leap Forward campaign. By then no one dared to challenge any lies incl. the absurd claim that China could surpass UK & US in steel production by mobilizing all the peasants to make steel instead of food. The result was the Great Famine that claimed up to 50 mil lives.
Never in my wildest dream did I imagine that this could happened in America. Today free speech is being silenced & we are coerced to accept lies as truth incl. such absurdity that men can have babies! – Xi VanFleet
“In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to pursuade or convince, not to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is in some small way to become evil oneself. One’s standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control. I think if you examine political correctness, it has the same effect and is intended to” – Theodore Dalrymple
“We now live in a nation where doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the press destroys information, religion destroys morals, and our banks destroy our economy ” – Chris Hedges
Trump arraignment: Judge denies motion to allow live cameras as former president faces criminal charges foxnews.com/politics/trump… #FoxNews
“Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg objected to cameras in the courtroom, saying his concerns included “the prejudicial impact of pretrial publicity on the jurors, the impact on the truthfulness of the witnesses, responsibilities placed on the trial judge to assure a fair trial and the impact on the [defendant,” court documents show. “The prejudicial impact of pretrial publicity on jurors?” Bragg thinks there could be more publicity? That the jury isn’t already tainted, in a city with 8-1 voter roll advantage for Dems, and the “the impact on the truthfulness of witnesses?” Bragg’s star witness is a convicted liar for crying out loud! Bragg doesn’t want [you] to see how New York does Stalinists show trials! #TheGreatAmericaShow” Lou Dobbs