Quote:With so much of the news cycle being understandably dominated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it’s been easy to miss some of the insanity continuing to come out of Canada.

On the ground, the Freedom Convoy is no more, and the use of the Emergencies Act was finally revoked by Justin Trudeau. The Canadian PM only did so after facing intense scrutiny for seeking its renewal despite the protests being over.

But even though things have calmed down, Trudeau continues to push for his dystopian dream. In a recent speech, he gave a bizarre and revealing rant on “democracy” in which he suggested that it is anti-democratic for a government to not censor free speech.

I find this incredibly revealing and instructive, not just about Trudeau’s asinine, authoritarian views, but also about how the distortion of “democracy” has become so pervasive throughout the West. It is completely Orwellian to suggest that it is “authoritarian” for countries to not centrally control the flow of information, dictating what people can or can’t say under the guise of stopping “misinformation.” Yet, that view has become orthodoxy among the world’s elites.

I use the term “elites” for a reason because these are people who truly believe they know best and have a moral right to rule over their subjects. They justify doing so by claiming that the democratic system itself is at stake if they aren’t granted such absolute power. According to them, if the rubes are allowed to protest and share memes on Facebook, the entire world order might collapse, and if it takes a little tyranny to ensure their cush positions in society intact, so be it. Go read a few articles on the World Economic Forum’s website if you want an idea of how insanely totalitarian these people are.

The manipulation occurring is a sight to behold, and we’ve seen the same thing with proclamations about “democracy” in the United States. Democrats continue to make the argument that if the country’s elections aren’t federalized, allowing the legalization of ballot harvesting and outlawing of voter ID (among many other ridiculous provisions), our “democracy” will simply cease to exist. Again, it’s completely Orwellian to claim that democracy can only exist in a system rigged for one-party rule by a centralized government, but the pursuit of power is the point, not logical consistency.

Finally, lest there be any argument that stopping “misinformation” is a cause worthy of extreme, liberty-crushing measures, it must be pointed out that the term is simply a misnomer used by governments to justify suppression of free speech. Yesterday’s “misinformation” is often today’s reality. We’ve seen that play out again and again, from the efficacy of masks to Hunter Biden’s laptop. Government officials are in no position to decide what is worthy of being shared among the populace, nor are they actually trying to do so in good faith. Rather, censorship is just another tool to push far-left, partisan ends.

Trudeau may be one of the more honest Western leaders on this topic, but he’s hardly the only one who believes in regressive ideas of liberty. Be warned, because this is a battle that is going to escalate further in ostensibly free societies.

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If you have to tell people that you're democratic, you probably aren't.

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/...6605207560

WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR

What people are failing to comprehend is that when these "leaders" that are showing their authoritarian impulses and tell us that democracy is dying is that their type of "democracy" is dying. We all know that most of not all communist countries have in their name "democratic". Such as the North Korean Peoples Democratic Party, the Chinese use it the Viet Namese used it and so on. It's just a ruse in that in reality they are advocating for a authoritarian, communist type of dictatorship. I'll bet that there would be nothing better in True Dohs mind than to become like his dad, a dictator for life.

(03-05-2022 12:48 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

Quote:With so much of the news cycle being understandably dominated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it’s been easy to miss some of the insanity continuing to come out of Canada.

On the ground, the Freedom Convoy is no more, and the use of the Emergencies Act was finally revoked by Justin Trudeau. The Canadian PM only did so after facing intense scrutiny for seeking its renewal despite the protests being over.

But even though things have calmed down, Trudeau continues to push for his dystopian dream. In a recent speech, he gave a bizarre and revealing rant on “democracy” in which he suggested that it is anti-democratic for a government to not censor free speech.

I find this incredibly revealing and instructive, not just about Trudeau’s asinine, authoritarian views, but also about how the distortion of “democracy” has become so pervasive throughout the West. It is completely Orwellian to suggest that it is “authoritarian” for countries to not centrally control the flow of information, dictating what people can or can’t say under the guise of stopping “misinformation.” Yet, that view has become orthodoxy among the world’s elites.

I use the term “elites” for a reason because these are people who truly believe they know best and have a moral right to rule over their subjects. They justify doing so by claiming that the democratic system itself is at stake if they aren’t granted such absolute power. According to them, if the rubes are allowed to protest and share memes on Facebook, the entire world order might collapse, and if it takes a little tyranny to ensure their cush positions in society intact, so be it. Go read a few articles on the World Economic Forum’s website if you want an idea of how insanely totalitarian these people are.

The manipulation occurring is a sight to behold, and we’ve seen the same thing with proclamations about “democracy” in the United States. Democrats continue to make the argument that if the country’s elections aren’t federalized, allowing the legalization of ballot harvesting and outlawing of voter ID (among many other ridiculous provisions), our “democracy” will simply cease to exist. Again, it’s completely Orwellian to claim that democracy can only exist in a system rigged for one-party rule by a centralized government, but the pursuit of power is the point, not logical consistency.

Finally, lest there be any argument that stopping “misinformation” is a cause worthy of extreme, liberty-crushing measures, it must be pointed out that the term is simply a misnomer used by governments to justify suppression of free speech. Yesterday’s “misinformation” is often today’s reality. We’ve seen that play out again and again, from the efficacy of masks to Hunter Biden’s laptop. Government officials are in no position to decide what is worthy of being shared among the populace, nor are they actually trying to do so in good faith. Rather, censorship is just another tool to push far-left, partisan ends.

Trudeau may be one of the more honest Western leaders on this topic, but he’s hardly the only one who believes in regressive ideas of liberty. Be warned, because this is a battle that is going to escalate further in ostensibly free societies.

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If you have to tell people that you're democratic, you probably aren't.

This article contains some very misleading statements -

"the use of the Emergencies Act was finally revoked by Justin Trudeau" - I see this article was written today, on 3/5. The Emergency Act declaration was revoked by the Prime Minister back on 2/23. It was invoked on 2/14 and in place for 9 days total, and was "finally revoked" over a week before this article was written.

"The Canadian PM only did so after facing intense scrutiny for seeking its renewal despite the protests being over." - Any invocation of the Emergency Act calls for intense scrutiny by Parliament, including that both houses must approve the declaration or the emergency state ends. So he faced "intense scrutiny", but only that which is explicitly called for by the very letter of the law. The House of Commons voted in support of the declaration, while the Senate was debating and had not yet voted when the declaration was "finally revoked" after 9 days. It is entirely possible that the PM feared a loss or uncomfortably close vote in the Senate, and thus chose to revoke the declaration when he did. However, it is completely inaccurate to say he sought its renewal. A declaration of the Emergency Act is good for 30 days, unless Parliament fails to approve it or it is revoked earlier. Barring either of those, renewal could be sought to extend the declaration of emergency but would require Parliament again vote to approve the extension. So no renewal was ever sought, the declaration was only 9 days into its 30 day period of effect when it was revoked.

https://www.canada.ca/en/department-just...s-act.html

F Trudeau

Disinformation has become the favorite word of the authoritarian left. The problem is that that have the only way in what disinformation is. Anything that goes against their desired narrative is disinformation, whether it’s true or not. Just how many examples of declared disinformation being ultimately shown as true before even the sheep start noticing?