NAOS
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A lesson my dad taught me, he was a clinical psychologist, I think it was a lesson he learned from his job, is that "the people who complain the most about certain behavior in others, are usually the people committing that behavior themselves". In Trump's case, it's not only true, its a fundamental part of his strategy, and it's worked as one of the greatest cons in our history. And Fox is on the same page: the fake news is Fox News telling its listeners that the New York Times is the fake news, their listeners none the wiser to the con. And Deep State conspiracies. Phenomenal con.
The president, or his team, makes an effort at suppressing free speech:
Reversing course:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2...remove-satirical-cartoon-from-online-retailer
Redbubble reinstated Anderson’s cartoon this week, saying that it strives “to respect IP rights and freedom of speech, but we sometimes make mistakes, as we did here … We’re sorry for any inconvenience this has caused.”
In a statement, Anderson praised Redbubble for recognising the error, but said there were some “troubling issues” raised by the affair, including that the cartoon was removed less than 24 hours after he posted it, before he had received a single order.
“I doubt anyone had even seen it yet on the site,” he said. “This reveals that the Trump campaign has a system in place, trawling for material they find objectionable. If it happened to me so quickly, it likely has happened to others. How much other content has been removed this way on Redbubble and other sites?”
He added: “It must be pointed out: the president of the United States is a hypocrite who complains about the ‘violation’ of his free speech on Twitter, then tries to actively suppress the free speech of others. These are actions of an adolescent wannabe-authoritarian.”
Holy ****. I hadn’t heard about this cartoon saga. Deeply chilling.
Whomever is still backing this guy can pound sand. I don’t have your back. I hate that my taxes go into a pot that you can benefit from.