All history before December 15, 1791 was a prelude to the first ten amendments in the U.S. Constitution; so I must ask Mr. Hanson to forgive my ignorance.
Victor Davis Hanson is always informative, and always worth reading. Yesterday’s piece is down by the head with facts:
How Corrupt Is a Corrupt Media? › American Greatness
The current “media”—loosely defined as the old major newspapers like the New York Times and Washington Post, the network news channels, MSNBC and CNN, PBS and NPR, the online news aggregators like…
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QUESTION: How corrupt is every well-intentioned public voice? ANSWER: Just as corrupt as the institutions they critique because:
1. They never critique the privilege:
Americans rightfully care about freedom of speech —— not freedom of the press. Private sector freedoms can live very well without freedom of the press, but they will die without ABSOLUTE political freedom of speech.
If Americans want to protect the First Amendment they should start by repealing these four words ——“or of the press” —— so that it reads:
First Amendment
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
The press would still enjoy freedom of speech like the rest of us, but they would have to defend freedom of speech as a matter of self-interest instead of only defending their constitutional privilege while they throw the rest us to Socialist/Communist wolves.
Repeal The Privilege
Americans rightfully care about freedom of speech —— not freedom of the press. Private sector freedoms can live very well without freedom of the press, but they will die without ABSOLUTE political freedom of speech. If Americans want to protect the First Amendment they should start by repealing...
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1a. They never critique
The Roman Catholic Church opened the door for today’s parasites when priests were given the confessional-privilege (1813).
The Parasite Class
This forum should be titled Economics, Business, Taxes and Parasites. Note that the Parasite Class is more definitive than the welfare state. Illegal aliens do a lot better than American welfare state recipients who are lucky if they are in program that gives them a daily bowl of soup with a...
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2. They never critique the XVI AMENDMENT that pays for media corruption they rail against.
3. They never critique the XVII AMENDMENT that created long-serving U.S. Senators.
4. They never critique U.S. membership in the United Nations.
5. They never critique the U.S. military serving the United Nations.
6. They never critique the Parasite Class per se.
7. They never critique Charity Hustlers that get billions of tax dollars every year.
I identified a few topics public voices dare not critique. There is lot more for conservatives to add to the list.