{"id":87513,"date":"2024-05-09T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=87513"},"modified":"2024-05-09T08:24:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T13:24:15","slug":"youve-got-to-destroy-democracy-to-save-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=87513","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;ve Got To Destroy Democracy To Save It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Brazil is going through an exaggerated version of the US&#8217;s current gyrations; between a &#8220;right wing&#8221; leader who, the expert class told us, <em>&#8220;is going to destroy democracy<\/em>&#8220;, to a left-wing oligarch who is <em>actually destroying <\/em>democracy in the name of &#8220;saving democracy&#8221;.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In particular, they &#8211; and their American, Democrat party (and American big-media allies) are trying to crush free speech, to, er&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;uh&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;&#8221;save&#8221; it.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Shellenberger is on the front lines.  Expand the tweet to read the whole thing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Democrats Demand Global Crackdown On Human Rights, Including Mine, To Save Democracy<br><br>House members at yesterday\u2019s Congressional hearing supported the Brazilian government\u2019s demand for censorship<br><br>Going into yesterday\u2019s Congressional hearing on Brazil\u2019s crackdown on free speech,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h3iPYS5xPy\">pic.twitter.com\/h3iPYS5xPy<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shellenberger\/status\/1788234166552953238?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Berg&#8217;s Seventh Law in action; the party that is (or was) the first to bleat about McCarthyism, is the McCarthyist party:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cMr. Shellenberger,\u201d [Rep. Kamlager-Dove, D-CA] said to me yes or no? Is it true that you have repeatedly published false information that defamed public figures who are dedicated to combating disinformation?\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Long story short:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Democrats have repeatedly made it clear that they want governments to decide what we can and cannot say, hear and cannot hear, on the Internet. <br><br>They did so again yesterday. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7gizg1JBEN\">pic.twitter.com\/7gizg1JBEN<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shellenberger\/status\/1788241626625929504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember this when NPR yaps about their &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/npr-extra\/2022\/07\/15\/1111727112\/npr-launches-disinformation-reporting-team&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjywcad1YCGAxVq38kDHUZvDTkQFnoECBEQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw0SIS0rM7fhdH_Az3YkNisy\">disinformation<\/a>&#8221; efforts. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazil is going through an exaggerated version of the US&#8217;s current gyrations; between a &#8220;right wing&#8221; leader who, the expert class told us, &#8220;is going to destroy democracy&#8220;, to a left-wing oligarch who is actually destroying democracy in the name of &#8220;saving democracy&#8221;. 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