Manipulation takes many forms and the left and anti fascist have just been party to the very thing the neocons and neoliberals want – to close down free speech, which ultimately will also apply to themselves. It’s a lot easier for the governments to silence opposition if the opposition lays down the ground rules for doing so.
by Richard Hugus, via Dissident Voice
On August 19, a week after a heavily publicized clash over a statue of Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia, an estimated 8,000 people converged on Boston Common to protest a speaking event organized by a group calling itself the Boston Free Speech Movement. Who are the Boston Free Speech Movement and what do they stand for? We’ll never know because antifascists, leftists, anti-racists, and progressives of Boston prevented them from even speaking. Some might say this was a good thing — no one wants to hear from bigots (if that’s who they were) — but, in fact, the left in all its self-righteousness was duped into an assault on the 1st Amendment to the US Constitution, which guarantees the right of free speech, for everyone. The left have been the pawns of much more powerful forces who, if they aren’t organizing these news…
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