The Left’s Assault on Free Speech

Who would ever have imagined that free speech would be at risk in America, and that by, among others, members of the Media? Have journalists forgotten that it has been practitioners of their art who have so often been the target of tyrants? The freedom to speak one’s mind is so obviously good, to hate it is like hating babies! Oh, right! Leftists hate babies, too. There are few things more frightening than to know you could be punished or imprisoned for saying the wrong thing! We have indeed fallen behind the looking glass! What a bizarre twist on things that a liberty which multitudes have sacrificed their lives to obtain is now considered evil by the Left and members of the Media!

Speech necessarily follows thinking; thus, it is not surprising that the Left has attacked independent thinking as well.  By controlling much of academia, media, and cultural forums like Hollywood, the Left has been quite effective in controlling the public conversation of the nation, and therefore largely determining what millions of Americans think about.