C.S. Lewis wrote somewhere that the devil always sends his temptations in twos, so that in backing away from one, you are liable to stumble into the other.
That’s very true of political temptations.
The cult-like behavior of hard-core Donald Trump loyalists, and of Q-Anon followers in particular, is a great danger to functioning of American democracy.
How can I engage in democratic discourse with people who are disconnected from reality as I see it?
But the drive to censor MAGA Republicans, including Q-Anon, is an equal danger.
How can I engage in democratic discourse with people and at the same time deny them a voice?
People who are silenced do not think they are refuted.
And I would be naive if I thought that censorship will be limited to persons and causes I disapprove of.
LINKS
Q-Anon and the Fragility of Truth by Nathan J. Robinson for Current Affairs.
The Man Who Saw the Coup Coming Is Surprised It Wasn’t Much Worse by Cam Wolf for GQ.
QAnon Woke Up the Real Deep State by Nicolas Grossman for Arcdigital Media.
The Terror of Liberals in a Time of Insurrection by Ian Welsh.
The Boot Is Coming Down Hard and Fast by Caitlin Johnstone.
Images via vitaliketh on Twitter.
Tags: Censorship, Donald Trump, Internet censorship, Q-Anon
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