Yes speed, I wanted to ask you your thoughts about the diary. That's why I asked.
You see man, I am a moderate. Yep...I absolutely slant right but I'm a moderate and there are others on this board. We have still more on this board who are extreme right and left. I don't recommend that you listen to their advice but I do recommend the moderates.
The question I asked and the follow-up I included, it's not actually about a diary. It was more about you and your ability to dissent. Specifically your right to dissent.
When the standard for you is, "what are the media covering by and large," you are losing the ability and the right to dissent. Not all at once but little by little. You can decide what dissent you prefer but not if you're allowing "what the media is covering" to be your guide.
In this country, our former "fourth estate," a large part of our protection against governmental tyranny, blasted that the Steele Dossier was legitimate and anyone who says otherwise is a liar and a denier of fact. That was on EVERY news network save a few right wing networks. Fox was the only major network that didn't push it hard. IT TURNS OUT THAT THE STEELE DOSSIER WAS BVLLSH1T. That's important...that's big.
Similarly, damn near every news agency and all of the major contributors told us that the Hunter Biden laptop story was Russian disinformation. We even had "51 Intelligence Experts" who signed a memo stating that it was Russian disinformation and then all of the networks provided coverage of that fact. HOWEVER, IT TURNED OUT THAT IT WASN'T RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION...THE FOURTH ESTATE LIED TO YOU AGAIN.
These are but two examples. I can absolutely find more. Now take a look at this...
If that doesn't scare the sh1t out of you, what does? Nazi Germany, Stalinist Russia, Mao's and Xi's China...none of them were so organized as this to provide you with a state approved narrative.
This is proof of the failure of our once proud fourth estate and it is a threat to you...and your right to dissent.
Get pissed, challenge narratives and not just the ones that fit what you don't prefer to hear. Challenge them all...hold them to the standards that they are supposed to hold themselves to.
Ashley's diary is a concern...not just because the media is or is not covering it. It's a concern because it appears that it might actually be true and because it's not ok. It's disgusting and it speaks to the core of a powerful person's character. YES, YOU CAN CHALLENGE TRUMP'S CHARACTER TOO...I DO...but not at the expense of failing to challenge his opponents character as well.
JMO