By Col. Bill Connor ——Bio and Archives--September 8, 2024

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Over the past weeks, freedom of speech has been getting pummelled in the West. In reaction to protests and riots, British Government officials--including the current Labor PM Keir Starmer and Peter Rowley, Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis--have threatened not only rioters, but social media posters. Threats from Rowley included extradition of those outside the UK, for prosecution due to internet postings.

53-year-old UK woman, Julie Sweeney, who had no prior criminal record, was sentenced to 15 months in prison solely for a social media post. Top Democrats and progressive media figures in the US, like Democrat icon Robert Reich, have proposed prosecuting Elon Musk for allowing “X” to become a free speech platform which allows alleged “misinformation”. The head of Telegraph, Pavel Durov, was arrested in France due to the accusation he was not doing enough to censor his platform. Again, progressives in politics and media praised the arrest and offered the opinion Elon Musk and others should face arrest here. Finally, a Brazilian Judge outlawed X in Brazil due to a lack of censorship. The American left has moved from the Berkeley Free Speech movement of the 1960s to demanding suppression and criminalization of speech they don’t........

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