January 25, 2021  In 2020 the world changed. Now in Twenty/Twenty-one, new words are familiar -- Dox and De-platform. Others have new meaning - Cancel. It seems the First Amendment is now conditional and subject to the whims of various institutions. Political correctness has spread from the confines of ivory towers into algorithms policing digital town squares where speech offenders can be de-platformed, cancelled or doxed depending upon the severity of their offenses.

The Conservative Purge Isn’t Over, It’s Just Getting Cranked Up – Issues & Insights

The River of Forgetfulness - American Greatness (amgreatness.com)

Liberal authoritarians are the real threat to our democracy (nypost.com)

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