Are you a decent human being?
In recent weeks I have grown so horrified by the blatant hate being screamed by Democrats and leftists in the mainstream press against Republicans, conservatives, and Trump supporters that I have found myself unable to write about this stuff.
It is just too disgusting. Here are just a few examples that barely represent the full gamut of anger and hate being expressed by Democrats and their willing accomplices in the press:
- Rep. Joaquin Castro doxxes Trump Donors in His District
- El Paso Protesters Partly Blame Trump’s Rhetoric On Immigration For The Mass Shooting
- Biden: Trump fanned the flames of white supremacy
- Republicans’ white supremacist problem is a threat to America
- MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace claims Trump is ‘talking about exterminating Latinos’
All of the accusations against Trump and Republicans in these stories are outright lies, worthy of Joseph Goebbels. And the actions of Democratic politicians like Biden and Castro to attack and smear Trump and his supporters is equally vile, and worthy of the worst form of scapegoating done by anti-Semites. Worse, these people are using terrible mass murders, committed by clearly unstable and sick individuals, to score political points. Such behavior is beyond the pale.
One might, if one was willing to stretch the truth beyond the breaking point, to find some justification in the criticisms of Trump. However, though Trump’s twitter comments are often ugly and crude and insulting, the one thing a careful reading of all those statements reveals is that he has always tried to state the truth, honestly and bluntly. Moreover, there is no evidence of racism in any of his comments. He has merely been attacking those who deserve attacking.
The Democratic attacks, however, on the decency of the American population, especially its non-minority population, are especially vile and dishonest. Remember, this is the same population that only a few years ago twice voted for a black president. For Democratic politicians and mainstream press pundits to accuse it of being in favor of white supremacy is more than just absurd, it is a lie and slander.
The problem I have is that I try to be a decent human being. I don’t like to give these liars and slanderers a platform to spread their hateful lies. In fact, I don’t even wish to read or discuss their childish and mean-spirited behavior. Thus, I have posted nothing until now about the mass murders that occurred this past weekend and the reactions to them.
I suspect that most people feel as I do. They don’t want to talk about this, In most cases it is because they fear retribution from these vicious people. I fear their retribution as well, but I also publish a website, and have an obligation to report on these issues as well as express my opinion on such subjects, especially in cases where such evil behavior is exhibited not only by mass murderers but by mainstream public figures.
Most decent people however are running away from this evil. Rather than fight it, they are becoming silent and sullen, fearful of the terrible consequences should they try to resist this mob. Such behavior could result in one of two results in the coming 2020 election: Either we shall be stunned by a complete landslide for Trump, or people will put their heads in the sand, avoid voting, and give the election to the Democrats.
I don’t know what will happen in 2020. I know that my inclination is to get enraged and, at a minimum, to make sure I vote, no matter what. Sadly in my life I have generally found my approach to be the exception. It seems that the majority of my generation has instead decided that they just don’t like politics and would rather have nothing to do with it.
Common decency however is dying, especially if we allow this vicious Democratic Party to get rewarded for its bad behavior. It is for this reason that I am posting this essay today. We must fight these people, at all costs, or we will pay dearly for our timidity in the future.
So, are you a decent human who is afraid to speak, or is so disgusted that you simply want to avoid the subject? If so, I understand entirely. As I said, I have not written about this stuff much lately, for similar reasons.
Nonetheless, even if you don’t publicly express your disgust at this behavior, please make sure you go and vote, and make sure you vote to throw out every Democratic politician possible from political office. The only way we can save our society is to remove this party from power, since it has become a party that believes that lying and slander is an acceptable tactic in politics.
And if you are a registered Democrat, I ask again, as I have done repeatedly, that you reconsider your support for that party. It is not the Democratic Party of Roosevelt and Kennedy, or even Carter. It has become a party of bigoted, hateful, and power-hungry individuals, willing to do practically anything to cement their hold on power. Their present positions of power poses a threat to every decent person in America, regardless of where any of us stand on policy and the use of government to improve society.
More important, a major wipe-out of the Democratic Party in 2020 will give that party an opportunity to clean house, and to start over with new people aware that they must follow basic standards of decency. And if you are Democrat who wants the passage of liberal policies, you need a decent Democratic Party to achieve those ends. Otherwise, you will not get what you want. You will get tyranny instead.
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The Lefts contortions and blatant lying is a sign of just one thing, desperation. They have been revealed as the frauds that they are. The Left must lie about everything that they endeavor to do. All with the “Highest” moral “Social Justice” authority of course.
They, as has been pointed out by some right here on BTB, are truly in a existential death spiral and this desperation manifests itself in all of these many dramas that are being played out in the media and in Washington. All lies and false accusations hoping that something sticks somewhere.
My interpretation is that all of this is actually a very good sign. Push a desperate animal against the wall and present them with few choices as to where they can go and you will see exactly what we are all witnessing right now. They will not be vanquished and will escape, but they will be well wounded and will have to take much time to reflect and re present themselves to the world. Will they learn? Probably not.
So although there will be chaos and confusion, possibly blood, the only action can be to continue on the path we are on. To do anything else would be suicide. Give no, or very little quarter.
The problem is the divisiveness of identity politics, in that respect Trump and Cotour are part of the problem with their generalizations.
I think a lot of what we are seeing is an attempt to influence the middle class. Middle class people are very concerned with appearance, status and looking acceptable. The media frames everything Trump does as being socially unacceptable and low class.
Middle class Democrats are very motivated by meeting the ever changing requirements of PC actions and language but non-Democrat middle class people are also motivated by more traditional American concepts of what it means to be a civil and respectable person. The language Trump uses is far tamer than what ordinary Democrats say on a daily basis but non-Democrats tend to be more polite. This is why the media tries to sensationalize the things Trump says. It is to influence non-Democrats who tend to be more polite and civil.
I hope and dream that this is causing 100M plus decent Americans to silently seeth in anger as I do just waiting for election day 2020. And then I pray Trump wins a convincing re-election and leaves them COMPLETELY GUTTED, to grovel in abject and useless misery for 4 more years while Trump appoints 2 more Supreme Court justices and another 150 appellate and circuit judges while I change the channel to Velocity or the Big Bang Theory, or anything but their sour and morbid drivel on cable news.
It’s a happy thought : )
Bob – I feel the same. Unfortuanately the nation seems to be stuck in this “everything Trump says is hate” mind set. If Trump did it it’s wrong. It’s insane. I don’t agree with everything he does or says but neither did I agree with everythin Obama or Bush did. I don’t have to. Discord is good and valuable. We all come from different walks of life and need to find a way to co-exist. That being said, this extreme hatred and blame of Trum is completely irrational and depressing. Like you said, he is abrasive, but not always wrong just because his name is Tump. Use your head people.
Shaun: One thing I need to note. You write, “the nation seems to be stuck in this ‘everything Trump says is hate’ mind set.” This is a mistake. The “nation” does not have this mindset, only the leftist, Democratic pundit class.
I think most Americans are as appalled by the situation as you and I. We however make a mistake to think we are alone, as that is the goal of these fascists. If we think we are alone we will shut up and bow to them.
My whole point is that we must not. They are not a majority. They are not even a big minority. Much of this hateful language can be sourced to Twitter, and nowhere else, and that decidedly is not the nation.
You read what I post here and you call me a generalist? Your just not paying attention, Andrew W.
I am far from a generalist. I think I and possibly one other very prolific person are probably the most specific and unambiguous posters here.
And, no, its the politics of divisiveness that is the problem. Not the divisiveness of politics, to make a distinction.
True leadership is a lonely road to hoe.
And neither I nor Trump are concerned about being alone. And if and when that changes, that is when the real problems will accrue.
Bob – You’re right of course. But this is my own personal experience where the people who are willing to talk about politics anymore are very outspoken and hostile towards Trump. I know I’m not alone in my opinion but it’s increasingly difficult to find anyone willing to offer up support of anything in opposition to the leftist point of view because it’s so popular to hate Trump.
There’s the old saying ‘put your money where your mouth is’. However, based on Bob’s essay and the comments here, conservatives & Trump supports are not opening their mouths, which is understandable when we see the results on Television of those who do!
But the desire to not be harassed by left wing democrats DOES NOT preclude us from putting our money where it will be used to counter the massive main stream media support of all we despise. I am proud that I make several moderate contributions to the Trump 2016 campaign, as I saw him as the VERY LAST HOPE for this Country. I literally didn’t want to imagine what life was going to be like under Hillary Clinton and the democrats following the 8 years of Obama.
I will be contributing again to the Trump 2020 re-election campaign. I won’t be placing a Trump sign in my yard, or a Trump bumper sticker on my truck or car, but I will be put my money where it has the best chance of keeping America great. I look at it as an investment in not only my Country, but and investment in the future of my kids, grand-kids, and great grand-kids.
And Bob, to answer your question . . . Yes, I do consider myself a decent human being – Semper Fi
In my humble opinion, many people currently feel like the US is in a slump despite good economic numbers because they don’t see exciting things happening on a regular basis like routine human missions beyond earth orbit every four years or a rapid buildout of nuclear plants to practically eliminate US carbon emissions.
Instead they blame foreign countries or invoke identity politics. If we can get past this perceived slump and make people excited again, I think a lot of this animosity will melt away.
As a Conservative and a decent person (I’ll put my morality up against anyone), we tend to keep our mouths shut and not push ourselves or beliefs on others and expect the same in return. And we are watching all this closely. The Left have become lunatics and will pay dearly in the upcoming elections. They absolutely reak of desperation.
“Worse, these people are using terrible mass murders, committed by clearly unstable and sick individuals, to score political points.”
I’m shaking my head, here, Robert. If they don’t use these terrible, senseless crimes to score their own political points, then all these people died or were maimed or injured for no reason at all. At least some good is coming from all this tragedy, even if some of the victims are or were Trump supporters. Isn’t using them — against their will — for Democratic political gain only the decent thing to do?
“Moreover, there is no evidence of racism in any of his comments. He has merely been attacking those who deserve attacking.”
Well, this complete lack of evidence of racism has no bearing on him being racist. He just hides it well. As Obama said, he is a racist merely because of his genetics, just like all other whites in America. (Is it only American whites who are genetically racist? At what shade of white does this racism kick in?)
The overuse of the word “racist” is why they are now using the term “white supremacist.” In fact, the Democrats declared this to be even worse than being racist.
“Most decent people however are running away from this evil. Rather than fight it, they are becoming silent and sullen, fearful of the terrible consequences should they try to resist this mob.”
This is because the mob has only one solution, and the fact that the more they apply that solution the worse the problem gets does not deter them from insisting upon applying even more of that solution.
The Democrats and leftists have had this problem for a long, long time. They feel that they have the solution to a problem, and when it doesn’t solve the problem they tell us that it was because not enough solution was used. This is how we got Obama’s Stimulus Package; previous Keynesian economic plans failed, so they decided to apply almost a trillion dollars worth, and yet even that proved to be too little. Trump’s solution, similar to Reagan’s solution, similar to Harding’s solution (remember the recession of 1920? Neither does anyone else, because Harding headed it off quite nicely, thank you very much) worked like charms, popping us out of recessions like corks rising to the surface of water. However, leftists don’t like solutions that apply freedom and liberty to the decent people that they rule, so they opt for the oppressive solutions on the assumption that We the (decent) People don’t know how to spend our own money (a major tenet of Obamacare, by the way).
“I suspect that most people feel as I do. They don’t want to talk about this, In most cases it is because they fear retribution from these vicious people.”
You mean the vicious people who dox those that they disagree with. The people who accost the people they disagree with, even when they are in peaceful restaurants. The people who consider words to be literal violence, giving them the rationalization to become physically violent with those they disagree with?
Then when one of their own violent leftists shoots Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, they insist that conservatives should be the ones who tone down the rhetoric.
No wonder the decent, the conservatives, fear speaking out. They might be physically attacked as they mow their lawns at home, or as they practice for a charity baseball game. What a crime, in America, to make people fear speaking freely.
Didn’t we previously see a political party use violence to gain power and bring about silence from its opposition?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung
Maybe we should be learning from history, rather than repeating it, because that political party did not rule very well.
Then again, that party was right wing, wasn’t it? They were the Nationalist Socialist German Worker’s Party. Wait.
Socialism is left wing, not right wing. And aren’t the Democrats openly advocating socialism?
Maybe it is in the nature of socialists to commit violence on the decent people.
“And if you are a registered Democrat, I ask again, as I have done repeatedly, that you reconsider your support for that party.”
I think that Democrats “go along to get along.” They see what happens to people who have thoughts and ideas that differ from the party line, and they see what happens to other Democrats who do not keep up with the party line and are vilified for spouting off last week’s party line.
“The only way we can save our society is to remove this party from power, since it has become a party that believes that lying and slander is an acceptable tactic in politics.”
The Germans didn’t manage to save their own society. Let’s learn from their mistakes.
Hey Bob, you might want to look into using an app like cashapp for fundraising also as a tip jar on your website. Love your writing, always listen to JB when you’re on. Cheers!
Jocko Willink –
THE ENEMY
Meaningwave April, 2019
https://youtu.be/4UgpgZApLs4
5:27
“When I wake up in the morning and I don’t know why,
I’m thinking about, The Enemy
And what they’re doing.
And I’m not active duty anymore, But it’s still in there,
That there’s a guy, That’s in a cave, Somewhere,
And he’s walking back and forth,
and he’s got a machine gun in one hand and a grenade in the other hand
and he’s waiting,
For me.
And we’re gonna meet…..”
“A New Years Letter to the World”
Dr. Jordan Peterson 12-31-16
https://youtu.be/YnEFt20qe0o
21:06
Even though political and religious discussions are not allowed it work all of these things are a common talking point now.
We just keep it to second shift and trusted people.
Out of thirty people we all know the three that we NEVER let hear us talking. Its not that they are left or right, its the simple fact that they actually complained once. No one got in trouble but the whole plant had an emergency meeting about it, even the Big world wide boss flew in to give his opinion.
Everyone at work agrees. These shooting are the work of insane people. Left or right does not matter, they are just looking for motivation and an excuse.
Any new gun rules or laws will fall far short of expectations but the politicians already know this. The only real fix for most of this problem is better mental health laws and rules. Some kind of ‘three strikes’ rule for those who are required to take medication for their problems. Don’t take your meds and the cops are called three times, your placed in long term care.
Dear Pilgrim Mr.Z. ,
I always enjoy your “The photograph on the right is that image, reduced and cropped to post here” stuff.
The Mysteries of Things.
May Peace be upon you and your loved ones Mr. Z.
I cannot understand the world today, with all of its … Death. Shall we not call it what it is?
Of which so much I have seen and participated in long ago times.
Now, today, I only hope to touch but one heart, one soul I should meet with gentle kindness and respect, perhaps even with humor and a smile.
Yes, I am an Activist. I pray. I vote. I work. Well , not always in that order.
I am also a Pilgrim.
As we continue onward.
Alex: Your reference to the Pilgrims makes me wonder if you have read “Genesis: The Story of Apollo 8.” Have you?
Or are you referencing Gordon Dickson’s magnificent science fiction book, “The Way of the Pilgrim”?
Yes, this isn’t ‘the Nation speaking out,’ it’s the chattering elite fake-media & political-class, talking to themselves, and dragging us all into their fake narrative and utopian nightmares.
–These Statist’s have been on this path, my entire adult life
Cotour–
Yo– “The problem is the divisiveness of identity politics, in that respect Trump and Cotour are part of the problem with their generalizations.”
–HA… I didn’t realize you (and Trump) were ‘to blame’ for all this! Count me in, I want to attend the cell-meetings with you two
Edward/pzatchok-
Good stuff.
Soycialist’s of America
Paul Joseph Watson August 7, 2019
https://youtu.be/k1AXReZgFxw
5:33
Wayne, Cotour here, “He Him”.
I just want to inform you that there will be no cell meetings, because there are no cells.
It appears that rational and reasonable thought process and fundamental respect for others, not necessarily love for others, has been replaced by psycho babble and divisive identity politics. And it has been driven to such a fever pitch because of the true desperation of the Left and the Democrat party and their leadership.
I as well as Trump will continue to apply what our mothers taught us, common sense and our ability to assess and understand. And at that point when either I or Trump back slide and begin to attempt to tap dance for the masses (I really do not know what masses are paying attention to me but in my own small orbit, the masses are certainly paying attention to Trump) then that will be the time to worry in earnest.
My mother did not raise me to be stupid, and neither did Trumps. Neither did any mother who raised a child. And I can not imagine what these Democrat Socialists mothers really think of them. I suppose that they are just a product of being exposed to such thinking and they have now taken it to the next insane level.
So then we are left with these people who dare to step out and dare to lead, ensconced in their protective and comfortable (Not provided by any of them) fantasy bubbles within the American fantasy and pretend to know something about governance, and power, and political abuse of power, and the nature of man related to it all. In any other environment they would not dare raise their heads above the hole that they would be living in.
In the real world, they would not dare.
In warfare, and make no mistake about it, this is warfare, political warfare, you must Objectify your enemy. This is to create a black and white human machine designed to fight for his or her survival. On or off, mostly On.
Zman: “The problem I have is that I try to be a decent human being. I don’t like to give these liars and slanderers a platform to spread their hateful lies. In fact, I don’t even wish to read or discuss their childish and mean-spirited behavior. Thus, I have posted nothing until now about the mass murders that occurred this past weekend and the reactions to them.”
The moment that you question your decency or your morality you have broken your Objectivity and have become Subjective and human. Political warfare is what we are constantly involved in and the more contentious that it becomes the more Objective you must become.
These Democrats and Leftists that oppose everything American and rational are so pushed to the edge because of their faulty, manipulative and by design fraudulent and dishonest thought process and actions that they have become fully Objective in their desperation. And so the term that we have all become acquainted with “By any means necessary” takes on an even more dire meaning. They will without doubt go to any line and cross it in order to survive. Up to and including murder.
This, right now IMO, is for all the marbles for the next 30 years of American history and world history. So we must not falter or forget that when we need to be Objective and take care of business we do so. But we also must balance that with remembering to be human and compassionate and Subjective in our forgiveness.
But we must in the end win.
The next perfect comment on the subject:
THE HUNT
https://youtu.be/1lqCjai8LDo
I find that how the American movie industry comments on the culture of America, very interesting.
Its like they know something and / or are reading the subconscious of our culture, science, physics etc. And nothing is too over the top.
And then, there is this:
https://youtu.be/QGrWvrGDOXg
Kind of like an evolution, and kind of prophetic.
And this of course it what happens if the likes of the Democrat Socialists prevail:
https://youtu.be/4D9vfTusjyM
Democrat Socialists, Marxists, Capitalist / Communism like the Chinese, Globalism etc, its all the same and results in the same.
Keith Cowing (NasaWatch) thought he must say something also:
“Keith’s note: In light of the naked racism coming from the White House and the impact that it has had on societal events of late I need to say something. We are stronger as a result of our diversity – not weakened by it.”
Yet those who disagree and reasonably challenge his thoughts are snarkily dismissed. If that is representative of his quality of thinking, all his other thoughts are suspect as well. I left and subscribed to your tip jar.
Thanks for the thoughts on being a decent person and the call to action. For those who hesitate: It’s never a problem of means, but of will.
One evidence of a decent person is that they recognize and deal with their moments of indecency, then press on with the fight against indecency.
Thanks again.
” We are stronger as a result of our diversity – not weakened by it.”
Another attempt at dominating the conversation, “Diversity” is not our strength. People coming to America and becoming Americans is our strength.
There is a real distinction.
Just another attempt for the left to define terms and words and make their position the high moral ground. Its just another fraud designed to confuse the uninitiated.
The world is the world world round.
We all face the same limitations. Some guy eats rice and another guy eats flour. People in different places have different customs, but outcome is pretty much the same. It’s called culture which is fundamentally based on the conditions imposed by the local environment.
The guys who built Ming’s tomb and the guys who built the Great Pyramid and the guys who built the Space Shuttle all worked to the same principles. Had to.
What is diversity but an interesting, but not vital, comparison of histories? How is “diversity”a strength? Give me an example that this or any other country is less because people from any other country are or are not present. Past, present, or future.
“Diversity is our strength” is utter bilge uttered by tyrants and the tools that believe them.
Cotour is right. “‘Diversity’is not our strength. People coming to America and becoming Americans is our strength.”
“Yet those who disagree and reasonably challenge [Keith Cowing’s] thoughts are snarkily dismissed. ”
Not only dismissed, but in some cases, summarily banned. I’ll give him that at least one response was a tad, shall we say, tinfoil-wrapped, but there were reasonable responses that got the same treatment.
He’s always been a bit cranky and high-handed, but his site was one of my go-to’s for space news. Not anymore.
Kelleher & Patrick —
In defence of Keith Cowling, my impression is he’s generally tolerant of conservative commenters, as long as they don’t strike him as strident. I think he treats liberal commenters the same way — if you look, I think you’ll notice that NasaWatch doesn’t have a lot of off-the-wall left wing comments. Granted, what seems strident to him may not bother you or me that much.
What DOES make Cowling irate is comments that argue with the way he runs the site. Tell him “you shouldn’t have removed my comment because …” and you have a good chance of being banned.
Speaking as someone banned from NasaWatch a year and a half ago. Still a site worth reading, though my fingers sometimes ache when I feel an urge to make a factual correction or set someone right over there and can’t do it!
We may not be alone but I don’t think most Americans pay much attention. People passively consume the news and now more than ever, consuming the news requires a deep dive to check the veracity of every single article and news segment. No one has time for it. What happens is that an impression is made and even when people learn the truth, that impression lingers.
I think that most Americans don’t pay that much attention to what is going on and when they do, it is in passing. They don’t look critically at what is presented to them. That is what makes the DNC media so successful in controlling the masses.
Wodun:
I tend to agree with you. I and only a few others I know are immersed in the news and politics, most others are only mildly informed.
A conversation I had today;
Me: “Point of personal privilege” As I raised my jazz hands over my head during lunch today with a friend. “Did you see that Democrat Socialist convention video?”
I asked a fried who despises Trump and I know he watches MSNBC and Rachel Maddow. (His first problem)
Friend: “What are you doing?”
Me: “Point of personal privilege, Did you see the video on the Democrat Socialist convention, I said”.
Friend: “I have no idea what you are talking about.”
So the take away is that MSNBC and Rachel Maddow must not have even mentioned this, what has to be the most hilarious, sad, disturbing and dangerous video related to politics of the past week. He knows nothing of it because those media talking heads appear to be covering for the Left and their insane and really childish antics.
My friends only response? “Trump is insane”. That is all he understands.
Yeah, Trump is really insane. He is my kind of insane.
Michael wrote: “‘Diversity is our strength’ is utter bilge uttered by tyrants and the tools that believe them. Cotour is right. ‘Diversity’is not our strength. People coming to America and becoming Americans is our strength.’”
Our strength lies not so much in our people as it does in our liberty and that our rights are natural rights as opposed to granted rights.
We have freedoms to do as we choose, except where other people’s rights may be infringed. We have fewer limitations, and this allows us to try new ways and methods, innovate new things, try out new ideas or bring back old ideas that worked better (e.g. democracy and republicanism). It is because we can do and achieve the unexpected that allows us to seem exceptional. Our strength is expressed in doing the exceptional. Sometimes this draws people to America; it is said that Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX came to the U. S. because he thought that great things could be done here.
Our freedom to think independently and to speak our minds is of primary importance, which is why they are among the rights protected absolutely (not granted) by the First Amendment rather than a later amendment.
As Robert noted, there are some people who have abandoned the idea of being decent human beings in favor of forcing their own ideas onto the rest of us and preventing us from expressing our own ideas. Their behaviors are unacceptable in a civilized society.
Perhaps it is because they are having trouble being decent human beings that generates their obsession with diversity and identity politics; they need to remind themselves and each other to be decent rather than being decent naturally, like the rest of us. How could they have unlearned so much in the past decade or two?
Being a people that is made up of all the peoples of the world means that we have to get along together despite our diversity. This requires that we be decent human beings. Perhaps this decency is yet another example of why America seems exceptional.
To the point about freedom:
The Democrat Socialists have lots and lots of rules, and they demand compliance.
No whispering, no clapping- Jazz hands only, no offensive scents, don’t talk to the police, don’t talk to MAGA A-holes, lots and lots of rules.
No freedom, there is only compliance. And God forbid you cross them, hell hath no fury like an angry Democrat Socialist. Ultimately a deadly combination for all involved.
time for a musical interlude….
Pink Floyd
“Shine On You Crazy Diamond”
[Rabbis] Arye & Gil Breslev
Zion Square, Jerusalem 2013
https://youtu.be/D97gP-1zyqQ
10:18
Lots and lots of rules.
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/europe-poised-to-put-warning-labels-on-jewish-made-products/
The EU: Lets label the Jews once again.
Are Google and Facebook decent?
https://youtu.be/rNvgl38TLvI
The answer is NO.
Why?
Because they are black box self interested corporations populated and run by Left and Leftist oriented human beings.
The question remains, will this ability to covertly manipulate the American people be confronted by the Congress before the 2020 presidential elections? The answer is probably also NO. And no one may be able to tell exactly what Google and Facebook are in fact up to and doing related to our political system.
Corporations are “Properly” regulated and are not constrained by decency.