Donald Hank writes:
Erdoğan: Twitter did it
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan, who is an ally of Obama and the Western leadership in the attempt to overthrow Syria's Assad, blames Twitter for the unrest in Turkey. He says somehow the opposition party started a Twitter campaign against him and gullible Turks have been persuaded that Erdoğan’s swell Islamization projects (cum shariah law) and urban renewal projects are not exactly what the Turks have always wanted and needed. (A Russian language article I just finished reading mentions that Erdogan virtually controls the Turkish press). Interestingly, just days ago I forwarded to my popular list serve an article stating that Bill Killian, a top Obama-appointed DOJ official and US Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, warned that statements on social media critical of Islam could beillegal. In an article by Clare M. Lopez of the Clarion Project, we read:
based on statements made by the DOJ's Killian to the Tullahoma News, online postings that describe truthfully how authoritative texts and teachings of Islam inspire jihadis to acts of violence, may henceforth be considered violations of federal civil rights laws. If such statements, however truthful, or apparently even original Islamic scriptural texts, are considered "inflammatory" by the FBI's Muslim advisors, Killian wants American citizens to know "what federal laws are in effect and what the consequences are."
Are you connecting the dots here? Like Erdoğan, our Muslim-leaning White House Resident also seems eager to muzzle anti-Islam speech, sending up a trial balloon in the form of Killian's statement, while his ally in the war on Christianity in Syria and elsewhere takes exactly the same tack (Assad is the last Christian-friendly leader in the Muslim world in case you weren't aware). Erdoğan has the gall to suggest that social media are speaking untruths while his state-run media are paragons of truthfulness!
Birds of a feather.
Need I explain the importance of the internet and social media in defending freedom? We may downplay or ignore their role, but the tyrants have gauged them correctly and are desperate to neutralize their potential to spoil their stealthy game. And since tyrants think their opponents are like them -- namely, well organized well funded community organizers -- they can't possibly grasp that grassroots actions really do emerge at times and spark a self-sustaining movement. (Remember how the Obama camp blamed the Tea Party on a few alleged behind-the-scenes wealthy organizers when a million of us showed up in DC? Did you get your paycheck for showing up?)
I often mention unintended consequences in connection with the Fabian assault on freedom and free peoples everywhere, because unintended consequences of the schemes and plots to stifle our will are the only line of defense left now that these autocrats have wormed their way into virtually all of the higher ranking positions of power. It may be a little early to predict what form these unintended consequences may take. But if I had to place my bet on one wild card in particular tonight, my money would be on: Twitter.
Don Hank
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