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The “Mary Poppins of Disinformation,” as Biden’s Disinformation Governance Board chief, Nina Jankowicz, has dubbed herself, has given us a new indication of how negatively she regards the freedom of speech. In a mid-April NPR interview that is getting renewed scrutiny because of her appointment to head the Ministry of Truth, Jankowicz was asked what she thought about the prospect of Elon Musk, who says he is a “free speech absolutist,” taking over Twitter. Jankowicz’s answer was hardly reassuring to those who see the very existence of a Disinformation Governance Board as an all-out assault on the First Amendment.
Jankowicz suggested that the freedom of speech was bad for minorities:
I shudder to think about if free speech absolutists were taking over more platforms, what that would look like for the marginalized communities all around the world, which are already shouldering so much of this abuse, disproportionate amounts of this abuse, and retraumatizing themselves as they try to protect themselves from it, you know, reporting, blocking, et cetera. We need the platforms to do more, and we frankly need law enforcement and our legislatures to do more as well. And in other countries that are looking at this, you know, the U.K. has an online safety bill that’s being considered right now where they’re trying to make illegal this currently, quote, “awful but lawful content” that exists online where people are being harassed.”
The Disinformation Czarina made this argument in the context of a lengthy discourse about the abuse and harassment that women suffer online. It’s a canny argument because no one is willing to appear to be coming out in favor of the abuse or harassment of anyone. However, it’s also specious because even free speech absolutists don’t favor allowing for speech that involves violence or threats of violence or the advocacy or planning of any criminal activity.
Jankowicz, who besides the Mary Poppins bit, is also billed on her website as “an internationally-recognized expert on disinformation,” has not yet explained how she, as America’s arbiter of what speech is acceptable and what isn’t, can impose measures meant to stop the online abuse of women or stop any kind of “disinformation” she claims to identify without placing unconstitutional restrictions upon the freedom of speech. What will Jankowicz and the Disinformation Governance Board do if they believe something is “disinformation” that its purveyor is firmly convinced is true and has evidence to prove it? The answer is likely that the Board would censor such a person, as its authority would be final in such matters, and that’s part of the problem.
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Walter Sieruk says
When Nana Jankowicz said “I shutter to think about if free speech absolutists taking over more platforms…”
The first three words of her sentence starts off with the emotion of Jankowicz . Her politically correct emotion will with a passion strive to silence ,as far as she is able to ,all the people who will speak out and appose by exposing the insidious evil and deceptions of the movement of the Red/Green alliance.
Likewise she does “shutter ” to think those as Robert Spencer , Brigitte Gabriel and Pamela Geller might keep their platforms to speak out about the stealth jihad and the subversive dangers of the stealth jihadists as Ilan Omar
Furthermore we may be sure that Jankowicz does ,indeed ,”shutter” to think that men who in past times had been Muslims do speak out, with free speech and reveal the history of the horrors and oppression as well as the twenty-first century horrors terrors and oppression and current dangers of Islam as the former Muslim Ibn Warraq, who is now exposing the disturbing truth about Islam , as in his book entitled THE ISLAM In ISLAMIC TERRORISM.
Moreover, Janknowicz might well “shutter” at the very thought of Christian men,as Mark A. Gabriel in his book titled ISLAM AND TERRORISM, who used to be Muslim now have the freedom of speech to speak out and expose the outright contradictions ofthe Qu ‘ran and how Islamic doctrine is in strong contrast to Bible doctrines, in addition who the Qu ‘ran does instruct violence and killing for Islam alone the the brutal and cruel misogyny of Islam.
George Washington has ,very wisely, declared “If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led like sheep to the slaughter.”
Walter Sieruk says
To “fix” as in correct ,to make error free. here is a revised version.
Nana Jankowicz had said “I shudder to think about if free speech absolutists taking over more platforms…”
The first three words of her sentence starts off with the emotion of Jankowicz . Her politically correct emotion will with a passion strive to silence ,as far as she is able to ,all the people who will speak out and appose by exposing the insidious evil and deceptions of the movement of the Red/Green alliance.
Likewise she does “shudder ” to think those as Robert Spencer , Brigitte Gabriel and Pamela Geller might keep their platforms to speak out about the stealth jihad and the subversive dangers of the stealth jihadists as Ilan Omar
Furthermore we may be sure that Jankowicz does ,indeed ,”shudder” to think that men who in past times had been Muslims do speak out, with free speech and reveal the history of the horrors and oppression as well as the twenty-first century horrors terrors and oppression and current dangers of Islam as the former Muslim Ibn Warraq, who is now exposing the disturbing truth about Islam , as in his book entitled THE ISLAM In ISLAMIC TERRORISM.
Moreover, Janknowicz might well “shudder” at the very thought of Christian men,as Mark A. Gabriel in his book titled ISLAM AND TERRORISM, who used to be Muslim now have the freedom of speech to speak out and expose the outright contradictions of the Qu ‘ran and how Islamic doctrine is in strong contrast to Bible doctrines, I
n addition who the Qu ‘ran does instruct violence and killing for Islam alone the brutal and cruel misogyny of Islam.
George Washington has ,very wisely, declared “If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led like sheep to the slaughter.”
Wellington says
This wretched young woman is just the tip of the iceberg. The iceberg in all its full measure is that one of the two major political parties in America has lost its collective mind and is now hell bent on destroying America.
This is why I continue to contend that any, yes ANY, registered Democrat who still retains common sense and knowledge must leave the Democratic Party. Mass desertion would do far more good than just figuring out yet again and again who is the least bad Democrat to vote for in primaries. Enough already.
The Democratic Party needs to sent into oblivion or America will be sent into oblivion. Yes, this stark a choice.
James Lincoln says
Wellington,
100% agree.
I also feel that the RINOs need to go as well – some are as bad as the Democrats.
Perhaps, moving forward, we need two new political parties:
1. America First
2. America Last.
gravenimage says
Disinfo Board Chief ‘Shudders’ At Thought of ‘Free Speech Absolutists Taking Over More Platforms’
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More freedom of speech? Oh, the humanity!
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Jankowicz suggested that the freedom of speech was bad for minorities:
I shudder to think about if free speech absolutists were taking over more platforms, what that would look like for the marginalized communities all around the world
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Apparently minorities hate freedom of speech. Who knew?
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…which are already shouldering so much of this abuse, disproportionate amounts of this abuse, and retraumatizing themselves as they try to protect themselves from it, you know, reporting, blocking, et cetera.
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So now even blocking speech is traumatic, because you are exposed to it in passing? Good grief.
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We need the platforms to do more, and we frankly need law enforcement and our legislatures to do more as well. And in other countries that are looking at this, you know, the U.K. has an online safety bill that’s being considered right now where they’re trying to make illegal this currently, quote, “awful but lawful content” that exists online where people are being harassed.”
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A clear call for criminalizing lawful speech. Just chilling.
And what if I find Nina Jankowicz’s calls for crushing freedom of speech traumatizing? Why that would be “disinformation” and I would have to be silenced…
gravenimage says
And whatever happened to “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”?
Walter Sieruk says
To ‘fix” ,as in to correct my above essay and post it error free ,here it is.
Nana Jankowicz had said “I shudder to think about if free speech absolutists taking over more platforms…”
The first three words of her sentence starts off with the emotion of Jankowicz . Her politically correct emotion will with a passion strive to silence ,as far as she is able to ,all the people who will speak out and appose by exposing the insidious evil and deceptions of the movement of the Red/Green alliance.
Likewise she does “shudder ” to think those as Robert Spencer , Brigitte Gabriel and Pamela Geller might keep their platforms to speak out about the stealth jihad and the subversive dangers of the stealth jihadists as Ilan Omar
Furthermore we may be sure that Jankowicz does ,indeed ,”shudder” to think that men who in past times had been Muslims do speak out, with free speech and reveal the history of the horrors and oppression as well as the twenty-first century horrors terrors and oppression and current dangers of Islam as the former Muslim Ibn Warraq, who is now exposing the disturbing truth about Islam , as in his book entitled THE ISLAM In ISLAMIC TERRORISM.
Moreover, Janknowicz might well “shudder” at the very thought of Christian men,as Mark A. Gabriel in his book titled ISLAM AND TERRORISM, who used to be Muslim now have the freedom of speech to speak out and expose the outright contradictions ofthe Qu ‘ran and how Islamic doctrine is.
In strong contrast to Bible doctrines, in addition who the Qu ‘ran does instruct violence and killing for Islam alone the brutal and cruel misogyny of Islam.
George Washington has ,very wisely, declared “If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led like sheep to the slaughter.”
OLD GUY says
How wonderful it must be to know it all and to not have to sit and listen to others ideas. NINA thinks she is the smartest person in the room understandable at her age, but she forgot she is the only person in the room.
Nina Jankowicz – funny you can’t find much background on her, except that her family is from Russia, raised in Washington, D.C. attended private schools, studied in Russia, speaks Russian, no info on parents hope she’s been VETTED.
Infidel says
That name looks more Polish than Russian
somehistory says
the idiot…and the idiocy shows on her face…”shudders to ***think*****” She is incapable of actually “thinking” and should just fade into the night, say no more and make no more attempts to “think.”
“retraumatizing themselves” This is so incredibly stupid. The poor little person, looking at something on the web is “traumatized” by it and then must “block” it or “report” it and that “retraumatizes” them.
If it’s so bad that they suffer “trauma,” why not just do something else, read a book, go for a walk, do laundry or write a letter to their mom and “forget about it”?
Some people…and the number of them is growing rapidly…just want to complain and gripe and even lie about others and what they are supposedly doing that is wrong…in order to make them just shut up.
BTW; two guys have decided to keep Gov. Ron DeSantis from visiting the Holocaust Museum…because they don’t like the fact that he is trying to protect the little kids in Florida from ***lies**** and ****falsehoods*** and the inappropriate discussions regarding the issue of sex and gender; and these fools consider that wrong.