In the midst of all the hoopla, a certain video clip from the 1990s movie "Demolition Man" has made an appearance. In this clip, comedian Denis Leary, in the role of underground revolutionary Edgar Friendly, talks about liberty. Here's the clip:
The premise of "Demolition Man" is that a cop from the 1990s (played by Sylvester Stallone) is unjustly "frozen" for a crime he didn't commit, then is "thawed" in the near future in southern California—a place that is now a shining symbol of the triumph of PC leftism: there's no more swearing or outward immorality or offensiveness of any kind; sex occurs through virtual-reality headsets; people on the street are blandly civil to each other—passive, content, and unimaginative. Everything is a paradise of engineered, state-run peace and harmony... and for rebels like Edgar Friendly, this is hell. A lot of people view "Demolition Man" as prophetic these days; I need to watch the movie again to get back that old-time feeling.
How long until Blogger—run by Google—becomes a target of the deplatforming? When do I start receiving warnings about "hate speech"? When am I finally flagged for deletion? I have faith that things will improve at some point because the world moves in cycles... but seeing how things are now, the situation's going to get a lot worse before it gets better.
**Ann Althouse writes that she can find no incitement to violence in Trump's actual words, also noting that accusations of incitement never show any Trump quotes, thus allowing for outright lying. As I mentioned in a different post, this is also how it goes when the left accuses Trump of racism: there are never any direct quotes along the lines of "whites are superior" or "America belongs to the whites." What counts as "evidence" for the left is always something that has to be interpreted as evidence.
ADDENDUM: the Critical Drinker's review of "Demolition Man" contains plenty of social commentary that expands on what I wrote above. See for yourself:
ADDENDUM 2: Styx comments on Big Tech's mounting repression:
Yeah, I was going to mention that Althouse piece here. Even more concerning is Biden's pledge to pass a Federal law against "domestic terrorism" which will likely be interpreted to mean anyone who opposes the radical agenda of the left. And of course, some prominent lefties are already citing the need to "reeducate" Trump supporters. Sounds oddly familiar, doesn't it?
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