The Totalitarian Left

Yesterday, we told you about the Soviet-style KGB tactics of the Capitol Hill Police.  They've gone from protecting members of Congress, their staff and Capitol Hill visitors to investigating members of Congress, their staff and anyone they meet with.

Well, here's the latest example of the left's ongoing effort to weaponize big government against normal Americans.

The Biden Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an alert this week warning the public to be on guard for terrorist threats.  Of course, radical Islam continues to wage jihad against us.  One radical Islamist recently took hostages at a Texas synagogue. 

We know drug cartels and violent gangs are pouring across our wide-open southern border.  We know people from terrorist-supporting countries are entering illegally, too.  (Here and here.)  So, yes, there are lots of threats to our homeland. 

But, shockingly, the latest bulletin zeroed in on a different "enemy." 

This week's DHS terrorism alert warns against "an online environment filled with false or misleading narratives and conspiracy theories . . . to exacerbate societal friction to sow discord and undermine public trust in government institutions."

Let me translate that for you:  The terrorist threat in America is us and our free speech! 

By their definition, this "End of Day" report could be evidence of terrorism.  Someone might argue that I'm sowing distrust in the government right now. 

The fake news media labels everything conservatives say as "false narratives" and "conspiracy theories."  If we try to argue that COVID came from a Chinese lab, that debate is shut down as a "conspiracy theory." 

If we try to argue that Hunter Biden is compromised by his business dealings with communist China, that debate is shut down as a "conspiracy theory" and "Russian disinformation." 

Now the latest terrorist threat is conspiracy theories that sow distrust in government.  Question the government and you're a terrorist? 

That's fascism!  That's Stalinism! 

And that's also the intolerant left, which regularly tries to shut down free and fair debate.