{"id":37250,"date":"2023-03-14T15:29:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T20:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/?p=37250"},"modified":"2023-03-14T15:29:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T20:29:25","slug":"cowardly-authoritarians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/2023\/03\/14\/cowardly-authoritarians\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowardly Authoritarians"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the U.S., we have cowardly authoritarians. They pervert language in order to corrupt our ability to communicate with and disagree with each other. They use gilded, ruthless and insidious power to create the false consensus, making people with sincere objections disappear.<\/p>\n

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In the U.S., we have cowardly authoritarians. They pervert language in order to corrupt our ability to communicate with and disagree with each other. They use gilded, ruthless and insidious power to create the false consensus, making people with sincere objections disappear, trampling on free speech and, often, on our First Amendment.<\/p>\n

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