Sorry about the crack. Efforts by government officials to reduce the legitimacy of news organizations roughly match the timeline you posted. The more likely the average report in a publication is to be true, the more dangerous.
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According to https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007655# …, the Nazis took control of the press by seizing destroying opposition facilities, forced sales of press outlets, taking control of the journalism "guild" and censoring content. So let's watch for that.
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I guess we'd also want to be concerned about people in or close to power referring to news reports as being part of a "vast conspiracy" of whatever "wing" they aren't a member. Besides, sometimes even those are true!
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Replying to @RonColeman @realjbullock
It seems pretty unlikely that: 1. We are in a literal repeat of the Nazi era 2. The next "thought control" (your term) problem will look the same. It also seems acceptable to be worried about the President seeming to egg on folks like the Stormer.
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I don't mean to Godwin this conversation but it *is* about Nazis ;) As a Jewish American who had family victimized by the Nazis, it seems ok for me to be worried about the fact that the President wink wink nods nods at people activated by this website.pic.twitter.com/2EbXVqbjws
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And yes, there are other politicians doing other bad things. This particular one seems particularly bad, and not everyone needs to focus on every bad thing anyone is doing.
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Replying to @wycats @realjbullock
But if we're going to focus let it be on deeds, not subjective, partisan and vague wink and nod" inferences. Fact: Trump is the biggest philosemite ever to occupy the White House. Deeds over a lifetime prove it. Good Shabbos!
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Replying to @RonColeman @realjbullock
I guess you're trying to end the conversation so Good Shabbos to you too!
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Replying to @wycats @realjbullock
Yeah gotta get going! Short Friday ya know...
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Fair enough! Thanks for the chat. See, Twitter's not just a bunch of punks.
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