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re Sheep Led To The Slaughter: The Muzzling Of Free Speech In America

Related. There was this at The Federalist the other day.

10 Key Ways To Break The Mass Delusion Machine

From the article:

PC is the engine of the propaganda machine that produces mass delusion. PC is basically a calculated process of molding public opinion through psychological manipulation. The process is twofold: saturation and suppression. Saturation is the practice of repeating a deception relentlessly and injecting it into every corner of public life so that it becomes accepted as truth. It involves control of most communications outlets.

A perfect example is how the transgender lobby has saturated the media and pop culture with its talking points through Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner and incessant Hollywood shilling. Suppression is the PC practice of quashing ideas that compete with the PC message, usually through speech codes, shout-downs, or smears. No matter how implausible an idea may seem, it can gain acceptance in the minds of the citizens as the forces of PC relentlessly repeat and hype the notion in the public square. The twin processes of saturation and suppression, if diligently applied, can produce the illusion of a public opinion shift, or a “cascade.”

http://thefederalist.com/2015/08/27/10-key-ways-to-break-the-mass-delusion-machine/

Yes indeed, Bill.

However, as the article suggests, it can just be an illusion.

Case in point. We are told by both political parties how unlimited immigration is a good thing. Opponents are shouted down as haters, bigots and racists. However, an IBD poll released the other day shows 59% of Americans want them sent home. Regardless of how one feels about immigration, that's a lot of people whose views are being frustrated.

My thinking is that political correctness is just a way to tie down the safety valve. If it remains tied down long enough one shudders to think what will happen when it blows up.

related from Belmont Club

Marx Materializes at the Border

Wretch sez:

"Though tragic and disturbing, these events mark the first time that the Western left has had to directly face a reality, which until now has been held at romantic arm’s length. Africa and the Middle East have come to Berlin and the clash may break the EU.

There is nothing new in what the Eurocrats are saying. The perfection of windmills, the nobility of ship recycling, the progressive nature of Third World Marxism, the beauty of punitive taxes, the majesty of world government, and the inspiration of Islam have long been part of the standard Narrative. What is unique, what is different this time is that the Narrators are going to have to call the play while they are being overrun by the exemplars of their ideals.

Those who wanted a world without America have gotten it.

The collapse of MENA has not only created a crisis in EU, it has forced European social democracy to squarely face its own cherished beliefs. This may be the first time the Western disciples of Karl Marx will meet the logical consequences of their thinking. "

http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2015/09/02/marx-materializes-at-the-border/