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Did you know that freedom of speech is nonsense? Thats the word from CNN, which let a former CIA flunky spew falsehoods in an attempt to smear Elon Musks management of Twitter.

As RedState previously reported, Musk is set to grant a general amnesty to formerly banned accounts. There will be some exceptions if those accounts broke the law or engaged in targeted calls for violence, but a deluge of accounts that simply broke leftwing orthodoxy are set to return.

That has the clowns over at CNN shaking in terror, so much so that they are willing to boot basic constitutional principles in the process.

Everything is about Vladimir Putin to these people. According to them, he stalks the shadows like some bizarro Batman, ready to pounce at any moment with memes and disinformation. Of course, Robert Baer is in the same camp of flacks who insisted that Hunter Bidens laptop was Russian disinformation, and we all saw how that turned out.

Baers complaints are, to put it succinctly, nonsense. One, Twitter was overrun with fake accounts prior to Musks acquisition of it. Two, the idea that past regulations kept Putins regime off Twitter is just laughable. Does anyone really believe that Russia was stopped in its tracks from posting on social media because the last iteration of Twitter banned accounts for saying COVID-19 came from a Chinese lab? Im pretty sure the Russians, as much as Ive dogged on their capabilities, are capable of spoofing an IP and posting on Twitter if they want.

And speaking of China, isnt it neat how CNN and the rest never seem to have a problem with TikTok? I mean, if they are so terrified of foreign influence on social media, youd think theyd be screaming from the rooftops about one of the largest social media companies being owned by the Chicoms. Never mind that TikTok happens to be most popular among the youngest, most impressionable generation.

Then theres Baers claim that you cant go to a movie theater and yell fire. Yes, yes you can. That talking point has been debunked more times than I can count (the case that found that was long ago overturned), and yet, leftwing hacks just keep saying it. Prohibitions of free speech are constitutionally limited to direct incitement of violence and legally-provable defamation. Just about anything else goes. Certainly, freedom of speech covers being able to post ones thoughts on social media, even if the companies themselves can choose to curate as private entities.

Lastly, how in the world is Putin going to save himself in Ukraine by using accounts on Twitter? Thats probably one of the dumbest suggestions Ive seen surrounding this topic. Id critique it more, but its so ridiculous as to be dismissed outright.

Im constantly struck by just how unimpressive and mediocre these bureaucrats-turned-talking heads are. Is this really the kind of person that makes a career in the federal government as an analyst? Come to think of it, given the history of the CIA, that actually makes a lot of sense.

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