Why the Twitter Files Matter
Woke progressives who occupy positions of influence did not tolerate different opinions or truths. Compelling compliance is what authoritarian states do to retain power.
“Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.” ― Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream
Finally, after many years of being restricted and shadow banned, Twitter has finally set me free. I now gladly pay $8 a month and consider it an investment in freedom. Elon Musk has exposed how a powerful cabal controlled and limited the flow of information to advance their progressive agenda.
Gerard Baker, in a WSJ Opinion piece, said it best I think:
"It’s not that executives, editors, reporters and algorithm-writers at big media and tech companies consciously promote their ideological nostrums, mindful of and striving to overcome competing ideas.
It’s much worse. If you’re an executive at Twitter with the Orwellian title of “head of trust and safety” or a “disinformation” and “extremism” reporter at NBC News, or an executive at the New York Times charged with enforcing intellectual homogeneity, you’re not simply promoting a view of the world that you espouse.
You are doing something much more important, which compels compliance and tolerates no alternatives: promulgating the One True Faith, a set of orthodoxies from which there is no legitimate dissent.”
The Twitter Files matter because they show the way woke progressives who occupy positions of influence think about knowledge, truth and opinion. They did not tolerate different opinions and censored or canceled voices that did not comply. In many cases, they did so on behalf of the government and the Democratic Party. Compelling compliance and censoring citizens are what authoritarian governments do to retain power.
Federal intelligence and law enforcement reach into Twitter included the Department of Homeland Security, which partnered with security contractors and think tanks to pressure Twitter to moderate content. The FBI’s social media-focused task force, known as FTIF, created in the wake of the 2016 election, swelled to 80 agents and corresponded with Twitter to identify alleged foreign influence and election tampering of all kinds. In a letter to former Deputy General Counsel (and former top FBI lawyer) Jim Baker on Sep. 16, 2022, legal exec Stacia Cardille outlines results from her “soon to be weekly” meeting with DHS, DOJ, FBI, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
There is no “my truth” and “your truth” or “government truth.” There is only the truth. And opinion is either in accordance with the truth, or else it’s simply wrong. A free society cannot remain free without the freedom to express opinion and argue about the truth. Thank God Almighty Elon Musk has set us free.