According to Washington-based journalist Lawrence Martin, writing in the Globe and Mail.com, Canada's most widely read newspaper, so far as actual newspapers are now read, excessive free speech is as danger to … eh, democracy? Apparently so. You see, it is still the fault of an internet which has by-passed the old guardians of information, the established mainstream medias. This has resulted in misinformation and disinformation being let out of Pandora's box, so to speak.
And the answer is greater suppression of the internet, something every globalist supports. In fact, it is now one of their defining characteristics: suppression of free speech. Indeed, free speech has been added to the list of anti-woke things, like there are only two genders, that the White race has a right to exist, and so on.
"Our democracy is in grave danger! We already know that it is threatened by humor, the Supreme Court, and white rural voters. WEF and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's adviser, Wharton Prof. Adam Grant, also explained that elections are bad for our democracy.
That is not all; a grave new threat emerged: excessive free speech.
Globe and Mail is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, so we better take it seriously. Its public affairs columnist, Washington-based Lawrence Martin, looks like a slimmed-down Donald Trump, whom Lawrence dislikes intensely despite close visual resemblance.
Mr. Martin is very upset that the Internet empowered the masses against establishment forces:
The business model of the newspaper industry Mr Martin represents is threatened by the Internet, which he laments:
Lawrence Martin forgets that the media itself contributes to polarization:
Looking in the mirror, which is never the strong suit of most people, is something that Lawrence Martin should practice occasionally.
In any case, Globe and Mail has a prescription on how to save democracy: rigid regulation of speech. Such a get-tough-on-speech approach will certainly protect democracy and safeguard our most basic freedoms."