[February 18, 2025] This past Sunday, VP Vance warned Europeans against the dark cloud of censorship, and Leftists across the globe panicked. He warned European leaders that by abandoning free speech and allowing unchecked illegal immigration they would destroy themselves. Without free speech, there is no true thought.
“If you’re running in fear of your own voters, there is nothing America can do for you. Nor, for that matter, is there anything that you can do for the American people who elected me and elected President Trump. You need democratic mandates to accomplish anything of value.” — Vice President JD Vance, February 16, 2025, at the Munich Security Conference
Those criticizing Vance seem to believe that free speech is inherently destructive, and this led to some desperate yet failed attempts to counter him. CBS anchor Margaret Brennan talking to SecState Rubio, for example, blamed free speech for the Nazi Holocaust.
“He [JD Vance] was standing in a country [Germany] where free speech was weaponized to conduct a genocide, and he met with the head of a political party that has far-right views.” — CBS host Margaret Brennen, interview with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, February 15, 2025
Of course, anyone knows that Brennen was wrong, and Rubio set her straight.
“Free speech was not used to conduct a genocide. The genocide was conducted by an authoritarian Nazi regime that happened to also be genocidal because they hated Jews and they hated minorities … There was no free speech in Nazi Germany. There was none. There was also no opposition in Nazi Germany. They were the sole and only party that governed that country. So that’s not an accurate reflection of history.” — SecState Rubio being interviewed by Brennen
Miranda Devine, in an op-ed, got it right. “Vance was warning our European friends about the dark cloud of censorship that is descending on their continent…”. The greatest threat to Europe is not Putin but their threat from within.
Vance went on to provide a long list of pro-censorship examples from Europe. He told us that EU Commission “commissars” plan to shut down social media during times of unrest and conduct police raids on people suspected of spreading “misogyny” on the internet. He said that EU Commissioner Thierry Breton’s threat to cancel election results that don’t accord with elite priorities, is unacceptable.
VP Vance has hit upon something of serious importance; we think with speech. Free speech is identical to freedom of thought. And free speech is not just another freedom or right among many. It is the antidote to ignorance and corruption. If thought is not free, it’s not thought.
“A world without freedom of speech is a world of slavery and tyranny.” – Dr. Jordan Peterson
For context of Rubio’s interview with Brenna, here is the video:
Margaret Brennan was so upset about being embarrassed by JD Vance in their last interview, she tried to tie him saying free speech is under attack in Europe to the Holocaust
And that is why trust in the media is at an all-time low
pic.twitter.com/McK7JrSDqM— Ian Miller (@ianmSC) February 16, 2025
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VP Vance just dropped a nuclear speech bomb on those elites of Europe.
If there is one thing that I can appreciate when Donald Trump “lost” the election in 2020, was that he spent the next four years figuring out what needed to be done, within the confines of the US Constitution, to overcome the Deep State that has been ripping Americans off while sending billions of dollars to overseas entities that are not in the best interests of America. While I fault the Democrats the most, Republicans are also part of the problem.
If anyone here has not listened to the entire speech by VP Vance, then you are missing alot of context and performance. Do it now. That said, it is also a good idea to listen to conservative voices about what they think and then to liberal voices (always good to know what they say). Why? Because we’ve had a dumbing down of the American citizenry for a long long time. Just like Congress being lazy and doling out authority to unnamed agencies with little or no accountability. Congress needs to step up and do its job. And it we don’t have free speech, none of this will be possible.
Yeah, free speech is hard because people will tell you where you’re screwed up and that hurts.
FREE SPEECH RULES
Gen. Satterfield, more please on free speech from a psychological standpoint.
CBS Margaret Brennen didn’t say this on her own because her bosses and senior insiders certainly feed her this comment in order to paint Secretary of State Marco Rubio into a corner. Purposefully doing this, they unwittingly backed themselves into a corner and were trapped. Rubio pointing out the falsehoods was marvelous and spot-on. Thank goodness for Rubio’s smarts and his gentlemanly demeanor. This is why he will continue winning for America.
Exactly, bless her little evil heart. 🕷🕷🕷🕷
What a dumb thing to say.
Here is a new PowerLineBLog post worth reading to the end. Note what Tom Cotton has to say — “One thing you can say about CBS News” https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/02/one-thing-you-can-say-about-cbs-news.php
Left-wing journalists are the most aggressive advocates of ending free speech. https://t.co/EKPL1mBzru
— Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) February 18, 2025
False Idols, thanks for the fast uptake on Tom Cotton’s comment about the legacy media doing censorship as a normal part of their existence.
Those who would desire to control the thoughts of others is 👿 evil. They want everyone to think like them. This is sad and exposes the dark heart of Progressive Leftism in its neo-Marxist form.
Gen. Satterfield has written often and well about the importance of free speech. Sadly, as we now know, there are evil forces across the world and in America that push to eliminate free sppech. Thank you, Gen. Satterfield for continuing to stand uncompromisingly for our God-given right of free speech. That is what America is founded upon.
Nailed it, great discussion today.
This CBS anchor Margaret Brennen character says what all Leftists think. They believe the U.S. Constitution First Amendment gets in the way of their dreams of a “good” state where everyone loves everyone. That’s not going to happen and reality will slap them in the face hard as they pray (non-religiously, of course) for such a utopia. That is always the big problem with these dictator wannabes. 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
EUROPE IS ALMOST LOST.
Indeed. But Rubio whacks her upside her head intellectually ——-
“Free speech was not used to conduct a genocide. The genocide was conducted by an authoritarian Nazi regime that happened to also be genocidal because they hated Jews and they hated minorities … There was no free speech in Nazi Germany. There was none. There was also no opposition in Nazi Germany. They were the sole and only party that governed that country. So that’s not an accurate reflection of history.” — SecState Rubio being interviewed by Brennen
Wow, got that right. 👍
VP Van e’s speech was exactly what the censorship-centric Europeans need to hear and they need to hear it loud and clear. They are going down a dark path exactly like they did in the early 20th century.
Tusaf, yep and a side note, we sure appreciate Vance telling the mini-winnies of Europe.