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Free Speech vs the Real Fascists on the Left

As usual, the Left is projecting and distracting.   They accuse Trump of trying to silence the free press by exercising his right to criticize it.   The real silencing has long been coming from the Left.   They are the real fascists who won’t tolerate any speech that doesn’t agree with them – in the media, on campuses, in the legislatures, in the public square & townhalls, etc..   Again, projection in calling Trump the fascist.  And they employ the thuggery that has always been associated with the worst fascist regimes of history. Two books in my library on the subject have come out in the last year or two – one from a Democrat: “The Silencing – How the Left is Killing Free Speech” by Kirsten Powers, who worked in the Clinton administration.  Charles Krauthammer called it "A searing and courageous indictment of the growing intolerance of the American Left -- written with passion and eloquence by one of the nation's most principled and fair-minded liberals.  An I