Source: JimBovard.com
by James Bovard
“Last Sunday, 60 Minutes featured tyrannical German prosecutors boasting about persecuting private citizens who made comments that officialdom disapproved. Three prosecutors explained how the government was entitled to launch pre-dawn raids and lock up individuals who criticized politicians, complained about immigrant crime waves, or otherwise crossed the latest revised boundary lines of acceptable thoughts. In a craven slant that would have cheered any mid-twentieth century European dictator, 60 Minutes glorified the crackdown: ‘Germany is trying to bring some civility to the world wide web by policing it in a way most Americans could never imagine in an effort to protect discourse.’ Nothing ‘protects discourse’ like a jackboot kick aside the head of someone who insulted a German politician on Facebook, right?” (02/19/25)
https://jimbovard.com/blog/2025/02/19/sacrificing-truth-on-leviathans-altar/