Censorship: It’s Ok When the Left Does it

When you peel away rhetoric, false promises, and claims of “transparency,” one is left observing behavior. No matter what is said, the ACTIONS of an group or organization will show you their true thoughts and intentions.

Let’s apply this theory to the Democratic leadership in the Congress. According to Human Events:

Rep. John Carter (R-Texas), the secretary of the House Republican Conference and a former District Court Judge, is having his messages to constituents censored by Democrats on the Franking Commission. Republicans are no longer allowed to use the words “government run health care” in the communications to their constituents.

“What we proposed as language was as follows, ‘House Democrats unveiled a government-run health care plan,’” Carter said. “Our response from Franking was, ‘You cannot use that language. You must use, ‘The House majority unveiled a public option health care plan,’ which is Pelosi-speak or ‘just last week the House majority unveiled a health care plan which I believe will cost taxpayers…’”

“I would submit to you this is a free speech issue, guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States,” Carter said. A highly-placed Hill staff source tells HUMAN EVENTS this is the new policy being enforced by Democrats. Republicans will be forced to use the Democrats’ version of language describing their attempted government takeover of healthcare on their official communications with their constituents or they will have to pay for the postage personally.

So, the Democrats speak of “bi-partisanship.” They claim “transparency.” But what does this behavior tell us? In the spirit of CALLING IT SOMETHING ELSE, the Democratic leadership is censoring the fact that health care system WILL be run by the government. Instead, they use the euphemism “public option.” Of course, the public option, over time, will turn into “no option,” as indicated by this video:

This is a prime example of CALLING IT SOMETHING ELSE. It disguises the nature and intent of an act in a way designed to deceive the reader. They hope that a person who isn’t aware of the issues will look at the phrase “public option” and think, “Aww, that’s nice, taking care of those poor folks and all!’ Unfortunately, this happens far too often. They count on Americans to be misinformed and distracted. They also count on the MSM to NOT tell the public what is really happening. These are common tools of the left. They use an euphemism instead of a policy statement, and count on you to be dumb enough to fall for it. Then, when elected officials want to actually “call it what it is,” the left censors it as “inaccurate!”

Handy Tip: If the left proclaims that a statement is:

1. False

2. Misleading

3. Inaccurate

4. Being divisive

5. Being obstructionist

…it’s more than likely true.

Luckily for us, talk radio, the internet, and Fox News are around to point this out. This, of course, explains why the left has floated ideas on regulating broadcasting and the internet in order to silence us.

H/T: The Conservative Beacon