{"id":15482,"date":"2021-01-15T09:20:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T14:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=15482"},"modified":"2021-01-31T09:11:30","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T14:11:30","slug":"collective-guilt-and-the-new-witch-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/15\/collective-guilt-and-the-new-witch-hunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Collective Guilt and the New Witch Hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"

American Conservative, January 15, 2021<\/h3>\n

Collective Guilt and the New Witch Hunt<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n
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Hatred is at an all-time high in Washington. Will Congress step in to become the arbiters of truth?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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by\u00a0 James Bovard <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cAre you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party<\/a>?\u201d was the question used in congressional hearings in the 1950s in what was portrayed as a witch hunt against leftists that blighted American freedom of speech. A new witch hunt is sweeping Washington, Silicon Valley, and much of the media based on the following question: \u201cDo you currently have any doubts or have you ever written or said anything disparaging the vote counts of the 2020 presidential election?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anyone who questions the final vote of that election is now literally being derided as a traitor.<\/strong> Regardless of 65 million mail-in ballots (for which fraud is \u201cvastly more prevalent<\/a>,\u201d according to the New York Times<\/i>), regardless of the last minute changes in election procedures<\/a> in key swing states<\/a>, and regardless of controversies about computer voting software<\/a>, anyone who does not attest to the final proclaimed vote count\u00a0 is finding themselves forever damned \u2013 or at least that is the intent of Democratic activists and social media companies.<\/p>\n

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