Dennis PragerFounder, PragerU · Founder of PragerU | NYT best-selling author

Freedom of Speech is a "Major Block" to the Left

30 Sept 2024 · 0 min

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In this brief YouTube excerpt, two speakers (labeled A and B) discuss a recent speech by former Secretary of State John Kerry at a Davos‑style "Control the World's People" convention. Speaker B argues that attempts to suppress or eliminate sources of disinformation are blocked by the First Amendment, which prevents the government or other actors from "hammering" such sources out of existence. Speaker A echoes this point, asserting that freedom of speech has historically been a major obstacle for the political left, which, according to the speakers, does not tolerate dissent once it gains power. The dialogue frames the First Amendment as a protective barrier against censorship and portrays the left as intolerant of opposing viewpoints.

You listen to John Kerry speaking in Davos at the Control the World's People convention.
There's a lot of discussion now about how you curb those entities in order to guarantee that you're going to have, you know, some accountability on facts, etc. But look, if people go to only one source and the source they go to is sick, And, you know, has an agenda and they're putting out disinformation. Our First Amendment stands as a major block to the ability to be able to just, you know, hammer it out of existence. So, okay, that's enough.
Hammer it out of existence. That's right. The First Amendment stands as a major block. Freedom of speech has always stood as a major block to the left. There is no example of the left allowing dissent anywhere it has taken control.