Billionaire Jeff Bezos, who bought the Washington Post in 2013, recently announced the new set of criteria the paper will be using in determining which editorials make it to its opinion pages. His explained himself as follows: “We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We’ll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others.” In addition he said: “I am of America and for America and proud to be so.”
The Post, you probably know, has for years now been little more than a propagator of Leftist ideology, the very epitome of that “legacy media” so despised by conservatives. Shockingly, in response to the Bezos edict, Post editor David Shipley immediately resigned. A former editor, Marty Baron, said he was “sad and disgusted” by the paper’s new agenda. Ironically, the outrage levelled at Bezos simply confirmed the fact that “progressives” are not really fans of Freedom of Speech or Free Markets, indeed are not really fans of America itself! This is not some sort of devious attempt to demonize the Left, but a simple, obvious Fact!
Wonderfully exemplifying the intellectual bankruptcy of the contemporary Left, the ladies of The View declared Bezos’ endorsement of Free Speech to be an act of Censorship! In response to his reference to Free Markets and Personal Liberties, they scornfully asked what the hell he was really talking about! Their outrage was shared by most on the Left who, as usual, resorted to ad hominem attacks, denouncing Bezos for selling out to Satan himself, i.e., Donald Trump. Their denunciations, of course, failed to mention that he was actually reaffirming two of the basic principles of America’s Democracy. Discussions of substance, you see, are conspicuously avoided by the Left inasmuch as they must inevitably reveal the intolerant, authoritarian nature of its Neo-Marxist agenda. Hence the widespread outrage that The Washington Post will no longer be tolerating articles attacking Freedom of Speech, because Freedom of Speech, quite frankly, is utterly incompatible with the Dictatorial Left!