Biden’s Self-Defeating Lack of Immigration Transparency
‘The most dangerous misinformation is always, without exception, official.'
By Andrew R. Arthur on January 31, 2022
I recently analyzed the president’s “immigration transparency problem”, that is the administration’s failure to disclose salient facts about its immigration policies generally and the effects of those policies on the disaster at the Southwest border. As I explained, the administration is lying to itself, too, but the bigger issue is that its lack of candor is self-defeating, for the president, his party, and for those very policies.
Official Nondisclosure and Censorship. This lack of transparency is part and parcel of a censorious trend that is gripping our society today. I hazard to tread on the issue, lest the power of the U.S. government and the Twitterati come down on my head, but it requires (not just merits) at least passing notice.
Unless you’re living in a cave, you know there have been several attempts lately by various parties to “temper” discourse relating to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
For example, if you are one of the nearly three billion people on Facebook, you are likely familiar with the platform’s Covid-19 policies. Just mention the novel coronavirus on that site, and you will likely get the banner telling you where you can “Get Vaccine Info”, seemingly regardless of what you say.
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