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Frank Cannon - The First Amendment Is In Far Greater Danger Than The SecondFrank CannonOur nation’s elites are waging war on the American people, wielding the institutions they’ve spent several decades capturing to punish those who disagree with their preferred positions and to deny them the ability to speak publicly, all in an effort to stifle free and open debate. And no, this isn’t a George Orwell novel — this is the United States of America.While many still mistakenly view our political arena as a skirmish between “liberals†and “conservativesâ€, it would be more accurate to describe it as an all-out war between “elitists†and “populistsâ€. As my late friend Jeff Bell argued in his 1992 book, “Populism and Elitism: Politics in the Age of Equalityâ€, elitists believe in a top-down approach where a cadre of experts rule the country and determine what is acceptable discourse and what is not, while populists believe the people should ultimately determine the course of our politics and culture.Traditionally, the “elitists†have always had the upper hand in this battle by controlling many of our cultural institutions, but the respect for the will of the people — exercised by the ability to elect our political leaders — remained in place. Over time, however, that respect eroded, and today, it is completely gone. Now the “elitists†find the “populists†to be repugnant, backward, and bigoted, and they believe the only way to defeat the people is to use elite institutional power in academia, corporate America, the administrative state, and the mainstream media to stifle debate, force-feed elite opinions masquerading as facts, and stamp out dissent.Read more at: https://townhall.com/columnists/frankcannon/2018/03/01/the-first-amendment-is-in-far-greater-danger-than-the-second-n2455654
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