it's pretty sad to see otherwise extremely bright people who are able to spot censorship in China, Russia etc, and who normally would stand up for human rights,

it's pretty sad to see otherwise extremely bright people who are able to spot censorship in China, Russia etc, and who normally would stand up for human rights, to applaud or defend this Twitter shut down of Wikileaks. It is exactly the goal of propaganda to give people the ability to spot its effects when it comes from the enemy and make it invisible when done by their own state. "This is America" -- sings Childish Gambino (... actually this is Everywhere, thanks to global reach of US propaganda and the West alignment with US language in policy)