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Being anti-"journalist" isn't the same as being pro-authoritarian. 99% of institutional journalists are sockpuppets for prog neoliberal authoritarianism. I can
by centimeter 6y ago
Being anti-"journalist" isn't the same as being pro-authoritarian.
99% of institutional journalists are sockpuppets for prog neoliberal authoritarianism. I can think of a single-digit number of well-known journalists who I actually respect and generally expect to provide useful/unbiased information. This isn't a left/right authoritarian/libertarian thing - anti-corpo-journalist sentiment is pretty widely shared across the spectrum.
- rsynnott 6y agoBeing in favour of, or okay with, journalists being arrested for doing journalism is _intensely_ authoritarian, whether you agree with them or not. Especially if you disagree with them, really.
- jimmygrapes 6y agoI believe your phrase "for doing journalism" is what the debate is truly about here. We would have to have information about the full context of each of the journalist's and police's actions to make a justifiable judgement. As others have mentioned, the majority of arrests may have occurred as a result of strong misunderstandings of "freedom of the press"
- sudosysgen 6y agoGenuinely curious, but why do you think those arrests would have peaked this year of all years otherwise?
- centimeter 6y agoI think it's wrong to arrest journalists for doing journalism, but I don't really care about legally punishing "journalists" doing "journalism", where "journalism" is targeted violent harassment, slander, vandalism, etc.