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| Europe defends freedom of speech from Russia |
| 2023-02-09 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Elena Karaeva [RIA] By banning the work of Russian media in the EU, "we are not attacking freedom of speech, but protecting it," one of the EU's top leaders said at a conference on combating disinformation in Brussels. Josep Borrell , who became famous for the words about "garden" (this is exactly the European Union) and "jungle" (everything that is not the European Union and, apparently, not yet America ), that is, approximately the remaining three-quarters of the planet and the population living there, and then he explained for a long time that he was “misunderstood”, nevertheless broke loose and let it slip. Or misspoke. The reservation, frankly, is noble - not according to Freud, but already according to Orwell. So, the ban on a different (the one that the EU does not like) point of view - it turns out, is not censorship of words and thoughts, but, on the contrary, freedom of both. Zakharova commented on Borrell's statements about the ban on Russian media Nuances, of course, are not foreseen: everything that is stated by the Russian media, Russian journalists and on behalf of Russia is deliberately false fabrications. No quotes. This is not a wording of the unkind memory of an article of the Criminal Code from the Soviet past during the Khrushchev thaw, but a presumption of guilt that applies to Russian media with a point of view that differs from the pan-European point of view on what is happening. This presumption led to a ban, and a ban is a blessing. One way or something like this, you can decipher what was said by the Vice President of the European Commission , who oversees the entire foreign policy of a united Europe. Dissent and dissent, which Borrell himself floridly dubbed the "war of narratives" (or, in simple terms, polemics), are now prohibited by law in Europe. For now, if we are talking about a geopolitical conflict. In this conflict, despite assurances to the contrary, Brussels is one of the parties, no matter what and no matter who the officials say. At the time of the crisis, public support and consolidation are required, and here these Russians come forward with their position, with their facts, with their own considerations and ideas. And if the Russians manage to sow doubts about the correctness of the current tactics and future strategy regarding unconditional support for Ukraine, then what will happen? European society will split or may be split. And this is a threat, albeit an implicit one. Well, a split will be followed by distrust, distrust - a drop in approval ratings for actions. Behind the drop in ratings are demonstrations and protests. In short, chaos. And all of the above - against the backdrop of the economic crisis, which, of course, can be painted over, like young coquettes paint over acne with concealer, but make-up, especially political, is far from omnipotent. And he has limits. So everything that is for Russia is under the knife, in a ban and in a block. To all those who are against Russia - a regime of full, open and broad favorable conditions, primarily, of course, financial. We thought that they, wise men from Brussels, were chess players, but they turned out to be domino players. We assumed that complex pan-European schemes were being built there, but it turned out that they were stacking bones (or stones). Well, they periodically shout: "Fish!" Because the moves are over. But, starting with blocking the media of a country whose policies they don't like, for pan-Europeans who have defined Russian media bans as "defending freedom of speech," the next step could be a ban on books by authors from that same country. Which is actually already happening. Not yet in the center of Old Europe, but on its eastern borders. Further, as we know, the causative agents of this plague strain lead to the collective (with full approval) burning of books by those authors who "do not fit into the new ethics, ideology and do not correspond to the historical moment" of the battle in which enlightened Europe is fighting with "Russian imperial barbarians." And what does it mean - this cannot be, because it can never be, since a united Europe is a commonwealth of enlightened nations, millions embracing each other and a choral "Ode To Joy"? Let us just recall that the book burning took place 90 years ago, in May 1933, at the Berlin Opernplatz as part of an "action against the non-German spirit." Replace "non-German" with "non-European", and the historical analogy will sparkle with completely different colors. And the repressions against the press in that memorable 1933 in Germany began only a few months earlier than the burning of books, and journalists who dared to argue with the theses of the then political mainstream ended up in prisons and concentration camps. Does this remind anyone of today's information picture of the day? That's just it, that History loves and knows how to repeat itself - and not necessarily as a farce. The option of its repetition as a tragedy in the current situation is not something that cannot be ruled out - it, if the words of the common Europeans are followed by deeds, is more than likely. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #5 Free speech in Europe? This has to be a joke anyway we look at it. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2023-02-09 18:35 |
| #4 Brussels is just Moscow but with better suits. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-02-09 07:56 |
| #3 "Better rot, too!" |
| Posted by: Hupavigum Thith4894 2023-02-09 04:02 |
| #2 In the year '33 in Berlin, A Russian, blasé at the scene Of a bookburning, said That the East's better Red: "Millions dead since our drear '17!" |
| Posted by: Hupavigum Thith4894 2023-02-09 04:01 |
| #1 |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-02-09 03:59 |