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2025-06-21 Home Front: Politix

'It will require some government': Obama demands censorship of speech

[WND] Former President Barack Obama said at a forum Tuesday that the U.S. must address what he called misinformation and said government must regulate social media platforms to ensure facts are separated from opinions.

During an appearance on The Connecticut Forum's "An Evening with President Barack Obama," the former president said he worries about the current state of discourse and spoke of a growing disregard for facts. He said that this undermines trust in society.

"I've said this before, but I always repeat it. You and I can have an opinion about this little side table. You know, you might not like the design. You might not like the color or how it's finished, but we can have that discussion. If I say to you this is a lawnmower, you'll think I'm crazy," Obama said. "And if I really believe it, I'll think you're crazy. And we're now in a situation in which we are having these basic factual arguments. And that further undermines trust."

Obama then spoke of Vladimir Putin.

"Vladimir Putin and the KGB had a saying that was then adopted proudly by Steve Bannon, which was if you want propaganda to be effective [then] you don't have to convince people that what you are saying is true. You just have to flood the zone with so much poop. They use a different word. But you have to flood the zone with so much untruth, constantly, that at some point people don't believe anything," Obama added.

"So it doesn't matter if a candidate running for office just is constantly, just hypothetically, saying untrue things, or if an elected president claims that he won when he lost and that the system was rigged, but then when he wins, then it isn't rigged, because he won. It doesn't matter if everybody believes it. It just matters if everybody starts kind of throwing up their hands and saying 'Well, I guess it doesn't matter.'"

Posted by Besoeker 2025-06-21 08:20|| || Front Page|| [271 views ] Top

#1 DAVID MARCUS: Your social media feed is being hijacked to divide MAGA supporters

Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-21 08:43|| 2025-06-21 08:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Obama describes his methodology and attributes it to his opponents.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-06-21 08:49|| 2025-06-21 08:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Alleged Chinese scheme to influence 2020 election for Biden being probed by FBI, Senate Judiciary Committee

Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-21 08:51|| 2025-06-21 08:51|| Front Page Top

#4 You just have to flood the zone with so much poop. They use a different word. But you have to flood the zone with so much untruth, constantly, that at some point people don't believe anything," Obama added.

Says Mr. 25 # of shit in a 5 # bag

Posted by Frank G 2025-06-21 10:01|| 2025-06-21 10:01|| Front Page Top

#5 This Mincing butthead can't even keep his wife from gnashing her donkey chompers in public, but wants to muzzle the citizenry. A bag of Richards for thee.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2025-06-21 10:02|| 2025-06-21 10:02|| Front Page Top

#6 Hilarious it comes on the heels of Michelle saying she is glad she didn't have a son because he would have turned out like Barry.

I suppose asking for a recommendation for a chef is opinion.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-06-21 10:37|| 2025-06-21 10:37|| Front Page Top

#7 ok, you first. And We'll enforce it by cutting out your tongue and cutting off your hands so you can't write.

Posted by DarthVader 2025-06-21 11:24|| 2025-06-21 11:24|| Front Page Top

#8 Only a man who fears the truth would want the power to decide what people can hear and what they cannot.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-06-21 12:20|| 2025-06-21 12:20|| Front Page Top

#9 Well, if I could hear less from Barry sbout what he wants, it would be an improvement.

Posted by ed in texas 2025-06-21 12:35|| 2025-06-21 12:35|| Front Page Top

#10 What was that Kenyan Muslim hoping to accomplish?

Posted by Crusader 2025-06-21 15:14|| 2025-06-21 15:14|| Front Page Top

#11 If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor.

Posted by Ebbainter Jaique5484 2025-06-21 23:01|| 2025-06-21 23:01|| Front Page Top

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