Saturday, August 8, 2009

White House Calls for Snitching on Opponents of ObamaCare

From the American Center for law and Justice:
"The White House blog written by Macon Phillips, the White House Director of New Media, had a post which says: 'there is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there both on the web and floating around in chain emails'. Obama's Media Director states that 'since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov. In a nutshell, the WHITE HOUSE IS ASKING YOU TO REPORT ON YOUR NEIGHBORS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO DISAGREE WITH THE PRESIDENTS POLICY CHOICES ON HEALTH CARE. The White House is also implying that you should think twice before sending an email disagreeing with the President, since it might end up being forwarded to them. The White House email address says it all – let’s 'flag' those who disagree with us. For what purpose are these individuals being flagged?"

The labels of "Nazi" and "racist" have been thrown around all too easily for a three decades, usually by Liberals, in order to stall discussion and throw opponents off track by having to deny those labels. But, this call to "flag" opponents (snitch on friends, relatives, coworkers) of ObamaCare is truly all to reminiscent of what took place in Stalin's Russia and Hitler's Germany and in the "Cultural Revolution" in China; it is clearly meant to intimidate opponents. This is a dangerous track and treads on the First Amendment rights. A letter has been written to the White House by the ACLJ protesting the call for "flagging" opponents. It is Obama building a dissidents list. By the way, don't hold your breath waiting for the ACLU to speak out on this case.

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