This column (along with everything else the left doesn’t like) is a threat to democracy

Democrats have taken a welcome break from declaring anything they don’t like to be ‘racist.’ Fear not; however, they’ve found a new way to brand such heresy: it’s a ‘threat to democracy.’

And by anything, I really mean anything; businessmen, independent journalists, primary election opponents to Joe Biden, potential third party candidates and, of course, former President Donald Trump.

In their world, anyone not fully on board for reelecting Joe Biden, is a threat to democracy.

Don’t believe me? Let the evidence make my case.

Elon Musk:

“Elon Musk is a threat to democracy:  How the owner of Space X and Tesla became a state within a state.”  

• Jeet Heer, The Nation, September 8, 2023

“@ElonMusk’s decisions over the last month have been erratic and alarming, but this decision is dangerous and a threat to American democracy.  We need to ask — is it time for Twitter to go?” 

• Jonathan Greenblatt, Director of the Anti-Defamation League,  Twitter, November 20, 2022

“On Monday, Elon Musk polled Twitter users on whether he should step down as CEO. The answer was a resounding yes. On Tuesday, Musk announced that he will step down once he finds a replacement. Still, the damage has been done: Musk’s tenure has been a disaster for democracy.”

• Thomas Zimmer, The Guardian, December 21, 2022.

Tucker Carlson:

“The real Tucker Carlson: A neofascist who opposes corporate globalism is still a neofascist—and a threat to democracy.”

• Harold Meyerson, Tisya Mavuram, The American Prospect, April 27, 2023

“Fox News remains a major threat to American democracy, with or without Tucker Carlson.”

• The Lincoln Project, Twitter, April 28, 2023

“There’s no other way to put this: Tucker Carlson, Rupert Murdoch and the entire Fox propaganda network are a huge pile of fetid garbage and an imminent threat to our Democracy.”

• Rob Reiner, Twitter, March 7, 2023

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: 

“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a threat to your health — and our democracy.”

• Michael Hiltzig, Los Angeles Times, June 19, 2023

“RFK Jr. and the con men candidates: more than a sideshow — they’re a real threat to democracy.”

• Amanda Marcotte, Salon, June 8, 2023

“This man [RFK Jr.] is dangerous to our republic and is trading shamelessly on the family’s Kennedy legacy.  Beware!” 

• Laurence Tribe, Twitter, July 2, 2023

Cornel West and potential third party candidates: 

“Cornel West poses a threat to Joe Biden — and American democracy.” 

• David Corn, Mother Jones, September 19, 2023

“He’s obviously a very accomplished scholar, academic.  He seemed to be a very charming man and he’s also a menace, a threat to the continued constitutional order in the United States.” 

• James Carville on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, July 17, 2023.

“It is a fool’s errand to think that a third party can win in this country.  There is no way on God’s green earth that they can get to 270 electoral votes.  Which means, they will be a spoiler.  One way or another they’ll be a spoiler.  And, as Rick Klein said, ‘it looks like they will be a spoiler in favor of Donald Trump’ …and that will be the biggest threat to democracy that we have seen since January 6th.” 

• Former Alabama Senator Doug Jones.  ABC News’ This Week, July 16, 2023.

Donald Trump: 

“I’m running because democracy is at stake, because in 2024, democracy is on the ballot once again…Let there be no question: Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans are determined to destroy American democracy…And I will always defend, protect and fight for our democracy.” 

• Joe Biden, at a fundraiser in New York City, September 19, 2023

“He’s a threat to democracy.” 

• Bob Woodward, CBS News’ Sunday Morning, October 23, 2022

“Trump is still a vibrant threat to democracy as he returns to DC.”

• Stephen Collinson, CNN, July 26, 2022.

See how it works?  Progressive ideology requires that you call things the exact opposite of what they really are; Students for a Democratic Society, The People’s Republic…The Inflation Reduction Act of 2023.

What Democrats are saying is, in order to make this process more democratic we’re going to give you less information and fewer choices. And we might just silence you if you cross the line.

Somebody needs a dictionary.

The brand of democracy they claim to fret over actually encompasses the freedom to choose whom to listen to, whom to read, whom to watch, whose product to buy, or whom to vote for.  And the only people threatening our right to do any of those things are so-called liberal Democrats.