in “Hillbilly Elegy: Memoirs of Family and Culture in the Crisis.JD Vance wrote: “I don't believe in inspiration. I don't believe in transformative moments because transformation is more difficult than moments.”
Despite that deeper point, on February 14th, Vance discovered that transformational moment.
Speaking to European leaders at a security conference in Munich, he shocked the audience by confronting them about their attacks on Western freedom of speech.
For the free speech community, it was truly Churchillian. In addition to the famous iron curtain speech Churchill dared the West to confront the existential dangers of communism.
About 80 years after Churchill's speech, Vance called out our allies to explain the threat from itself, not the increased threat from countries such as Russia and China. For an audience that was clearly shocked, Vance is not worried about “outside actors,” but is concerned about “the threat from Europe's retreat from some of the values shared with the United States.” I declared.
Vance then pulled back the curtain of censorship and free speech policies of the European Union and its close allies from the UK to Sweden. He also chastised Thierry Breton, Europe's most violent and anti-free speech figure. Thierry Breton led the EU's efforts to control speeches in the Delacon measure under the infamous Digital Services Act.
Vance called for the hypocrisy of these countries to seek greater military aid “in the name of our shared democratic values.”
The points were crushed.
He insisted that before we further committed to the defence of Europe, he should agree with what we are defending. These European countries erase the very distinction between us and our enemies.
My recent Booksdiscussed many examples cited by the Vice President. Last year, the most important part of Canada came from Canada when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government temporarily blocked the citizenship of Russian opposition Maria Kartasheva. The reason for this is that she was convicted (after absent trial) in Russia for condemning the Ukrainian War. The Canadian government has declared that Kartasheva's Russian conviction coincides with criminal law crimes related to Canadian false information.
In other words, her use of free speech could be prosecuted in Canada under abusive section 372(1) of the criminal law, and “may punish speech that is deemed to be communicated.”[ing] False information intended to be wary of someone or get injured. ”
Vance, along with Swedish Judge Yoran Landar, who indicted religious protesters who burned Coran from the UK, arrested people for quiet prayers near an abortion clinic. I ran through some.Freedom of expression does not constitute a “free path to do or say.” Apparently, it does not contain any acts once called blasphemous ASP or acts of shaming religion.
Vance also laughed at the underlying premise of voice crackdowns to combat “disinformation,” and pointed out that these measures constitute a much greater threat to Western citizens than external threats. . He had the courage to say that he had long been redundant about the limitations of speeches to combat foreign influences. Let's start with. ”
Perhaps with the largest single declaration issued by American leaders since the German John F. Kennedy was declared.”Ich Bin Ein Berliner,“He added: “If you're running for fear of your voters, there's nothing America can do for you. For that, I'd elected me and elected President Trump. There's nothing we can do for the Americans who did it.”
The reaction of European diplomats was one of the surprises. Few people offered the usual polite applause. Instead, the smug leadership line looked straight at the same level of disgust, as if Vance was the second coming of Pax Romana, or Villogos, threatening Romande Peace.
In one speech, Vance shattered the hypocrisy of our allies seeking Western defenses, while abandoning Western values. They don't like it, and a lot of the American mediaParticipationWhen rejecting his address.
he”wrecking ball“For fostering an anti-free voice movement that wiped out Europe. A German official declared, “All of this is so crazy and worrying.” This is a diplomat from that country.Freedom of speech has been rejectedUntil decades of arresting people for ringtones.
Of course, our own anti-free speech voices were also present. Politico cited “former House Democrat staff” who bravely attacked Vance anonymously. His mouth was bad. ”
No, it wasn't bad. It was a brilliant thing.
After Elon Musk bought Twitter on a pledge to dismantle the company's censorship system, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has resorted to the EU and called for the use of the Digital Services Act to force censorship among American citizens. It didn't leave many people in Agape. But Vance's defense against freedom of speech is seen as breathtaking rage.
In “Hilbilly Elgie,” Vance described his lack of faith in transformative moments.
“I have seen too many people get full of genuine desire to change.
And Europe does not have a “real desire to change.” The appetite for censorship is now insatiable, and freedom of speech is falling free.
During this crackdown, Vance spoke in a typical American voice. It was clear, honest and not afraid. There was no pretense or evasion. It was a speech about who we are as a nation and the values that still define us.
They viewed him as a virtual hillbilly of American hay that did not understand the value of multinationality.
For the rest of us, it was a true elegy, some lament and some liberation.
Bravo, Bravo Vice President.
Jonathan Turley is Shapiro, a professor of public interest law at George Washington University, and said, “Essential Rights: Free speech in an age of anger. ”
