Comments on: “I think that is what makes a democracy a democracy versus a dictatorship….” https://habitablezone.com/2017/02/25/i-think-that-is-what-makes-a-democracy-a-democracy-versus-a-dictatorship/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:15:13 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: hank https://habitablezone.com/2017/02/25/i-think-that-is-what-makes-a-democracy-a-democracy-versus-a-dictatorship/#comment-38485 hank Sun, 26 Feb 2017 12:06:06 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=62406#comment-38485 Just another brick in the wall. Maybe there should be a press boycott of his news conferences? That's the only way you can out-intimidate the intimidators. Call their bluff, and vigorously publicize why. By showing up under threat of banishment it becomes impossible to report fairly, you become a propaganda organ of the state. Can you imagine the atmosphere of a Trump-authorized press conference attended only by the likes of FOX, talk radio, Limbaugh, Alex Jones, Breitbart, etc? Sure, it would be one-sided, but it would still be televised, and it would quickly escalate into a Trog pep rally. It would be great television and provide plenty of material for the responsible media. Just another brick in the wall.

Maybe there should be a press boycott of his news conferences?
That’s the only way you can out-intimidate the intimidators.
Call their bluff, and vigorously publicize why. By showing up under threat of banishment it becomes impossible to report fairly,
you become a propaganda organ of the state.

Can you imagine the atmosphere of a Trump-authorized press conference attended only by the likes of FOX, talk radio, Limbaugh, Alex Jones, Breitbart, etc? Sure, it would be one-sided, but it would still be televised, and it would quickly escalate into a Trog pep rally. It would be great television and
provide plenty of material for the responsible media.

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