>AJ
>AJ
There's free speech, which is supposed to potentially give people the opportunity to examine different ideas, to promote discourse in an attempt to come to some kind of consensus, or at least have an understanding of people's different perspectives. Then there's the gaslighting, the word and idea twisting, the mind fucking, the outright lying that is the manipulation of discourse by psychopaths. This is not communication grounded in free speech, this is a nefarious behavior designed to mislead and damage.
The thing about supporting AJ as a matter of free speech doesn't address what these psychopaths do, this whole setup is a way to legitimize accepting someone whose assignment is poisoning the well, to Trojan Horse ostensibly alternative news sources which are not that at all. A reporter intentionally misrepresenting reality, or anyone for that matter intentionally lying, is doing a bait and switch, with their audience confusing freedom to present ideas with a fifth column enemy out to get them, which is criminal, traitorous behavior. The problem is people doing this are not held accountable, normalcy bias steps in and excuses are made for them, part of free speech is being free to lie to the detriment of their audience.