In Defense of Free Speech: As Kennedy pointed out, without the debate, dialogue, and discussion that comes with critical review of policy, the American Republic cannot survive. The censoring of any media outlet, including RT, silences the very critical debate America needs to survive. In the war of ideas, when faced with defeat, we came up with better ideas.​ Today we fear critical thinking. The words and deeds of Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the head of the state Department’s Global Engagement Center, James Rubin, are not those of representatives of a nation confident in its cause, but the rearguard actions of desperate men confronted with the reality of a failing empire at odds with a world that is in the process of rejecting it. The only path available to the American people that can lead to our collective survival as a Republic is to do our duty as citizens to push back against the tyranny of censorship and the ignorance it enshrines by using the weapons of free speech and a free press to challenge the dangerous and misguided actions and policies of those who represent us—and ultimately must be held accountable to us—in higher office. This is the battle of the ages, one which will be recorded in history as a defining moment for the American Republic.​ https://scottritter.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-free-speech