The White House Requests that Americans Inform on One Another

Most of us learned about how people in Communist countries were encouraged to inform on their neighbors and even their own families when they heard them say something anti-government.  Apparently, the Obamunists want Americans to become informants any time someone contradicts the White House goals for socialized medicine.  What’s next?  Will Acorn stop by and give gifts to those who inform and protest in front of homes where dissenters live?  Here’s more…

From WhiteHouse.gov:

“There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.”

From Dr. Michael J. Hurd:

“This statement is actually from the White House web site. I did not make it up. What exactly is “fishy”? And what exactly is the White House going to do with the “help” of those who report on the emails and conversations of those who disagree with them? If this doesn’t send a chill down your spine, then either you don’t care about freedom of speech, the most precious right an individual possesses in a free society–or you have no remote clue of the difference between living in a society with such freedom, or without it.

This is the White House web site we’re talking about here. It’s not a private organization. It’s a government context–it is, quite literally, the government of the United States. The official web site of our government is asking citizens to report on fellow citizens who disagree with the official statements of our government. Are you going to take this lying down? At a minimum, write your representatives and express outrage over the use of the White House web site for purposes of inhibiting freedom of speech on the Internet–while you’re still free to do so.

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