MDM? What The Fuck Is That?

 

MDM isn't the latest flavor of fentanyl, produced by the Communist Chinese regime for sale to Mexican drug cartels, and now the leading cause of death for Americans between the ages of 18 to 45. 

No, MDM stands for mis- dis- and mal-information, the latest government acronym from which you must be protected. 

DHS' latest "Summary of Terrorism Threat to the U.S. Homeland," released Monday, has much to say about the dangers of American minds being polluted with MDM, and curiously little to say about actual terror threats ... under the latest iteration, DHS is no longer concerned solely with enemy lies spread abroad, but increasingly with information spread by "domestic threat actors" (read: American citizens). 

And no longer are they merely concerned with disinformation, false material spread to manipulate an opponent, but with misinformation, which DHS considers information that is false but not intended to cause harm, and "mal-information," which means information which is true but the government considers harmful anyway. 

This raises the question of who put a government intelligence and law enforcement agency in the position of declaring not only what is true or false but also determining whether information is good or harmful for consumption by free citizens. 

Of course, no law prohibits American citizens of spreading information of any kind, whether true or false. 

Covering thought policing under the rubric of counterterrorism has another advantage too. It changes the discussion from whether a given idea is true or false, to whether it is safe or dangerous. 

Have concerns about election integrity, [Chinese] COVID-19 mandates, or school boards? You better shut up; such ideas are inspiring to terrorists.

Go read the whole thing.