Ken Burns may (or may not be) a well-research documentarian, but his political acumen is severely lacking. Look no further than his appearance on CNN's morning show with Don Lemon to promote his "anti-fascist" book, wherein he depicts a world where disagreements become censorship.
Burns uses examples like Ron DeSantis changing Disney's tax status and the "hierarchy" of Tucker Carlson's January 6th reporting to illustrate the authoritarianism his book warns against.
We connect dots here. How about Tea Party groups being denied tax exempt status for political fundraising? Twitter banning users and news outlets for saying the "wrong" thing? The assault on free speech on college campuses and in business? CRT in grade school curriculums, teaching division and hatred? Where is Ken Burns on these issues?
Ken Burns warns against "othering" while he procceeds to other you, me and we with his radical pseudo-intellectualism. He accuses Ron DeSantis of creating a "soviet-style system" and calls Tucker Carlson is a threat to our Republic. Imagine what he says about you.
Ken Burns is fine with limiting speech as long as it is your speech.
