Just got an email from Adam Bitely of the Net Right Nation:
Obama is asking for us to report suspicious reports on Health Care. Essentially, he wants to find who is behind reporting the truth on his proposed socialized medicine. From the White House:
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 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .He is asking everyone to email this address with tips: flag@whitehouse.gov This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view itHere is what we need to do. Email that address reporting Barack Obama for not telling the truth on Health Care. Let’s try and flood that inbox with as many reports about Obama and his minions attempting to deceive the public as possible.
Am I the only one that finds the notion of the WhiteHouse setting up a clearinghouse for people to "report" (turn-in) websites & groups that oppose the majority Democrat health care "reform" proposals just a tad bit unseemly? The act of citizens spying on each other and turning them in to the authorities is best known as "denunciation." On that topic, Caslon.com notes,
Government and private organisations cannot be present in all social or personal spaces. Public and private regimes have thus sought to coopt surveillance subjects, with self-policing by communities.
That cooption may involve getting the ‘observed’ to do the observation on behalf of authorities, with reporting being encouraged by –
Hmm. Maybe not yet, but it appears the first steps are being taken… 