# They're now calling it discourse ... not disinformation Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-brian-d-o-leary-show-375765/they-re-now-calling-it-discourse-not-disinformation Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-brian-d-o-leary-show-375765/they-re-now-calling-it-discourse-not-disinformation.md Podcast: [The Brian D. O'Leary Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-brian-d-o-leary-show-375765) Published: 2024-07-18T23:13:00+00:00 Episode link: https://feeds.fountain.fm/f4EtTjJjgV1y8kyc93gN/items/vz0OQHSrWrCHkI61aFIr/files/AUDIO---DEFAULT---c9aef985-ad20-41ec-aad5-ec4f4e129c3a.mp3 Audio file: https://feeds.fountain.fm/f4EtTjJjgV1y8kyc93gN/items/vz0OQHSrWrCHkI61aFIr/files/AUDIO---DEFAULT---c9aef985-ad20-41ec-aad5-ec4f4e129c3a.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-brian-d-o-leary-show-375765/episodes/they-re-now-calling-it-discourse-not-disinformation Duration seconds: 450 ## Resource Column at Substack: https://briandoleary.substack.com/p/theyre-now-calling-it-discourse For our regular emails: https://briandoleary.com/letter Find us on 𝕏-Twitter : https://x.com/BrianDOLeary This column on 𝕏-Twitter : https://x.com/BrianDOLeary/status/1814045579301019731 Text of article follows: They're now calling it 'discourse' What happened to disinformation? By now, you've probably seen a host of graphics in the swampwaters of social media, hastily cobbled together by run-of-the-mill milquetoast leftists. Virtue-signalers, viz. A meme gone viral over the last few days is a checklist that attempts to pacify the reader with a bunch of platitudes, one being "Contribute to discourse, not division." This, of course, is a less-than-subtle dig at non-leftists. Gaslighting. To oppose the leftist agenda naturally causes "division" in the minds of these people. However, and as a matter of principle, it is really only our people who have been the ones to contribute β€” and show interest in β€” discourse so-called. We're the ones with ideas and questions. They're the ones scolding you and forcing compliance with their inanities. In other words, the left divides. Their people dismiss you and want you dead. The underlying motive is still not entirely clear, but it matters not. Remember if you wanted to learn more about the coronavirus mania and the resulting panic? You were told to shut up, wear a mask, and get injected with vaccines. Any information that did not tow the party line was called "disinformation" and was not allowed within their polite society. That's division. Now, it appears that the political left β€” the most violent and destructive force in the entirety of Western Civilization β€” still runs cover for those within its ranks. Lately it's for those who express displea… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-brian-d-o-leary-show-375765/episodes/they-re-now-calling-it-discourse-not-disinformation/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-brian-d-o-leary-show-375765/they-re-now-calling-it-discourse-not-disinformation.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.