Steve R.
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The mantra of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (of which I am a member) is "The leading nonprofit defending digital privacy, free speech, and innovation." Periodically, I have received email notifications that have made me wonder if the organization has been tainted by woke culture. I had a highly negative visceral reaction to the most recent example: Reproductive Justice in the Digital Age.
- "Reproductive Justice" is a red flag in itself as it is a typical misleading phrase used by those on the left.
- The EFF asserts that it is defending digital privacy. So what is the nexus that would allow the EFF to enter the realm of abortion, which is a political issue? The press release contains the word salad throw-away line: "people seeking an abortion must face in the digital age where everything is connected, and surveillance is rampant." I suspect that phrase was lamely tossed in as a minimal attempt to justify the involvement of the EFF.
- "This summer marks the two-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision overturning Roe vs Wade. Join EFF for a livestream discussion about restrictions to reproductive healthcare ..." The Dobbs decision returns the abortion issue to the states. The quote from the EFF press release would seem to imply that the Dobbs decision would result in "restrictions to reproductive healthcare". In some cases that may be true, but in other case it would not. In fact, some state could even make abortion more available.
- The email I received contained this phrase: "Bring your questions to our panel of experts as they discuss restrictions to reproductive healthcare ..." What about the 10th Amendment in the discussion?
- I didn't catch this earlier, but one panel member is a "community organizer" another is "EFF Associate Director of Legislative Activism". I suspect that the "community organizer" would promote left wing political activism. A bit more ambiguous concerning "legislative activism", but given the apparent left wing theme it may be safe to assume that that "legislative activism" is also left wing.
- A side issue, the EFF asserts that it is protecting free speech, but those on left, especially with hot topics like abortion actually seek to suppress free speech. Moreover, those on the left accuse those who disagree with them of "hate speech" and "disinformation". How will he EFF deal with that type of language should it crop-up during the live-stream?