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US state department’s Sarah B Rogers publicly attacks policies on hate speech and immigration in other countries

As Donald Trump redoubled his war of words on the European Union and Nato in recent weeks, a senior state department official, Sarah B Rogers, was publicly attacking policies on hate speech and immigration by ostensible US allies, and promoting far-right parties abroad.

Rogers has arguably become the public face of the Trump administration’s growing hostility to European liberal democracies. Since assuming office in October, she has met with far-right European politicians, criticized prosecutions under longstanding hate speech laws, and boasted online of sanctions against critics of hate speech and disinformation on US big tech platforms.

Rogers is undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, a top-10 state department role that was created in 1999 to strengthen relationships between the US and foreign publics, as opposed to foreign governments and diplomats.

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[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If Europe doesn’t aggressively address these issues they will become exactly what the US has become under Trump: Rightwing-Enabling Textbook Authoritarian, Ridiculous and Destructive, anti-Education Dicks.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 1 month ago

Our cancer has definitely metastasized

[–] nadram@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Except in Europe, we have our molotovs ready. Bring it, I've been itching for a fight

[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 month ago

They’re already there, right under your noses. They’re actively engaging with the American Pedo-Nazis and being reported in the news.