Cognitive Dissonance: From Free Speech to the Epstein Files, Even the Dumbest MAGA Can See the Truth
- john raymond
- Oct 9, 2025
- 2 min read
Once, MAGA called itself the movement of free speech absolutists. They railed against “cancel culture,” swore to defend every voice, and claimed to be the last guardians of open debate. President Trump even boasted that “free speech is back.”
But the moment he regained power, that slogan curdled into its opposite. His administration now brags about “taking free speech away,” wants to prosecute satire as incitement, and threatens journalists with investigation.
This is not evolution—it’s exposure. Trump never believed in free speech as a principle; he believed in free speech as a weapon. The right to speak was sacred only so long as it served his message. Once control was secured, dissent is now treason.
MAGA hypocrisy is no longer subtle. The same influencers who spent years chanting about truth and transparency have gone silent on the Epstein files—the very documents they swore would reveal the rot of the elites. Now that their god-king controls the levers of power, they bury what they once demanded. The lie protects their guy.
But even the dullest loyalist can feel the tension: if Trump was ever serious about truth, why hide the Epstein files now? Why criminalize protest? Why punish speech he once claimed to champion?
The only answer they have is dissonance. MAGA can see the contradiction, but admitting it would mean admitting they were duped.
So they double down. They call censorship patriotism, corruption justice, and silence strength. Their words no longer mean what they once did, but the chant continues—because the noise is safer than the truth.
MAGA’s “free speech” revolution was never about liberty; it was about control.
And now the faithful can see the truth closing in, even if they can’t admit.
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