A recent Techdirt analysis argues that the censorship apparatus now associated with MAGA is the very one that conservatives spent years falsely accusing Democrats of building. The piece describes these accusations as projection, suggesting that MAGA knew what it would do in power and attributed that plan to its opponents.
The article acknowledges that this observation is not new, but emphasizes that many MAGA attacks on others follow the same pattern: claiming Democrats were doing the things MAGA always knew it would do if in charge. The analysis points to Donald Trump's actions as examples, though the excerpt cuts off before detailing them.
The core claim is that the right's censorship efforts mirror the accusations it leveled at the left, making the attacks a form of self-incrimination rather than genuine criticism.