Lefty Pundit Suggests a 'Truth and Reconciliation Commission' for Political Dissidents; A "Star Chamber", If You Will

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was a court-like body assembled in South Africa after the end of Apartheid.  The official Truth and Reconciliation Commission Website.

 Townhall  "MSNBC host Chris Hayes suggested on Monday night that those who have not agreed with his own personal opinions about mask mandates during the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic should be subjected to a "truth and reconciliation commission" if we even "survive" the disease. 

"In response to American Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp won
dering what masks were for if not to protect others from a COVID-infected individual, Hayes suggested: "The most humane and reasonable way to deal with all these people, if we survive this, is some kind of truth and reconciliation commission." . . .

. . . "And fear is what the left wants. They rejected the president's message to not fear the coronavirus, instead insisting that we all stay very afraid and dependent on the Democrats to deliver us from the doom of disease. 

To Hayes, he is part of the movement of COVID-19 purity of thought and any dissent from their ideology, which changes every day, should be subject to punishment. Holding and expressing a different opinion to the radical faction of the left-wing media isn't simply an exercise of free speech, it's an actual crime

Chris Hayes, MSNBC:

The most humane and reasonable way to deal with all these people, if we survive this, is some kind of truth and reconciliation commission.

National Review:  What a ‘Truth and Reconciliation Commission’ Would Actually Look Like;  Democrats Haven’t Thought Through a ‘Truth and Reconciliation Commission,’ Have They?   . . . "Former secretary of labor Robert Reich garnered some attention this weekend for a tweet calling for a “Truth and Reconciliation Commission” to be established “when this nightmare is over” — presumably he means after Trump is defeated in the upcoming election and when Joe Biden is president. MSNBC’s Chris Hayes made similar comments earlier this month.  

"This isn’t Reich being short-tempered or flying off the handle in a moment of passion; some on the left have been calling for this idea for years. In May 2018, Kevin Baker wrote an extremely lengthy cover piece in The New Republic calling for one after the Trump era, but at least he acknowledged that the election of a president who drove one side of the aisle crazy with outrage was not the traditional situation that required this kind of commission:" . . .

Chris Hayes Floats ‘Truth And Reconciliation Commission’ To ‘Deal With’ Those Who Question COVID-19 Protocols    . . . "Twitter users responded to Hayes’ tweet with both praise and denunciation. 

"Writer, producer, and self-described “passionate libtard” Gerry Conway tweeted, “I’d settle for marching them off a pier. That’s the truth and reconciliation they deserve. (But, seriously, in our reality-denying country, would any of Trump’s people *acknowledge* the truth, never mind reconcile to it?)' ”  The hate for us is palpable and is even displayed in this Bill Kristol tweet:

“How about truth and no reconciliation?”
USA Today broached this subject back in June. It appears to be a condemnation of police  killing blacks, ignoring police killed by rioters, including the massacre of police in Dallas and destruction by anti-police and anti-white rioters. One has to fear a "star chamber" retribution with the accused class being much more than those first considered culpable.

Trust the left; the commission will never be used for evil, but only for niceness. TD