This kind of view you linked is the natural progression of how things have been going.
If the media and political opponents are the enemy of the people, as our favorite fascist troll likes to say, then why not do what you can to protect your "people" from them?
We're on a slow moving train towards the abyss. No one could have predicted the leading candidate for presidency would promote jailing political opponents.
...Well maybe at least not until the "lock her up!" chants became popular.
I’m sure it will lose that silly notion before too long. I’ve basically made peace with the fact that PDX is going to make a solid run at their pre-2021 all time record high for the third time in the last four summers.