Will repeating that such analogies are naive make them naive?
Following Tunisia and Egypt, it could be argued that the naivety is on the negationist side
Whatever happens in the world, Morozov's thinking seems to remain pretty static and unaffected. He goes as far as interpreting Hillary Clinton's second speech (on Internet freedom) as embrassing his notion of "cyber-realism":

"Another piece of good news is the State Department's reluctance to take a stand in the brewing debate of whether the Internet is a tool for liberation or oppression (Clinton characterized this debate as “largely beside the point”). Clearly, it's a tool for both; the degree to which it's liberating or oppressing often depends on the political and social context – and not on the individual characteristics of a given Internet technology. It's reassuring to see Clinton strike a reasonable balance between cyber-utopianism and cyber-pessimism; adopting a cyber-realist posture and treating the Internet as it is (and not how we would like it to be) is the right way forward."
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Technology: Oppressor or liberator? »Technology: Oppressor or liberator?
ICT's capacity to spread democracy? »ICT's capacity to spread democracy?
Cyber-utopianism »Cyber-utopianism
Cyber-utopians overstate the revolutionary potential of the Internet »Cyber-utopians overstate the revolutionary potential of the Internet
The Internet for democracy hype is made of naive cliches »The Internet for democracy hype is made of naive cliches
Will repeating that such analogies are naive make them naive?
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