I suggest that most Americans haven’t heard Madame Liberal’s recent call for censorship. Apparently lost in her losing (to Trump), Mrs. Clinton now says,
“We should be, in my view, repealing something called Section 230, which gave, you know, platforms on the internet immunity because they were thought to be just pass-throughs, that they shouldn’t be judged for the content that is posted…But we now know that that was an overly simple view, that if the platforms, whether it’s Facebook or Twitter/X or Instagram or TikTok, whatever they are, if they don’t moderate and monitor the content, we lose total control…And it’s not just the social and psychological affects, it’s real life.” *
Great! What we need is the totally unbiased view of some kid fresh out of a liberal school censoring us. The objectivity astounds! Unmoderated moderators with no bias, of course. Would’t want skepticism and debate to proliferate, would we, Hillary?
Free Speech Is a Bummer, Isn’t It?
Free speech is a bummer for anyone with a different opinion. Certainly, it’s been a bummer for Liberals since Musk turned Twitter into X. The very nature of “liberal” changed over the past two decades, especially after social media companies colluded with government agencies. Nothing shows this more than the debacle of the Mis (Dis) information Czarina, Nina Jankowicz (born 1988 or 1989).
First off, no one seems to know Nina's age. Wikipedia has her birth date as 1988 or 1989. Strange lack of information, isn’t it. How is it possible not to know her birthdate in the twenty-first century unless she was born in a war zone, in some remote valley in the Caucasus, in Papua New Guinea’s or Brazil’s rainforest, or on the Himalayan Plateau in a yurt? Were her birth records destroyed in a cataclysmic volcanic eruption? The confusion on facts about the Czarina reminds me of Hillary Clinton’s claim she was named after Edmund Hillary for his ascent up Mt. Everest. Clinton was born in 1947, six years before Hillary’s climb (29 May 1953). Misinfo? And then there was Clinton’s claim that she was shot at by snipers when she landed in Bosnia to receive flowers and a poem from a young girl. In Clinton’s words, would the birthdate or the sniper fire be pass-throughs?
Is There a Solution to Misinformation
Is there a solution to the problem of misinformation? Frankly, no, especially when the people who war against it are perpetrators of falsehoods. Especially when thy exhibit no compunction over lies: Biden’s repeatedly saying inflation was high when he entered office, for example, Mayorkas repeatedly saying the border was secure. The newspapers saying the laptop was misinformation and using as proof the word of partisan intelligence agents. The FBI pursuing a needless warrant on information provided by the Clinton campaign.
Mis(dis)information derives from both sides of the aisle. Liars to the Left of me; liars to the Right. Here I am stuck in the middle with you.All the weight of truth lies on your shoulders—and on mine. And if you’re like me, you’re tired of constantly doubting. But what choice do we have? Doubt is our protection against an Orwellian world. Doubt is our only surety.
The world can’t return to those days when lies were limited to neighborhood gossip and newspapers. We’re under siege. We have more information than can disappear down a super massive black hole. Think not 24/7 but 1,440 minutes multiplied by days into the distant future.
Oh! Sure. The biggest lies are relatively easy to spot. Millions knew that Adam Schiff had no proof of collusion, but the liberal media loved repeating the story. And in that love lies the danger. People in the media seem to have no compunction. They will bury any story that conflicts with their personal favorites. According to the Media Research Center's analysis of all morning and evening newscasts on ABC, CBS and NBC, in addition to their Sunday morning offerings such as This Week, Face the Nation and Meet the Press…from October 14, 2020 through the morning of April 18, 2022, the three networks spent only 25 minutes and six seconds combined on the Hunter Biden laptop scandal over 18 months.
No big deal, right? But those media outlets kept their audiences in the dark. Nothing to see here. Move along. We censor to protect...our agenda.
So, trust not. That’s what we’ve learned. It’s a lesson worth learning. It’s a lesson not to forget. Lies and censorship are corollaries that manipulate a society. The Nazis knew that. The Soviets knew, also. And, of course, we Americans have our own versions, such as a woman put in charge of a truth squad as she literally sang untruths on social media.
You’re on Your Own
Truth and freedom of speech are always involved in a war with misinformation. All of us are gullible enough to fall victim in this war, as the letter about Russian “disinformation” from fifty intelligence agents reveals. Were they suckered in by media reports? Were they simple partisans waving “heil” to liberal politicians? Were they evil themselves as shown by perpetrating a lie?
The Left has been screaming “Fascists” for the last decade, claiming that those on the Right were exemplars of Nazis. Yet, censorship of conservative voices appears to have been rampant.
You and I are on our own. Neither of us can fear repercussions from the censors and the liars. We’ll never be rid of them. They will come at us from both sides of the aisle. Our best defense is to say repeatedly, “Prove it; prove it; show me unshakeable evidence. Otherwise, censor yourself. That is, shut up, Adam, Nina, MSNBC, CNN, CBS, NBC, and Hillary. And, yes, in some matters, Fox, too.”
*https://nypost.com/2024/10/06/us-news/hillary-clinton-warns-that-allowing-free-speech-on-social-media-means-we-lose-control/
“We should be, in my view, repealing something called Section 230, which gave, you know, platforms on the internet immunity because they were thought to be just pass-throughs, that they shouldn’t be judged for the content that is posted…But we now know that that was an overly simple view, that if the platforms, whether it’s Facebook or Twitter/X or Instagram or TikTok, whatever they are, if they don’t moderate and monitor the content, we lose total control…And it’s not just the social and psychological affects, it’s real life.” *
Great! What we need is the totally unbiased view of some kid fresh out of a liberal school censoring us. The objectivity astounds! Unmoderated moderators with no bias, of course. Would’t want skepticism and debate to proliferate, would we, Hillary?
Free Speech Is a Bummer, Isn’t It?
Free speech is a bummer for anyone with a different opinion. Certainly, it’s been a bummer for Liberals since Musk turned Twitter into X. The very nature of “liberal” changed over the past two decades, especially after social media companies colluded with government agencies. Nothing shows this more than the debacle of the Mis (Dis) information Czarina, Nina Jankowicz (born 1988 or 1989).
First off, no one seems to know Nina's age. Wikipedia has her birth date as 1988 or 1989. Strange lack of information, isn’t it. How is it possible not to know her birthdate in the twenty-first century unless she was born in a war zone, in some remote valley in the Caucasus, in Papua New Guinea’s or Brazil’s rainforest, or on the Himalayan Plateau in a yurt? Were her birth records destroyed in a cataclysmic volcanic eruption? The confusion on facts about the Czarina reminds me of Hillary Clinton’s claim she was named after Edmund Hillary for his ascent up Mt. Everest. Clinton was born in 1947, six years before Hillary’s climb (29 May 1953). Misinfo? And then there was Clinton’s claim that she was shot at by snipers when she landed in Bosnia to receive flowers and a poem from a young girl. In Clinton’s words, would the birthdate or the sniper fire be pass-throughs?
Is There a Solution to Misinformation
Is there a solution to the problem of misinformation? Frankly, no, especially when the people who war against it are perpetrators of falsehoods. Especially when thy exhibit no compunction over lies: Biden’s repeatedly saying inflation was high when he entered office, for example, Mayorkas repeatedly saying the border was secure. The newspapers saying the laptop was misinformation and using as proof the word of partisan intelligence agents. The FBI pursuing a needless warrant on information provided by the Clinton campaign.
Mis(dis)information derives from both sides of the aisle. Liars to the Left of me; liars to the Right. Here I am stuck in the middle with you.All the weight of truth lies on your shoulders—and on mine. And if you’re like me, you’re tired of constantly doubting. But what choice do we have? Doubt is our protection against an Orwellian world. Doubt is our only surety.
The world can’t return to those days when lies were limited to neighborhood gossip and newspapers. We’re under siege. We have more information than can disappear down a super massive black hole. Think not 24/7 but 1,440 minutes multiplied by days into the distant future.
Oh! Sure. The biggest lies are relatively easy to spot. Millions knew that Adam Schiff had no proof of collusion, but the liberal media loved repeating the story. And in that love lies the danger. People in the media seem to have no compunction. They will bury any story that conflicts with their personal favorites. According to the Media Research Center's analysis of all morning and evening newscasts on ABC, CBS and NBC, in addition to their Sunday morning offerings such as This Week, Face the Nation and Meet the Press…from October 14, 2020 through the morning of April 18, 2022, the three networks spent only 25 minutes and six seconds combined on the Hunter Biden laptop scandal over 18 months.
No big deal, right? But those media outlets kept their audiences in the dark. Nothing to see here. Move along. We censor to protect...our agenda.
So, trust not. That’s what we’ve learned. It’s a lesson worth learning. It’s a lesson not to forget. Lies and censorship are corollaries that manipulate a society. The Nazis knew that. The Soviets knew, also. And, of course, we Americans have our own versions, such as a woman put in charge of a truth squad as she literally sang untruths on social media.
You’re on Your Own
Truth and freedom of speech are always involved in a war with misinformation. All of us are gullible enough to fall victim in this war, as the letter about Russian “disinformation” from fifty intelligence agents reveals. Were they suckered in by media reports? Were they simple partisans waving “heil” to liberal politicians? Were they evil themselves as shown by perpetrating a lie?
The Left has been screaming “Fascists” for the last decade, claiming that those on the Right were exemplars of Nazis. Yet, censorship of conservative voices appears to have been rampant.
You and I are on our own. Neither of us can fear repercussions from the censors and the liars. We’ll never be rid of them. They will come at us from both sides of the aisle. Our best defense is to say repeatedly, “Prove it; prove it; show me unshakeable evidence. Otherwise, censor yourself. That is, shut up, Adam, Nina, MSNBC, CNN, CBS, NBC, and Hillary. And, yes, in some matters, Fox, too.”
*https://nypost.com/2024/10/06/us-news/hillary-clinton-warns-that-allowing-free-speech-on-social-media-means-we-lose-control/
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