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David Kirtley's avatar

Sadly, we have a huge percentage of our population that is so shortsighted as to actually endorse restrictions on speech. All they want to do is relegate the power to silence what they oppose with no concept of the fact that power shifts and their speech will be subjected to the same kind of restrictions when the tide changes.

I am old enough to remember when freedom of speech was championed by the left and censorship was a tactic of the right. It doesn't matter your political orientation, the restrictions you call for will be used against you.

Of course under the current status quo, the outrage isn't exactly consistent. People complain about censorship in one context but are all for censorship elsewhere. Their entire rationale is based on being able to censor things that they don't like and have the freedom to express things that they do like.

Real freedom of speech requires you to allow speech that you don't like. That's harder than most are willing to accept.

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Ionedery2's avatar

I feel like we're on the edge of collapse with the election coming, and many factors converging to destroy free speech and then freedom as we know it. Although this isn't just about censorship, I saw a great interview with Bret Weinstein on the Highwire. He revealed in detail the risks of "vaccines",especially the mrna platform and how the science has been warped. He discovered how selective breeding of mice to favor long telomeres, caused a huge misrepresentation of drug safety testing, which led to the realization that most mice studies aren't valid. After being run out of his job he was deplatformed, demonitized and censored. This story shows the depths of corruption in a very concise and articulate way, and gave me a sense of hope despite the dark implications. By questioning his own assumptions he discovered not only the most profound corruption and malfeasance but also a growing community of people willing to make a stand for truth and freedom. https://thehighwire.com/watch/

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