"When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say."
George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings (as said by Tyrion Lannister)
The recent social media banishment of Dr. Robert Malone, a Covidstan dissident who likely presented more of a threat than our Big Tech overlords were willing to stomach thanks to his expertise and contribution to the development of mRNA technology, has again brought leftist censorship to the forefront of the public consciousness.
Malone, who joined other prominent figures like feminist author Naomi Wolf, former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson, and Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in having their Twitter accounts demolished because of so-called “Covid misinformation,” went on to parlay his banishment into a viral appearance on Joe Rogan’s popular podcast. So in this case, thankfully, Big Tech censors seem to have had their actions backfire on them. Because of their censorship, Malone ended up gaining a larger audience than he otherwise would have and ironically caused both his name and the phrase “mass formation psychosis” to trend for days on the very platform that kicked him off.
Arguing against the idea that actual censorship is taking place, many on social media correctly pointed out the fact that Malone wasn’t actually silenced in the end. Nor was Wolf, a prominent author and tech company owner, or Berenson, who enjoys a tremendous following on Substack, or Greene, a sitting congresswoman. All have voices that will continue to be heard outside of the Twittersphere. The ones who point this out are still generally supportive of the social media giants’ decisions as private companies. They, and Big Tech, know full well that the information they are trying to ‘suppress’ will exist somewhere, whether it’s Rumble, Substack, Gab, Locals, GETTR, or any of the other platforms conservatives have built for themselves.
So what then is the problem? If censors aren’t censoring to silence, why are they censoring in the first place? After all, they aren’t banning the accounts of flat earthers, people who think the moon is made of green cheese, or even Islamic fundamentalists hellbent on global jihad. They aren’t even kicking off everyone who disagrees with their Covid narrative, only seemingly some of the most prominent ones. What is their strategy? Is there a strategy at all?
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The protection the Leftist platforms have has to be removed by congress . Like all business that depends on add income ,how long can these platforms l last if they lost 50% of their users ??
The whole idea of the censorship is to restrict as much as possible facts/truth because facts/truth destroy the libtard narrative of lies and fear tactics!!!!! While there are certainly conservative sites they are very new and don't have anywhere near the reach of those that have been around for several decades!!!!!!!!!! This is about establishing dictatorial control over everything and everyone!!!!!!!!!!
Well stated Dee.
Lynn Bryant DeSpain
I always thought the left has an agenda, they plan and stick to their plans, but I'm not sure what they are thinking now in politics, nor in technology.
Perhaps they never imagined anyone else offering an alternative platform they can't control, they might think no one can get as big and powerful as they are, they are young punks with incredible money and makes them feel powerful, not comprehending that money and power can be lost especially when mismanaged and abused! These "kids" want o control the world, politics, economy, information, the way we think. They are the most dangerous, power hungry, control freaks the world has ever seen, their power must be curtailed.