Byron York predicted journalists would rally against the First Amendment, and he will be proven right. Democrat members of Congress are calling for more censorship of the Right on Facebook. And one journalist is suggesting free speech is a problem.
The Right is angry with Facebook for censoring them, and the Left is angry also, but for not censoring enough.
Once free speech is gone, there is no end, no limits, to the censorship.
The New Yorker’s Steve Coll suggested that Mark Zuckerberg’s “profound” support of free speech is problematic.
“Those of us in journalism have to come to terms with the fact that free speech, a principle that we hold sacred, is being weaponized against the principles of journalism.”
First of all, Zuckerberg couldn’t give two hoots about free speech. Secondly, it’s not weaponizing journalism if people exercise their free speech rights.
Journalists want to be in charge. They want to tell you what to think, what to care about, and how to react. Their field is crashing and burning, and they don’t like the competition.
Certainly, mistakes are made on alternative media, right and left, but they are trying to fill a vacuum left by the lying media.
Remember when the journalists fought for free speech?
These arrogant ‘journalists’ want the opposing voices quashed by any means necessary.
Watch:
In October I tweeted, 'Would not be at all surprised if New York Times writers create an organization called Journalists Against the First Amendment.' Now, another prospective member… https://t.co/uAB54dUBub
— Byron York (@ByronYork) December 7, 2020
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Journalism? I think there might be some left in Europe or somewhere outside of the CCP serf colony AKA America.
Don’t worry no one will be there for the comrades when the tinted window SUV pulls up in the middle of the night due to a thoughtcrime hotline tip report or Covid-Sharia violation.
I’d say it’s credible to conclude it began with Tommy Robinson. I believe he might have been the first who was so maligned that “social media” labeled him in the category of “terrorist”. He is that dangerous of a man. It then went to the most unlikely of people, Lauren Southern. It started taken to an entirely new level. Now it wasn’t only social media accounts restricted but livelihoods that were restricted. It was an all new era of warfare. Paul Watson, the most uncontroversial person imaginable, also became a target and soon afterwards, Alex Jones. Alex was the tipping point for the worldwide media. Few understood at the time it was the morning of an all out war on the opinionated opposition. But a “mistake” made made in the mix of all this when they included members of Congress. It was time to pull back and re-group. Instead of high-profile accounts it needed to be a purge of only those who Big Media “decided” were the undesirables. NOW, the undesirables include any and all who oppose Big Media, Big Tech which speak against them. Once Fox decided to join in and become fully on-board, the voices are sufficiently silenced. It’s now just a matter of pulling the weeds out of the garden.
The public needs to be aware the small voice will still be attacked no matter where he hides. Soon it may not even be possible to congregate on individual platforms. They, too, can be erased into oblivion. It has begun and will continue. The only recourse is private servers because, at some point, it will be the only method of congregating. The algorithms of Big Tech are so acute they can tell your plans before it’s even written down. It’s the amount of so much personal data the public has allowed to be harvested that it can be done with ease. It is why I have not one single social account or even a smartphone. This is certainly the beginning of a time for a more cautious approach.
Never had a sailfawn (cellphone) and never will. Found an iPhone while out for a walk and threw it away. I’m sure it had some value but it was pretty beat up.
No social media, no email, this is the neighbor’s wifi that they let me use for tech support.
So far this year I have found $136, a case of Coors, a Tigerstripe (!) camo reissue jacket, multiple obedience muzzles (facemasks), a colorful so you can find it if dropped flashlight and a magnetic slotted screwdriver.
If you just look around and observe at all times it is amazing what you spot.
Pappy was a 101st LRRP and taught me recon very well.