“
At some level the question of
what speech should be acceptable and what is harmful needs to be
defined by regulation.” - Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, 2019
It's hard to believe that here in our
beloved America, George Orwell's classic novel, “1984,”
has now truly come to life. “Big Brother” style government
censorship of the public discourse is no longer being hidden what
with Biden's press secretary Jen Psaki, just a few short weeks ago,
holding a presser and freely admitting that the flow of information
on key social media sites is being censored "for our own
good"...censored she said because the White House does not want what
they deem “misinformation” to
be making the internet rounds.
“
Misinformation” of what is
actually truth...
truth the
White House knows does not and will not play well with their Socialist/Marxist
agenda. Suppression of not only our First Amendment right to free
speech but suppression of our personal thoughts it seems, and it's
all in an effort to coerce adoption of the Biden
administration's...or should I say the Obama
administration's...anti-American polices. Inconvenient truths now appearing at an
inconvenient time...a time when
“We the People” are
bearing witness to a steep rise in inflation; when illegals crossing
our southern border are reaching record high numbers; a time when
forensic audits are beginning to show that voter fraud did rule the
2020 election; and a time when the China virus sees an uptick in
numbers...and uptick where the blame is being placed on those of us
wise enough not to be
“jabbed” instead of where it
rightfully belongs, as in the Chinese lab where said virus was
created and then released from.
And dare we forget the administration's
suppressing of the truth regarding a certain someone in the
administration...as in one Dr. Anthony Fauci...whose blood stained hands
are all over this China virus mess.
So with Biden's administration
actually having given itself the power to censor our words, know that
the very act of censorship itself is the first step towards
dictatorship. And while many social media sites, key of which is
Facebook, are and have been working for years with the Democrats to
censor our conservative voices, know that the concept of censorship as
per the First Amendment clearly states that,
“Congress shall make no
law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;
or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the
Government for a redress of grievances.” In other words, the
government is forbidden, amongst other things, from impinging on the free-speech rights of
both private entities and
“We the People.” But this,
unfortunately, means that a private entity, like Facebook, can
legally on their own decide that someone is trying to pass along what
they deem to be false or
“misinformation,” and then not to
allow that individual the use of their platform to spread their
thoughts or to access their platform's other users.
But whether Facebook be a private or a
public entity, it's important to remember that Facebook is traded on
the N.Y. Stock Exchange which means their shares are open to the
public for purchase, therefore they are bound to abide by the Exchange's rules regarding censorship as well...which I believe they have not. And this also leads me to believe that Facebook is and has been practicing
censorship at the bidding of the Biden administration no matter that
the administration now claims they are just
“suggesting” that
platform(s) like Facebook ban those who spread Covid-19
misinformation and are not actually
“demanding” that said
platform(s) do so...which surely would violate one's First Amendment
rights.
But the truth is that it's way more
than just Covid-19 so-called
“misinformation” that
Facebook and other social media platforms are censoring. In fact,
it's now anyone's words that do not promote the Democrat-Socialist
agenda...as in words not supporting open borders; words not
supporting BLM, reparations or Critical Race Theory; words not
promoting the climate change nonsense; or words that are not
anti-white, not pro-abortion or words that do not believe there are
57 genders from which to choose
. Even innocuous political
viewpoints that don't march in lockstep with the socialist left sees
Facebook fact checkers labeling said posts as
“misinformation”
and/or
“extremism,” and
therefore again must be removed
"for our own good." And to Mark
Zuckerberg in regards to his call for regulations on
“harmful”
speech, I say the last thing this country needs is you telling our
lawmakers that what needs to be done is placing even more regulations
on our Constitutionally given right to free speech.
And let's not forget that the blocking
of opposing viewpoints is done with one having little to no recourse
for review. In other words, social media sites like Facebook have
already become their own little dictatorial kingdoms deciding what is
or is not acceptable speech, and are now doing so for the Obama
controlled Biden administration as well. But again, the problem with
this is that said little dictatorial kingdoms are going out over the
very public internet highway, and here is where a legal line might
indeed have been crossed. And this is something that, I believe, must be looked into
by those who know the intricacies of communication law, for I'm not
sure if a private company like Facebook has the law on its side in
regards to working with the Biden administration to help censor
opposing viewpoints on what is and will remain a public internet
venue.
But always remember that it's not up to
the government to decide what is or is not truth nor should social
media platforms be determining right or wrong speech. And it's
especially grievous when these two entities join together...as has
now been admitted to...and use the public internet highway to
basically make a mockery of “We the People's” First
Amendment right to free speech.
And yet another mockery that recently
came to light saw the Biden administration inviting supposed U.N.
experts on racism and human rights to visit the U.S. to observe,
publicly confront the treatment of minorities in America, and then to
“help combat systemic racial injustice and inequality especially
against people of African descent in the context of law
enforcement”...U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's words not
mine.
And what a joke this is as said U.N.
experts, known as “Special Rapporteurs,” are tasked with
the job of reporting back to the world body if issues are found
regarding what's called “contemporary forms of racism and minority issues.”
Appointed by members of the 47-member U.N. Human Rights
Council...with today's 15 appointed “Special Rapporteurs”
coming from the countries of Bolivia,
China, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, France, Gabon, Malawi, Mexico, Nepal,
Pakistan, the Russian Federation, Senegal, Ukraine, the United
Kingdom, and Uzbekistan...isn't it more than a bit disconcerting that these
member nations include some of the most flagrant violators of human
rights...as in but not limited to China, Cuba, Pakistan, and the
Russian Federation.
Third, the nonsense known as Critical Race
Theory...a theory whose prime goal is to teach hate...also teaches
folks who were never racists before how and why to become racists
now. And reason number four sees demands for reparations by black
folks who were never slaves be given to them by white folks who were
never slave owners. Claiming this as a means by which white America
can address the legacies of slavery, colonial rule, and racial
discrimination, to that I say slavery happened, blacks were freed,
and it's time to get over yourselves and move on to bigger, better,
and more worthy matters...like take responsibility for your own
actions and get yourselves off the government gravy train.
Today, I
most vehemently believe that black Americans are owed nothing for our debt to you was paid in full with
the over 360,000 Union lives lost in the quest to set your
ancestors...not you who are alive today...free.
Let the United Nations. and its “Rapporteurs”
think on all that for awhile and then move on to monitoring countries
who truly discriminate against minorities...countries who are overt human
rights violators as well. China, North Korea, Iran, and Cuba quickly come to
mind and should for the U.N. too.
So while the Biden administration
continues to claim that it is deeply “dedicated to addressing
racial injustice and inequities at home and abroad,” I say our beloved country
would be better served by moving on from this Democrat and media generated
faux racist nonsense and address, let's say, what is a real crisis...as in the crisis at our
southern border...and the U.N. be damned.
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