Leftists Can’t Handle The Truth, So They Censor It
By: Scott Morefield
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Source: AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty
"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?
The motives behind leftist censorship don’t get discussed nearly enough, but let’s delve into them a bit now. First of all, I’ll go ahead and rule out any commitment to actual truth. These people wouldn’t know truth if it bit them in the eye, nor do they care about what the truth actually is, especially on topics where there are leftist-friendly narratives to push, like race, climate change, gender theory, and, especially of late, Covid.
No, leftists don’t have truth to sell, but they do have a narrative. They want to push an agenda and facts aren’t on their side, but they also know they can’t kick *everyone* off who disagrees with them, if only because there are too many and/or they don’t want to be super transparent about what they’re doing. Nor do they want to engage in open debate, allow a preponderance of such debates on their platform, or allow their preferred narrative-pushers to be called out too strongly by super-qualified detractors. That’s why I believe Big Tech selectively kicks off certain accounts, large accounts with lots of reactions to their posts. Instead of entirely banning the ideas (for now, at least), they are in effect limiting debate about the ideas that tend to center around these accounts.
I think Big Tech censors aren’t really afraid of the information they are censoring nearly as much as they are afraid of a free, rational, back-and-forth debate about their key narrative issues. Why? Because, obviously, our side would absolutely obliterate theirs. Do you think someone like Dr. Anthony Fauci would ever engage the likes of Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Dr. Martin Kuldorff, or Dr. Robert Malone in a debate about Covid policy, even though those highly qualified individuals - and everyone else on Team Reality - have consistently called for it? We all know the answer to that. Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s appearance on Rogan was a mistake that likely won’t happen again, and it would never have happened in the first place had Rogan intended to bring on a Bhattacharya or Kuldorff to counter his points.
Reacting to conservative and Team Reality outcry over the YouTube and Twitter’s censorship of Dr. Robert Malone and Malone’s subsequent appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast, Dilbert creator Scott Adams tweeted : “Stop watching long interviews that involve one non-expert talking to one expert. That's a guarantee you will be misinformed. Ask yourself if Twitter or Google would ban content in which opposing sides are argued by experts. They wouldn't, because that would be useful.”
To which I responded : “That would be great, except in this case it seems that only one side is begging for such a debate while the other avoids it at all costs.”
Hypothetically, were such a debate to occur, would Big Tech allow it to remain on their platforms? To know the answer, you only need to know if Big Tech giants are actually calling for a reasonable, rational discussion between adherents of both sides of the issue? They could make it happen in a snap - and even Fauci would be shamed into participating - yet they never will.
On any given issue, which side is begging for a debate? Which side is suppressing the debate? The answer will tell you a ton about which side is likely closest to the actual truth.
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They are censoring dangerous reich wing lies.
MTG is the perfect example.
She lies constantly. Almost literally everything she says is a lie.
Actually it’s the entire original squad that are the dumbest women in congress by far.
Incorrect.
Totally correct beyond all doubt.
Get over it XXXX - he's out of office - won't be back - time for you to move on.
I saw no individual named in my post you responded to.
Pretty sure he meant Trump.
Err, maybe 'Rump'?
Trump wasn’t the subject of the seeded article.
The article is about liberals using biased so called fact checker organizations to content control and censor🤬 conservatives, our ideas, and our sources and mentions alternatives for people to go to get out of fact checkers hell. Nothing about Trump.
Trump is the subject of everything. He demands it, revels in it and is sustained by it. Trouble is, his penchant for that and other things will be his undoing.
Truth is never biased.
Conservatives haven't any ideas and the bulk of their 'sources' originate from Russian Intelligence organizations.
You mean like the "Steele Dossier"?
Uh no. That originated from MI-6. To bad it was never vetted.
So that is the BS story now? it was never vetted but it was used for illegal FISA warrants and an illegitimate 4 year investigatin that come up empty.
It was a national disgrace what the deep state did to Trump to try to prevent his election and then to cash in on that insurance policy and divide America needlessly for four years.
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People are entitled to their own opinions, not their own facts and the vast majority of the right doesn't know what facts are.
The article is about being able to express said opinion and openly compete in the marketplace of ideas with out being censored by bigots and self appointed know nothings who think they hold a monopoly on truth and science.
Um...
I thought the article was about censoring the truth, (which isn't happening)?
The left uses big tech social media tools to censor truth inconvenient to them all the time.
So give us say, 10 examples.
Um, you don't see the problem here? It's blatant bigotry. There are lots of Christians that are...wait for it...GAY. Jesus, you proved my point, thanks!
It is a fact that the Bible literally speaks out against the act of sex in any way shape and form outside of a male female marriage relationship. It is also a fact that more “progressive” churches disregard certain texts where they think that they know better than God does. That some bigots try to censor the believers of the original literal text as written that such acts are an abomination before God is also fact.
FYI Not Jesus but his Father..........................so it stands to reason he did
"Leviticus 18 and 20
"You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination." Chapter 18 verse 22. "If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them." Chapter 20 verse 13."
SMFH
SMFH at the justification of condemning homosexuals.
SMFH - at least I can admit I made an error - and not blame it on others - unlike certain other posters.
Just pointing out an error. I have no problem with homosexuals.
Exactly! That was one issue the people living there didn’t mess up on and Jesus never had to say a word of correction to them about that. The people there didn’t copy the Greeks or Romans in living in that particular sin. Jesus was the One whom Abraham negotiated with to try to save Sodom and Gomorrah if 10 righteous people were in them. There were none. Jesus is the One who brought down the destruction upon those places.
Except when it goes against the lefts narrative. Then they get censored, accounts shut down and "cancelled".
Just like the R.R. Martin quote at the top says:
What is the left afraid of that they have to censor so many people?
So when did congress make a law that censored or denied someone their freedom of speech or freedom of the press?
Free exercise of the press means that the press can choose what stories they run. It seems that some right wing conservatives want to force the press/media to run their conservative content while also banning them from giving any negative opinion of such content.
So once again, we have a right wing media outlet complaining that they're being censored and yet here is their story on Townhall where anyone who wants to hear it can read all about it, and its even being linked here at NT. They know they aren't being censored, if they were no one would be able to read their views which clearly isn't true, their right wing idiocy is everywhere, their dumb shit conservative conspiracy theories are easily found for anyone who wants to read them.
What this is really about is that right wing conservatives think nothing of banning left wing content from all of their right wing media outlets, you'll never find Townhall running a pro-choice article or story that defends BLM and points out how few of the protests actually turned violent, that would be counter to their conservative narrative so they'd never let that happen.
Yet when the other media outlets conservatives call 'the MSM' refuse to run their conservative counter narrative stories or refuse to validate their conspiracy theories as conservatives think they should the right wing conservatives go ape shit screaming "I'm being censored! My freedom of speech is being denied!". It's obviously total horse shit but they just love to claim victimhood every time they're not getting enough attention like a petulant little five year old throwing a tantrum because they didn't get their way. What lying self-centered crybaby losers.
No ones freedom of speech has been violated, if you want to hear what Dr. Robert Malone is saying you can, no one is stopping you. But don't expect private media companies who don't fall for the right wing conservative horseshit narrative to be carrying water for them just because they're throwing a fucking tantrum.
Exactly.
The right consistently and conveniently forgets that big social media companies are indeed private companies that have their own rules. Violate the rules, pay the price, it's that simple yet they cannot seem to grasp that simple concept.
It's almost as if the capitalists suddenly realize that they have created a monster, then want to complain about it.
Private companies acting at the behest of and as willing tools of the democrat party in order to avoid regulation
And the right wing doesn't do the EXACT same thing? Either way, rules are rules. Follow them or pay the price. It's that simple. MTG was kicked off twitter for LYING and spreading disinformation. She was warned seven, (7!!!!), times to knock it off. Now she is banned and Twitter is a better place for it.
And right wing media isn't "acting at the behest of and as willing tools of the Republican party"? Your argument is so full of holes you could use it as a pasta strainer...
Let's get to the facts:
Fact: A social media company not owned by or run by the government is under no compunction to run any stories they don't want to whether partisan or not. It is not a violation of the 1st amendment or even illegal censoring when they choose not to air/run right wing conservative conspiracy theory stories.
The 1st amendment does not guarantee each viewpoint, no matter how crazy, equal time and exposure on every media platform.
It's why you don't hear anyone on the left whining and moaning daily about Fox News not running their pro-choice story which details how the vast majority of Americans and women support the Roe v Wade ruling or that they're not showing 24/7 footage of the January 6th capital attack like they did with the 2020 protests that turned violent.
Fact: Right wing viewpoints have dozens and dozens of right wing media outlets to get their messages out. No one is deprived of right wing viewpoints, you can find them just about anywhere. The only place you might not find them is within the main stream media.
Mainstream: noun - the ideas, attitudes, or activities that are regarded as normal or conventional; the dominant trend in opinion, fashion, or the arts.
The reason why fringe right wing bullshit rhetoric and their fantasy conspiracy theories aren't being validated by the "mainstream" is because they're not "normal, conventional or the dominant trend in opinion", they are right wing white nationalist fringe opinion. They are flat earth, young earth, faked moon landing, lizard people, mind control contrails, Democrats eat babies, all Democrats are ANTIFA and BLM insane conspiracy theories which are not in any way shape or form "mainstream" opinions and thus have no place in mainstream media other than to be laughed at and ridiculed as the bullshit right wing fantasy insanity it is.
But what about…
The big tech social media and their biased “fact” checkers are acting as agents and tools of those in power in government to do for them what the constitution prohibits them doing on their own.
Either it's a fact or it isn't...facts cannot be biased, but, again i'll ask you for examples.
Too much of what fact checkers do including the one here is passing judgement upon the expression of opinions and determination unsettled viewpoint arguments as true or false based on their personal bias
I am giving you the opportunity to give me examples of facts that aren't really facts.
Gee XXX. Why doesn't Trump, Bannon 'the Ghoul' and the rest of the 'goon squad' testify under oath and prove their case? No censorship there, right?
They aren’t the topic or issue here.
Except they are. The 'Ghouls' fear their lies and deceit may lose the legitimate platforms.