We need to be more aggressive about the evil of censorship. Censorship is a blatant lie, disguised as an action. It is the false claim that there is no other side to the story. Or it’s a false claim that any challenge to the prevailing narrative is bullshit before we even hear it. Censorship constitutes lies of omission. It is a technique for manipulating people by deceiving them. When used on social media, censorship is a tactic for fooling innocent users that a view is universally embraced when it is actually contested and, in fact, might be the minority view.
The Need to Hate and Fear Censorship
- Post author:Erich Vieth
- Post published:November 16, 2022
- Post category:Blackouts / Cancel Culture / Censorship / Communication / Debate / First Amendment / Media / Media Blackouts / Narratives in Media
- Post comments:2 Comments
Erich Vieth
Erich Vieth is an attorney focusing on civil rights (including First Amendment), consumer law litigation and appellate practice. At this website often writes about censorship, corporate news media corruption and cognitive science. He is also a working musician, artist and a writer, having founded Dangerous Intersection in 2006. Erich lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his two daughters.
It really is, whatever happened to free speech. I though that was part of the constitution. Trump did a great job suppressing the severity of covid. He actually thought he could cause mass hysteria or something by leveling about it. What’s really funny is the following: When Covid first hit I saw him give one speech saying Covid is vicious. He was really stressing how bad it was. Then something happened and he started downplaying it. In a sense, I’d consider this censorship. Compare those actions with the definition of censorship: The suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security.
Well- it was serious it crippled all the world but – after President Trump listened to the scientist like Fausti , who. Wouldn’t trust our too man of the country in the lab?
So why blame Trump the only real president – man who cared for America – we the people.
A republic for which it stands. & Trump remembered that always.