Friends, Big Tech, and society in general, are cracking down on "hate speech" and "disinformation". Nobody likes "hate" and "lies", of course, but the problem is that we are a very, very long way from agreeing on what they are and when they're present. No matter: progressives have complete faith in their ability to know "hate" and "disinformation" when they see it. I mean, it's not like a leftist has ever made a mistake, right?
A case in point: Amazon, one of the world's largest booksellers, is culling all content that "we determine is hate speech ... or other material we deem inappropriate or offensive." No potential for dangerous overreach there, right? We simply CANNOT allow the Left to become the referee in questions of what speech is permissible and what isn't. As soon as we lose that battle, the war itself is lost. In fact, the war itself is futile.
Friends, back when Barack Obama was president, he was smart enough to perceive that slavery reparations were a "nonstarter" politically. In fact, proposing them would be "counterproductive". Well, now Obama believes that America is ready to fork over trillions of dollars to people on the basis of their skin color, on the (often groundless) assumption that their poverty was caused by the oppression of their enslaved forefathers. Now, has America traveled depressingly far down the path of reverse racism? Yes, it has. Is America dumb enough to embrace the cause of slavery reparations? That I simply don't believe. In fact, I suspect the Dems and the Left are once again overreaching and over-promising. I predict reparations will help to sink them in 2022, in fact.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-springsteen-podcast-reparations-white-resistance
I am all for reparations, but only for those whose ancestors were White Irish people sent to the West Indies as slaves.
ReplyDeleteAnyone who thinks that slavery reparations are okay, think again. I suggest you read what DR. CAROL MILLER SWAIN has to say about this, and a lot of other current "hot button" issues such as Critical Race Theory, and the BLM. Check her out. I have, and I'm real impressed. I think I need to read a few of her books also. Don't forget, that's Dr. CAROL MILLER SWAIN. And from a Christian perspective on race relations and related subjects, I recommend DR. TONY EVANS. Check these people out. Sorry, neither one of them is a White Leftist.
ReplyDeleteSamizdat is inevitable where Pravda reigns.
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DeleteRay, I like your idea of reparations for the descendants of white slaves (go back far enough and that would be all of us!). I can't think of anything more likely to make "progressive" heads explode...except maybe a big Trump win in 2024.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the recommendations, Ray!
Lee: you're right. The Left is playing whack-a-mole. They can chase us from one platform, and we will migrate to another. They can refuse to sell our books, and we'll find new ways to market them. Conservatism will live on...but it WILL struggle to inform people in the center (or what's left of it) of its message.
Dr.Waddy from Jack: Hate is a term the presumptuous left wants to establish in its arsenal of self evident accusations to be deployed casually in order to suppress insolent argument without all that humbug of principled discourse. One way to combat this is to use the word frequently to characterize their vicious antipathy to any who cross them. Its abundantly true and it turns a mirror on their totalitarian miens!
ReplyDeletefrom Jack: Really like the quote about Samizdat. The censorious American Left has already succeeded in ordering the onerous suppression of free expression which obtained under the Soviets. They purpose its comprehensive dictation to every aspect of American public and private life. They have made this abundantly evident, with a vengeance!
ReplyDeleteGood point, Jack -- screaming "HATE!" (hatefully) ought to cause the Left embarrassment. Unfortunately we live in post-embarrassment times.
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