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that and KYC

Seems a poor fit for “government outsourcing…censorship.” Government didn’t do anything to cause it to happen. It looked to me like some companies exercising their first amendment right to choose what they allow on their wholly-owned websites. Nobody was stopped or even discouraged from setting up their own websites to spread their hysteria. But I know Elon Musk thought that was censorship. Idk maybe they didn’t require much constitutional knowledge on his citizenship test.

Which one?

I'm assuming he's referring to the constant attempts at suppression of information.

Much of this information was also BS.

The vaccinated are still pretty much alive and didn't die because of AIDS

1. That is not the point. Truly liberal and progressive societies should tolerate and be immune to disinformation without censorship.

2. What is known to be false now may be true later (and vice-versa). No matter how big the govt. or a company gets, it won't be omniscient.

3. Remember the well documented flip flop about masks. At one point, CDC/Fauci were the ones spreading disinformation. During the flip-flop, real information was censored. Also, the lab leak theory was initially ruled out to be 100% impossible and heavily censored, now the same folks are saying that it might have been possible.

Since the sibling comment has been flagged dead, I find it absolutely hilarious that the commenter who says "we should all touch grass" created a new account to just reply to this comment while sitting in a public park. Apparently, touching grass is not enough for them.

> What’s really happening is a bunch of armchair philosophers are engaged in prosaic armchair philosophy about how much of a police state the world is Meanwhile here I am at a public park launching Estes powered rockets You all should go touch grass. Sedentary exercise or language faculties is not healthy

There is no truly liberal and progressive society, and we are not immune to disinformation.

And Fauci had a reason for that flip-flop.

https://edition.cnn.com/factsfirst/politics/factcheck_e58c20...

What would you have done in that situation?

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