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Steyn: Leftists Are Openly Mocking Free Speech As A “Right-wing Fetish”

“They don’t even realise that these are tired ideas that they are lifting from a 70 year old indictment of the totalitarian state”

Published

2 years ago

4 February, 2021

Steve Watson

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Appearing on Tucker Carlson Tonight Wednesday, author and columnist Mark Steyn warned that we are at the stage where free speech is being mocked by the left as a “right-wing fetish”.

Steyn responded to a call in the New York Times for Joe Biden to appoint a “reality czar” to debunk “disinformation,” a notion that many pointed out conjures up the Ministry of Truth from Orwell’s 1984.

Steyn emphasised that the left “regard an ever-expanding range of topics as there being a correct view … whether it’s climate change or Islam or same-sex marriage or transgender participation in sports, there is a settled view and once we have settled it we need no longer need to debate.”

“The problem is there are an ever-expanding range of issues that are added to the list,” Steyn continued, adding “in the United States, where disagreeing with the official state position on, for example, a new coronavirus that nobody heard of a year ago and nobody knows anything about — just disagreeing with officialdom now is forbidden.”

“That is why the weasel phrase ‘disinformation’ — what is the information you are dissing? It’s official information. Ministry of Information information,” Steyn added.

Steyn further described “a malign alliance in Washington between big-tech and the state,” and noted “we are moving into a literally Orwellian world where phrases out of 1984, he uses the phrase ‘reality control’… The New York Times is in favour of establishing a Federal Agency of ‘reality control’.”

“These people are so unself-aware, and frankly so illiterate that they don’t even realise that these are tired ideas that they are lifting from a 70 year old indictment of the totalitarian state,” Steyn urged.

Carlson then chimed in “I wonder if that book is even read anymore, or if it is even allowed.”

“How long before Orwell himself is banned?” Carlson asked.

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Sam Harris Rage Quits Twitter Days After Claiming Hunter Biden Laptop Story Was Right “By Accident”

Musk announces that all internal Twitter communications about censoring the laptop story from 2020 will be made public

Published

18 hours ago

25 November, 2022

Steve Watson

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Lefty ‘philosopher’ Sam Harris has deleted his Twitter account, just days after he claimed that the New York Post report on the infamous Hunter Biden laptop was correct “by accident,” a comment that renewed scrutiny of Harris’ previous comments that he supported censorship of the story.

Harris complained on the Bill Maher podcast that he was being harassed by ‘right wing lunatics’ on Twitter in regards to his previous comments that he would still have supported censoring the story even if Hunter Biden had “the corpses of dead children in his basement,” as a way of preventing a second Trump term.

Now Harris’ Twitter account, which had 1.5 million followers, is gone:

Sam Harris has deleted his Twitter account. pic.twitter.com/JFiw4Td74z
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) November 24, 2022

It’s pretty simple, Sam only cared about free speech or open discussion
when he believed his victory was inevitable

His worldview couldn’t survive contact with reality https://t.co/4Dv0pzW0vJ
— Auron MacIntyre (@AuronMacintyre) November 24, 2022

'Hunter Biden could have had the corpses of children in his basement. I would not have cared.'

Sam Harris on the suppression of Biden laptop news on the eve of the election. https://t.co/FnzU8FfXat
— Pandem(on)ical Order of Good Cheer (@EmpireinWinter) November 22, 2022

Sam Harris could never accept being wrong so he doubled down on being wrong. Sad.
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) November 25, 2022

It isn’t clear whether Harris quit Twitter in response to reporting on his comments, or whether Elon Musk’s ‘voice of the people’ inspired decision to reinstate Trump and grant a general amnesty to others spurred the move, or both.

Either way, he’s taken his ball home.

Twitter before Elon: No Donald Trump
Twitter after Elon: No Sam Harris
🤡 pic.twitter.com/pULJlGqzrY
— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) November 24, 2022

Rest assured, you’ll still hear about Harris’ philosophical insights, like this for example:

“Osama bin Laden is far less reprehensible personally to me than Trump.” – @SamHarrisOrg pic.twitter.com/FnY9UntaBR
— Cernovich (@Cernovich) October 30, 2020

Harris follows the likes of other lefty celebrities including Whoopi Goldberg, Gigi Hadid, and Jack White who have all rage quit the platform in recent days.

Interestingly, Musk is saying that he intends to make public all internal discussions about the censoring of the Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story, noting “this is necessary to restore public trust.”

This is necessary to restore public trust
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2022

Musk also announced some details on the new $8 Twitter verification system:

Interesting … now pay $8
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 25, 2022

Sorry for the delay, we’re tentatively launching Verified on Friday next week.

Gold check for companies, grey check for government, blue for individuals (celebrity or not) and all verified accounts will be manually authenticated before check activates.

Painful, but necessary.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 25, 2022

All verified individual humans will have same blue check, as boundary of what constitutes “notable” is otherwise too subjective.

Individuals can have secondary tiny logo showing they belong to an org if verified as such by that org.

Longer explanation next week.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 25, 2022

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Elon Musk Announces General Amnesty BUT Twitter T&C’s Say ‘Denial Of Violent Events’ Will Not Be Tolerated

Did Musk mean to write ‘being Alex Jones will not be tolerated’?

Published

19 hours ago

25 November, 2022

Steve Watson

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Following the result of another Twitter poll indicating that over 70% want to see a general amnesty for suspended Twitter users, Elon Musk has announced that it will begin next week, but it appears there are some major caveats.

Musk again said “the people have spoken,” and used the Latin phrase “vox populi, vox dei,” meaning “the voice of the people is the voice of God”.

The people have spoken.

Amnesty begins next week.

Vox Populi, Vox Dei.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2022

It means that accounts that didn’t break the law or spam egregiously will be reinstated, according to Musk.

The amnesty announcement immediately triggered the media into declaring that a bunch of ‘online safety experts’ are warning that “lives are at risk.”

This article is activism masquerading as journalism. https://t.co/1NxvNpD7UN
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) November 25, 2022

The overlord experts are panicking about “a rise in harassment, hate speech and misinformation.”

I see Twitter's former ThoughtCops are now masquerading as "experts" https://t.co/lBtn3ND3MT
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) November 24, 2022

Who are these experts, and who told ABC that they're the judge and jury of "harassment, hate speech and misinformation." https://t.co/GxK2OPlDRd
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) November 24, 2022

Activists warn lives at risk over Elon Musk's amnesty plans for suspended Twitter accounts https://t.co/z3hmuv7FIj
— Axios (@axios) November 25, 2022

Much Ado About Nothing
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 25, 2022

New Twitter owner Elon Musk said he is granting "amnesty” for suspended accounts, which online safety experts predict will spur a rise in harassment, hate speech and misinformation. https://t.co/aZ0NyUP7Fp
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 24, 2022

But you have piqued my curiosity … who are these “online experts” you speak of?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 25, 2022

At the same time this was all unfolding, Musk tweeted out several posts regarding ‘hate speech’.

This is simply based on the same list of terms that Twitter has used for some time, so ceteris paribus
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 25, 2022

It is now clear that those terms were, shall we say, somewhat broad. So will they all remain in place after the amnesty?

It isn’t clear.

And then there is this…

To clarify, if this is a new policy—or at least explicitly mentions examples, I personally support it. That doesn’t mean it can’t be questioned though! I’m interested in what you think.
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) November 24, 2022

This just led to more questions…

Is this really new? Did Musk add this?

1) the rule (I'm told) is not new (hence wasn't added by Elon Musk)

2) the rule is unbearably weak and vague (compare https://t.co/UTNytjLHKT).
— Logic Geometry, Information (@LGcommaI) November 25, 2022

August 4th 2022https://t.co/sc0U0HrG5U
— Mr. Minarchy 🐊 (@community_notes) November 25, 2022

So nothing changed?
— Not a cat (@TommyApples80) November 25, 2022

What does it actually mean?

Well stated.
I want to know who decides what the official versions are, also.
— Just Lyra (@Zero2Crow) November 25, 2022

*event
— Gretchen Casey (@SheWhoCarries) November 25, 2022

I agree with numbers one and three. Not the center one (2). there's nothing wrong with thinking something didn't happen the way the media says it did and we're allowed legally to question everything.
— TracyRose1990 (@Rose1990Tracy) November 25, 2022

Yeah I'm gonna continue to believe we were sold a huge lie on what happened on 9/11. Just like JFK. Should we add JFK to this list? USS Liberty? Are we to believe that government or entity is able to come up with this list?
— Peeps (@TheOGPeeps) November 25, 2022

Slippery slope. What constitutes "9/11 denial", for example? Flat out rldenying it happened, or questioning who was behind it and other things, like bldg 7?
— John Nada (@J0HN_NADA) November 25, 2022

I’m not a fan. Not that I’m for “denying” historical events but “denial” can be subjective and people taking ridiculous and easily disproved stances should be subjected to appropriate ridicule publicly as opposed to being banned thereby rendering their views “mysterious”.
— Publius 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇩🇪✝️ (@jbtrauth) November 25, 2022

I don't understand this policy. JFK conspiracy videos are a staple of normie TV. Why is that OK to question? I don't think the 9/11 official story is true. I don't know what is – but am I not allowed to think that or express it if it comes up? Why?
— Beer Hall Pooch (@ColmKearney7) November 25, 2022

So we can't talk conspiracy theories?
— Taylor 🏴‍☠️ (@Masteroffuckits) November 24, 2022

That’s what Alex Jones said the other day. It’s freedom of speech according to the new boss, same as the old boss I guess
— Lucky_130 (@Lucky13014) November 24, 2022

Let’s be real, @elonmusk meant to write “being alex jones”.
— mars (@dumsoup) November 25, 2022

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‘Vox Populi, Vox Dei’: Elon Musk Says General Amnesty For Suspended Accounts ‘Begins Next Week’

Published

21 hours ago

25 November, 2022

Chris Menahan | Information Liberation

Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Thanksgiving Day announced that a general amnesty for suspended Twitter users who haven’t “broken the law or engaged in egregious spam” will begin “next week.”

Musk posted a poll on Wednesday asking, “Should Twitter offer a general amnesty to suspended accounts, provided that they have not broken the law or engaged in egregious spam?”

With over 3 million votes, 72.4% of users said “Yes” versus just 27.6% who said “No.”

“The people have spoken,” Musk announced after the poll closed. “Amnesty begins next week. Vox Populi, Vox Dei.”

The people have spoken.

Amnesty begins next week.

Vox Populi, Vox Dei.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2022

Musk said on Tuesday that his plan to have a “content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints” was crafted because “a large coalition of political/social activist groups” (see: the Anti-Defamation League and their cronies) “agreed not to try to kill Twitter by starving us of advertising revenue if I agreed to this condition” but “they broke the deal” by immediately organizing an advertiser boycott against him.

A large coalition of political/social activist groups agreed not to try to kill Twitter by starving us of advertising revenue if I agreed to this condition.

They broke the deal.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 22, 2022

Musk on Saturday told ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, who ordered the boycott, to “stop defaming me!”

Hey stop defaming me!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 20, 2022

Greenblatt last month threatened Musk with “dire consequences” if he replatformed “dangerous individuals” like Donald Trump, Alex Jones, Nick Fuentes, Steve Bannon, Andrew Tate and David Duke.