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Study Finds People With Higher Cognitive Ability Care More About Free Speech Than Political Correctness

The woke are dumber.

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A new study has found that people with higher cognitive ability are less likely to be concerned about political correctness and more likely to support free speech.

“Britain’s elite cultural institutions – the BBC, universities, the national trust – are dominated by the woke. Since smart people tend to get ahead in life, you might assume the woke would have higher intelligence. Not so, according to a new study,” writes Noah Carl.

Researcher Louise Drieghe and colleagues surveyed 300 American adults using the platform Mechanical Turk to measure participants’ cognitive ability by administering a test which involves accurately assigning words to pictures.

Other studies have shown that people’s scores on that test correlate closely with their scores on comprehensive IQ tests like the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.

Researchers then asked participants to give their answer to statements such as, “Every individual has the unalienable right to express their thoughts freely,” and, “Censorship of speech leaves little room for debate and diverse points of view.”

Participants were also asked to respond to statements such as, “I get mad when I hear someone use politically incorrect language” and “I try to educate people around me about the political meaning of their words.”

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The results show that there was “a moderate positive correlation between cognitive ability and support for freedom of speech, and a moderate negative correlation between cognitive ability and concern for political correctness. (The asterisks tell us these results are statistically significant.)”

In other words, the more cognitive ability a person displays, the less likely they are to be woke.

A harsher but somewhat accurate summary would be to say that people who embrace woke political dogmas are more stupid and gullible.

“If the woke are less intelligent, how did they gain so much influence?” asks Carl.

Perhaps they may be less intelligent but intelligent enough to know that wokeism is a creature of the establishment and by cynically embracing it then can get ahead in life at the expense of others.

Another explanation would be that people who are more intelligent are less likely to display intellectual cowardice by caving in to woke dogma and more motivated to actively resist it.

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“Don’t Be Intimidated” By The Censors – Tucker Carlson Urges Americans To Fight Back By ‘Telling The Truth’

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25 September, 2023

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In a brief clip of him speaking in Utica, MI, Tucker Carlson expresses his deep concern over widespread acceptance of dishonesty in public life, lamenting, “what’s true? The true things are the things that you can’t say.”

The former Fox News man rages at the lack of penalties for public figures who lie or display incompetence; contrasting this with the societal backlash against those who aim to speak their own truths, suggesting that in today’s society, “the only penalty is for noting what’s true.”

“Every society penalizes something…” In America, “it’s telling the truth.”

Drawing a parallel with foreign (banana republic) governments, Carlson recounts a recent experience in Buenos Aires that exposed the government’s dishonesty about the Argentine peso’s exchange rate. He emphasizes, “so the government lies about the value of its own currencies,” reflecting on the economic lies and falsehoods and manipulations (think non-farm payrolls jobs data revised lower every month this year for instance) of the US government.

Further into the speech, he points out the pattern of backlash he believes truth-tellers face, noting, “first they’ll tell you you’re hurting someone’s feelings… then they call you insane… the third thing they do is just criminalize telling the truth.”

He raises concerns about the role of significant U.S. institutions like the FBI and CIA, alleging they are partisan, and mentions, “when federal employees… take an aggressive position on the side of one political party, you can’t have a fair election.”

Lastly, he touches upon the 2020 U.S. presidential election, suggesting potential irregularities and fraud, blasting tech oligarchs’ influence in silencing the truth-sayers.

“If some oligarchs… spent nearly half a billion dollars to control the mechanics of the Bolivian election in 2020, we would say it’s not a legitimate election.”

Tucker closes by encouraging Americans to stand up against the censors: “don’t let them,” he exclaims, urging listeners“don’t be intimidated, your children’s future depends on your bravery.”

Watch the full speech below:

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The Truth About Brand

Of course it’s political.

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21 September, 2023

The media assured us claims Brand was the subject of a coordinated political attack were baseless “conspiracy theories”.

Now the political class, the media and literally *the government*, is carrying out a coordinated political attack to unperson him from all public platforms.

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Netanyahu Tells Musk He Hopes He Can Work Within The ‘Confines’ of the First Amendment to ‘Stop Anti-Semitism’ on Twitter

Musk responded by saying he’s “against attacking any group, doesn’t matter who it is.”

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19 September, 2023

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s met with Twitter/X owner Elon Musk on Monday as part of a public discussion on the dangers of artificial intelligence.

The Washington Post reported last week the meeting was going to be to discuss “anti-Semitism on X,” whereas Musk said it was going to be about AI.

Though it was mostly about AI — which Israel is seeking to take a leading role in — Netanyahu also told Musk he hopes he can work within the “confines” of the First Amendment to “stop anti-Semitism” on X.

Musk responded by saying he’s “against attacking any group, doesn’t matter who it is.”

“Obviously I’m against anti-Semitism, I’m against anti— really anything that promotes hate and conflict,” he added.

As I reported in May, the Biden White House’s first-ever “National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism” — which was developed in concert with pro-Israel groups like the Anti-Defamation League — called on “all online platforms” to ban “extremist websites,” ban “hate speech” and institute “zero tolerance” policies to protect Jews from anti-Semitism.

There’s nothing in the First Amendment about banning the criticism of certain groups or banning the promotion of “hate” and there’s nothing in there about prohibiting “hate speech.”

It was reported last month that X partnered with an Israeli digital ID company to provide premium users with an “optional” way to verify their identity by sharing selfies and their government ID.

Last week, X CEO Linda Yaccarino pledged to expand X’s censorship policies and appears to have banned multiple accounts to please the Center for Countering Digital Hate — which X is actively suing for defamation.

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