One can say and believe anything one wants to, in one's own mind, that is. Trouble is when one wants to express it 'out' into general discourse. Who owns the platform? Who controls the owner(s). Does the govt control the owners, or vice versa? The slope is slippery indeed. What if a vaunted pundit of trust is exposed as a fraud and a liar? What if the liar is protected by a multi-billion dollar industry whose interest is in making money by continual lying? What then? i.e. War? Pharmaceuticals? Prisons? The unequal justice system?, et al. "Freedom of Speech" as taught in school is only a pipe-dream, and always has been. The 'net opened up vast spaces of discourse and now the "owners" want to regain control. It was fun while it lasted. Peace, the Ol' Hippy
One can say and believe anything one wants to, in one's own mind, that is. Trouble is when one wants to express it 'out' into general discourse. Who owns the platform? Who controls the owner(s). Does the govt control the owners, or vice versa? The slope is slippery indeed. What if a vaunted pundit of trust is exposed as a fraud and a liar? What if the liar is protected by a multi-billion dollar industry whose interest is in making money by continual lying? What then? i.e. War? Pharmaceuticals? Prisons? The unequal justice system?, et al. "Freedom of Speech" as taught in school is only a pipe-dream, and always has been. The 'net opened up vast spaces of discourse and now the "owners" want to regain control. It was fun while it lasted. Peace, the Ol' Hippy