Independent Journalist
Here’s a nugget to ruminate on: Big Tech -- including Facebook, Twitter, Google and YouTube, Reddit -- are now censoring the government. Not just the President. They’re actively suppressing the Senate as they try to pass on information via the Senate website. They are literally blocking Senate links to public, published information. These tech giants collaborated and colluded to keep all of us from seeing published, publicly available information on Joe Biden’s family corruption.
The Techligarcy is all-in for Biden and the left. And they do not care if you know.
More disturbing, former bastions of real journalism such as the New York Times, the Washington Post and CNN, cheered and applauded this censorship, going so far as to say it was too little, too late. How can people who call themselves “Journalists” get in that lane and drive? Those people are despicable. Also, they can clearly no longer be trusted to tell the truth or report the news without political bias. Of course, we all already knew this, but this current turn of events really seals the deal. These former institutions of journalistic standards have become parodies of themselves. It's disgusting, and kinda sad, because they still believe they're relevant.
The Techligarcy is all-in for Biden and the left. And they do not care if you know.
More disturbing, former bastions of real journalism such as the New York Times, the Washington Post and CNN, cheered and applauded this censorship, going so far as to say it was too little, too late. How can people who call themselves “Journalists” get in that lane and drive? Those people are despicable. Also, they can clearly no longer be trusted to tell the truth or report the news without political bias. Of course, we all already knew this, but this current turn of events really seals the deal. These former institutions of journalistic standards have become parodies of themselves. It's disgusting, and kinda sad, because they still believe they're relevant.
We know better.
I’m personally, deeply offended, that Google, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and the rest of the Social Media Techligarcy believe I’m too stupid to make up my own mind about a news story. These self-appointed censors, fact checkers and editors seem to believe they can limit what I hear, see and read based on their political, ideological and religious views.
The bitch of it is, at this moment in history, they appear to be correct.
Which reminds me of something. Here’s where I see a parallel to this social information malfunction. About a thousand years ago, the church and nobility of Europe brought about a period in Western history called The Dark Ages. They were dark because the church decreed that only clergy and nobility needed education and to know how to read, write and communicate. This single power play to control the peasants preceded about half a millenia of stagnation, war, starvation and plague. If the clergy told you the Bible said a person was damned to go straight to hell if you weren’t polishing a pew every Sunday, then with no way to prove otherwise, a peasant had little choice but to believe. The Church and the nobility controlled the narrative and the flow of information. It made controlling people easier if those people couldn’t argue from a position of knowledge and reason.
It is an old story, an old game.
I’m personally, deeply offended, that Google, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and the rest of the Social Media Techligarcy believe I’m too stupid to make up my own mind about a news story. These self-appointed censors, fact checkers and editors seem to believe they can limit what I hear, see and read based on their political, ideological and religious views.
The bitch of it is, at this moment in history, they appear to be correct.
Which reminds me of something. Here’s where I see a parallel to this social information malfunction. About a thousand years ago, the church and nobility of Europe brought about a period in Western history called The Dark Ages. They were dark because the church decreed that only clergy and nobility needed education and to know how to read, write and communicate. This single power play to control the peasants preceded about half a millenia of stagnation, war, starvation and plague. If the clergy told you the Bible said a person was damned to go straight to hell if you weren’t polishing a pew every Sunday, then with no way to prove otherwise, a peasant had little choice but to believe. The Church and the nobility controlled the narrative and the flow of information. It made controlling people easier if those people couldn’t argue from a position of knowledge and reason.
It is an old story, an old game.
My aim is not to tell someone else what to do. I'm simply giving advice based on what helped me. I got to this point because it really pisses me off when some talking head tells me, "Here's what you need to to take away from this ..."
The Techligarcy is controlling the flow of information. We peasants will like it or we can take our plows and shovels and go home. Which is exactly what we should all do. Want to reduce stress in your life? Dump Facebook, dump Twitter, dump Instagram, delete your Reddit shortcuts, dump all your social media. Then, stop watching the news, get off the internet, stay out of Reddit, ignore your news feeds. Watch a movie, listen to music, read a book, visit your family, exercise.
Dump it all...you’ll feel better.
(But, it’s ok to read my blog, because I’m on your side. I'll also admit to a bit of backsliding, as I recently joined Parler. On a positive note, Parler has not censored me and kicked me off the platform for making fun of CNN.)
(But, it’s ok to read my blog, because I’m on your side. I'll also admit to a bit of backsliding, as I recently joined Parler. On a positive note, Parler has not censored me and kicked me off the platform for making fun of CNN.)
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