The Information Dark Ages Coming?

For John, BLUF:  If you harbor deviant thoughts you will be made to shut up.  Of course none of my Progressive relatives and friends believe this.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Twitter bans Trump over risk of violence, but these leftist profs get a pass

Here is the sub-headline:

• Twitter permanently banned President Donald Trump due to “risk of further incitement of violence.”
• For years, Campus Reform has covered professors who have openly encouraged or justified violence, many of whom were not banned or suspended from the platform.

From Campus Reform, by Reporter Jezzamine Wolk, 15 January 2021, 1:45 PM .

Here is the lede plus three:

In one of the latest crackdowns from Big Tech, President Donald Trump has been permanently banned from Twitter, and Parler has been cut off by Amazon Web Services, Apple and Google.  Tech companies have justified the censorship as the necessary course of action for Trump, his supporters, and conservatives due to the “risk of further incitement of violence.”

But, for years, Campus Reform has reported on leftist professor who have explicitly sent ill wishes to conservatives and Trump supporters and who have justified violence as a means of silencing those with whom they disagree.

In October, University of Virginia Instructor David Walsh tweeted that Americans need to do more than protest if the election “worst-case scenario” happens.

“They need to actively try to topple the government,” the tweet read.  The instructor who teaches the course "Hateinnany: Fascism, Antifascism, and the Global Far Right” had also previously tweeted that Democrats will have to utilize “postwar German practice of superficial de-Nazification” upon a Joe Biden win.

Yes, Big Tech, Academia, the Media and the Progressives wish to curate the news we view and hear.

And, Campus Reform had this headline, from a couple of days ago.

Duke profs suggest Biden pursue 'new laws' to combat 'misinformation'

A pair of Duke professors are calling on the incoming Biden administration to establish a new commission aimed at combatting "misinformation."

We could be in real trouble.  It looks like we are dependent upon the mood of Senator Joe Manchin, Democrat of West Virginia.  I am hoping he is lean toward the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and not toward a Progressive curation of our information, such as Representative Sandy Cortez advocaters.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff