UnHerd 5/29/2021 Russell Brand is not a conservative, or a booster of the Republican Party, or a guy who has a lot of time for, say, Rudy Giuliani. The comedian said as much when he introduced the latest guest on his podcast — journalist Glenn Greenwald — a couple of days ago. But what they discussed was one of the major Trumpist talking points... Read more
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Is Russell Brand a conspiracy theorist? – The Post
May 29 | Posted by mrossol | Biden, Censorship, Democrat Party, The LeftFacebook No Longer Banning Posts Suggesting COVID-19 Was Man-Made
May 27 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, Censorship, Coronavirus, The LeftOh, so its OK for these “content providers” to censor information, and then change their mind. Just perhaps Facebook was wrong and the USA might have been better off if they would have allowed all points of view to be discussed and vetted by the population. They aren’t as “all knowing” as they make themselves to be. ... Read more
Can Freedom Survive the Narratives?
May 17 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Critical Theory, The LeftWSJ 5/16/2021 By Lance Morrow The “problem of the 20th century,” W.E.B. DuBois wrote in 1903, “is the problem of the color line.” The problem of the 20th century turned out to be totalitarian ideologies, which killed scores of millions of people. The killing was baked into the ideology. Mass murder seemed to be a necessity of the century’s Big Ideas. The... Read more
Facebook’s Book-Banning Blueprint – WSJ
May 8 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, Censorship, Liberal Press, The LeftWSJ May 7, 2021 Amazon this year started its foray into politicized book-banning, pulling a three-year-old book on transgender policy by a conservative think-tanker from its web store. Facebook doesn’t sell books, but it can suppress their distribution when they conflict with a political agenda. The social-media giant now appears to be throttling a Wall Street Journal review of a book on climate science by physicist... Read more
Is AMERica past the point of no return?
April 22 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Biden, Deep State, Democrat Party, Losing Freedom, The Left, TotalitarianismWhat we are seeing is what I feared we would. I believe the Democrats are pointing the entire USA in the same direction as Portland. That was the only reason I voted for Donald Trump. As far as I could see, Trump was the only one with enough support to stand against this tide. I do... Read more
