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Michael Ejercito
Aug 12, 2021, 11:43:53 PM8/12/21
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Scared Yet? I Want To Hear A Legitimate Defense Of YouTube Censoring
Senator Paul’s Speech…
AUGUST 12, 2021 / JACK MARSHALL
Spoiler: There isn’t one.
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), the U.S. Senate’s most passionate libertarian,
was suspended from YouTube for expressing his strong opposition to Wuhan
virus mandates and calling for widespread citizen resistance. This is
res ipsa loquitur: Big Tech is using its corporate power to support
government policies and prevent dissent. The argument that YouTube (that
is, Google) is a private entity and not bound by the First Amendment is
disingenuous, just as similar arguments defending Facebook, Twitter and
other social media banning President Trump as well as posts that offer
opinions and positions they don’t want the public to see. When
corporations use their massive power and influence to suppress speech
and control the flow of information, they pose an existential threat to
democracy. When they exercise this power to advance the political agenda
of a specific group, individual or party, that threat is worse. When
they are censoring and distorting on behalf of the government, the
threat is dire.
Paul released a rebuttal and condemnation of YouTube’s indefensible
action, and it was also taken down by Our Video Masters. You can view it
here, on Rumble. If I could embed it, I would.
Let me turn the floor over to Professor Turley, not as an appeal to
authority, but because there is no reason for me to write in different
words what he has said persuasively already:
“This is part of our political debate. People have a free speech right
to oppose the mandates and question the science cited by the government.
In this case, a corporation is preventing a major political figure from
being able to use its platform to engage others on this subject. It is
picking and choosing who can speak and what they can say. It has a right
to do so as a private company but it is wrong to do so. It is a denial
of free speech and we need to address the corporate control over
political speech in the United States. I have previously and repeatedly
said that I believe people should be vaccinated. I and my family are
vaccinated. However, I will not accept arguments that my public health
concerns should negate the free speech rights of others, including Sen.
Paul. I also do not accept that these corporations should hold such a
strangle hold over public debate.The rise of corporate censors has
combined with a heavily pro-Biden media to create the fear of a de facto
state media that controls information due to a shared ideology rather
than state coercion. That concern has been magnified by demands from
Democratic leaders for increased censorship, including censoring
political speech, and now word that the Biden Administration has
routinely been flagging material to be censored by Facebook.”
Bingo. If you scroll down the nearly 200 comments to Turley’s, you don’t
have to go far to find Turley readers, many of them bravely named
“Anonymous,” who argue against the professor’s position by arguing that
Paul is “wrong.” This is the same approach used by my increasingly
totalitarian-tilting Facebook friends, a depressing number of them
lawyers, to rationalize the biased mainstream media distortion of facts
and manipulation of news during the Trump administration (as well as
before and after.) It doesn’t matter if the senator is wrong. Rand Paul,
like his father, is wrong about a lot of issues, but he is a U.S.
Senator, and a free populace must be able to hear what he wants to say.
The same applies to Donald Trump, the “Squad,” Andrew Cuomo, and my
neighbor who doesn’t have the sense to come out of the rain.
Two cheers are due, I guess, to the mainstream media for coverage,
though spotty and misleading, of YouTube’s disgraceful move. At least
the Washington Post and New York Times covered it, though not with the
prominence such a story deserves, and I have yet to see or read a
ringing editorial by any of these First Amendment-protected entities
condemning Google and YouTube, because, you see, these papers support
the censorship. It’s just an extension of their own attacks on
democracy. The Post, Times, and most of the other outlets flag their
support by headlines like the AP’s “YouTube Suspends Rand Paul After
Misleading Video on Masks.” His speech isn’t about masks, and they damn
well know it. Turley’s headline is accurate and fair: “YouTube Censors
Sen. Rand Paul for Speaking Against Mandates.”
Americans have to be willing to fight for their freedom speech. No, by
“fight” I’m not calling for an insurrection any more than Donald Trump was.
But it might have to come to that.
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Scared Yet? I Want To Hear A Legitimate Defense Of YouTube Censoring
Senator Paul’s Speech…
AUGUST 12, 2021 / JACK MARSHALL
Spoiler: There isn’t one.
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), the U.S. Senate’s most passionate libertarian,
was suspended from YouTube for expressing his strong opposition to Wuhan
virus mandates and calling for widespread citizen resistance. This is
res ipsa loquitur: Big Tech is using its corporate power to support
government policies and prevent dissent. The argument that YouTube (that
is, Google) is a private entity and not bound by the First Amendment is
disingenuous, just as similar arguments defending Facebook, Twitter and
other social media banning President Trump as well as posts that offer
opinions and positions they don’t want the public to see. When
corporations use their massive power and influence to suppress speech
and control the flow of information, they pose an existential threat to
democracy. When they exercise this power to advance the political agenda
of a specific group, individual or party, that threat is worse. When
they are censoring and distorting on behalf of the government, the
threat is dire.
Paul released a rebuttal and condemnation of YouTube’s indefensible
action, and it was also taken down by Our Video Masters. You can view it
here, on Rumble. If I could embed it, I would.
Let me turn the floor over to Professor Turley, not as an appeal to
authority, but because there is no reason for me to write in different
words what he has said persuasively already:
“This is part of our political debate. People have a free speech right
to oppose the mandates and question the science cited by the government.
In this case, a corporation is preventing a major political figure from
being able to use its platform to engage others on this subject. It is
picking and choosing who can speak and what they can say. It has a right
to do so as a private company but it is wrong to do so. It is a denial
of free speech and we need to address the corporate control over
political speech in the United States. I have previously and repeatedly
said that I believe people should be vaccinated. I and my family are
vaccinated. However, I will not accept arguments that my public health
concerns should negate the free speech rights of others, including Sen.
Paul. I also do not accept that these corporations should hold such a
strangle hold over public debate.The rise of corporate censors has
combined with a heavily pro-Biden media to create the fear of a de facto
state media that controls information due to a shared ideology rather
than state coercion. That concern has been magnified by demands from
Democratic leaders for increased censorship, including censoring
political speech, and now word that the Biden Administration has
routinely been flagging material to be censored by Facebook.”
Bingo. If you scroll down the nearly 200 comments to Turley’s, you don’t
have to go far to find Turley readers, many of them bravely named
“Anonymous,” who argue against the professor’s position by arguing that
Paul is “wrong.” This is the same approach used by my increasingly
totalitarian-tilting Facebook friends, a depressing number of them
lawyers, to rationalize the biased mainstream media distortion of facts
and manipulation of news during the Trump administration (as well as
before and after.) It doesn’t matter if the senator is wrong. Rand Paul,
like his father, is wrong about a lot of issues, but he is a U.S.
Senator, and a free populace must be able to hear what he wants to say.
The same applies to Donald Trump, the “Squad,” Andrew Cuomo, and my
neighbor who doesn’t have the sense to come out of the rain.
Two cheers are due, I guess, to the mainstream media for coverage,
though spotty and misleading, of YouTube’s disgraceful move. At least
the Washington Post and New York Times covered it, though not with the
prominence such a story deserves, and I have yet to see or read a
ringing editorial by any of these First Amendment-protected entities
condemning Google and YouTube, because, you see, these papers support
the censorship. It’s just an extension of their own attacks on
democracy. The Post, Times, and most of the other outlets flag their
support by headlines like the AP’s “YouTube Suspends Rand Paul After
Misleading Video on Masks.” His speech isn’t about masks, and they damn
well know it. Turley’s headline is accurate and fair: “YouTube Censors
Sen. Rand Paul for Speaking Against Mandates.”
Americans have to be willing to fight for their freedom speech. No, by
“fight” I’m not calling for an insurrection any more than Donald Trump was.
But it might have to come to that.
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HeartDoc Andrew
Aug 13, 2021, 12:23:13 AM8/13/21
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MichaelE wrote:
>http://ethicsalarms.com/2021/08/12/scared-yet-i-want-to-hear-a-legitimate-defense-of-youtube-censoring-senator-pauls-speech/#more-86170
>
>Scared Yet? I Want To Hear A Legitimate Defense Of YouTube Censoring
>Senator Paul’s Speech…
>AUGUST 12, 2021 / JACK MARSHALL
>
>Spoiler: There isn’t one.
>
>Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), the U.S. Senate’s most passionate libertarian,
>was suspended from YouTube for expressing his strong opposition to Wuhan
>virus mandates and calling for widespread citizen resistance.
Not doing our part to stop the COVID-19 pandemic is sin.
>http://ethicsalarms.com/2021/08/12/scared-yet-i-want-to-hear-a-legitimate-defense-of-youtube-censoring-senator-pauls-speech/#more-86170
>
>Scared Yet? I Want To Hear A Legitimate Defense Of YouTube Censoring
>Senator Paul’s Speech…
>AUGUST 12, 2021 / JACK MARSHALL
>
>Spoiler: There isn’t one.
>
>Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), the U.S. Senate’s most passionate libertarian,
>was suspended from YouTube for expressing his strong opposition to Wuhan
>virus mandates and calling for widespread citizen resistance.
The only *healthy* way to stop the pandemic, thereby saving lives, in
the U.S. & elsewhere is by rapidly ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 )
finding out at any given moment, including even while on-line, who
among us are unwittingly contagious (i.e pre-symptomatic or
asymptomatic) in order to http://bit.ly/convince_it_forward (John
15:12) for them to call their doctor and self-quarantine per their
doctor in hopes of stopping this pandemic. Thus, we're hoping for the
best while preparing for the worse-case scenario of the Alpha lineage
mutations and others like the Gamma, Beta, Epsilon, Iota, Lambda &
Delta lineage mutations combining to form hybrids that render current
COVID vaccines no longer effective.
Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 )
and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.
So how are you ?
...because we mindfully choose to openly care with our heart,
HeartDoc Andrew <><
--
Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Cardiologist with an http://HeartMDPhD.com/EternalMedicalLicense
2024 & upwards non-partisan candidate for U.S. President:
http://HeartMDPhD.com/WonderfullyHungryPresident
and author of the 2PD-OMER Approach:
http://HeartMDPhD.com/HeartDocAndrewCare
which is the only **healthy** cure for the U.S. healthcare crisis
Michael Ejercito
Aug 13, 2021, 10:17:23 AM8/13/21
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HeartDoc Andrew wrote:
> MichaelE wrote:
>
>> http://ethicsalarms.com/2021/08/12/scared-yet-i-want-to-hear-a-legitimate-defense-of-youtube-censoring-senator-pauls-speech/#more-86170
>>
>> Scared Yet? I Want To Hear A Legitimate Defense Of YouTube Censoring
>> Senator Paul’s Speech…
>> AUGUST 12, 2021 / JACK MARSHALL
>>
>> Spoiler: There isn’t one.
>>
>> Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), the U.S. Senate’s most passionate libertarian,
>> was suspended from YouTube for expressing his strong opposition to Wuhan
>> virus mandates and calling for widespread citizen resistance.
>
> Not doing our part to stop the COVID-19 pandemic is sin.
Jack Marshall is done wearing masks.
> MichaelE wrote:
>
>> http://ethicsalarms.com/2021/08/12/scared-yet-i-want-to-hear-a-legitimate-defense-of-youtube-censoring-senator-pauls-speech/#more-86170
>>
>> Scared Yet? I Want To Hear A Legitimate Defense Of YouTube Censoring
>> Senator Paul’s Speech…
>> AUGUST 12, 2021 / JACK MARSHALL
>>
>> Spoiler: There isn’t one.
>>
>> Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), the U.S. Senate’s most passionate libertarian,
>> was suspended from YouTube for expressing his strong opposition to Wuhan
>> virus mandates and calling for widespread citizen resistance.
>
> Not doing our part to stop the COVID-19 pandemic is sin.
>
> The only *healthy* way to stop the pandemic, thereby saving lives, in
> the U.S. & elsewhere is by rapidly ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 )
> finding out at any given moment, including even while on-line, who
> among us are unwittingly contagious (i.e pre-symptomatic or
> asymptomatic) in order to http://bit.ly/convince_it_forward (John
> 15:12) for them to call their doctor and self-quarantine per their
> doctor in hopes of stopping this pandemic. Thus, we're hoping for the
> best while preparing for the worse-case scenario of the Alpha lineage
> mutations and others like the Gamma, Beta, Epsilon, Iota, Lambda &
> Delta lineage mutations combining to form hybrids that render current
> COVID vaccines no longer effective.
>
> Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 )
> and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.
>
> So how are you ?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ...because we mindfully choose to openly care with our heart,
>
> HeartDoc Andrew <><
>
Michael
HeartDoc Andrew
Aug 13, 2021, 12:35:40 PM8/13/21
to
MichaelE wrote:
> I am wonderfully hungry!
While wonderfully hungry in the Holy Spirit, Who causes (Deuteronomy
8:3) us to hunger, I note that you, Michael, not only don't have
COVID-19 but are rapture (Luke 17:37) ready and pray (2 Chronicles
7:14) that our Everlasting (Isaiah 9:6) Father in Heaven continues to
give us "much more" (Luke 11:13) Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) so
that we'd have much more of His Help to always say/write that we're
"wonderfully hungry" in **all** ways including especially caring to
http://bit.ly/convince_it_forward (John 15:12 as shown by
http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 ) with all glory (
http://bit.ly/Psalm117_ ) to GOD (aka HaShem, Elohim, Abba, DEO), in
the name (John 16:23) of LORD Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen.
Laus DEO !
Suggested further reading:
https://groups.google.com/g/sci.med.cardiology/c/5EWtT4CwCOg/m/QjNF57xRBAAJ
Shorter link:
http://bit.ly/StatCOVID-19Test
Be hungrier, which really is wonderfully healthier especially for
diabetics and other heart disease patients:
http://HeartMDPhD.com/HeartDocAndrewToutsHunger (Luke 6:21a) with all
glory ( http://HeartMDPhD.com/Psalm117_ ) to GOD, Who causes us to
hunger (Deuteronomy 8:3) when He blesses us right now (Luke 6:21a)
thereby removing the http://HeartMDPhD.com/VAT from around the heart
...because we mindfully choose to openly care with our heart,
HeartDoc Andrew <><
While wonderfully hungry in the Holy Spirit, Who causes (Deuteronomy
8:3) us to hunger, I note that you, Michael, not only don't have
COVID-19 but are rapture (Luke 17:37) ready and pray (2 Chronicles
7:14) that our Everlasting (Isaiah 9:6) Father in Heaven continues to
give us "much more" (Luke 11:13) Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) so
that we'd have much more of His Help to always say/write that we're
"wonderfully hungry" in **all** ways including especially caring to
http://bit.ly/convince_it_forward (John 15:12 as shown by
http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 ) with all glory (
http://bit.ly/Psalm117_ ) to GOD (aka HaShem, Elohim, Abba, DEO), in
the name (John 16:23) of LORD Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen.
Laus DEO !
Suggested further reading:
https://groups.google.com/g/sci.med.cardiology/c/5EWtT4CwCOg/m/QjNF57xRBAAJ
Shorter link:
http://bit.ly/StatCOVID-19Test
Be hungrier, which really is wonderfully healthier especially for
diabetics and other heart disease patients:
http://HeartMDPhD.com/HeartDocAndrewToutsHunger (Luke 6:21a) with all
glory ( http://HeartMDPhD.com/Psalm117_ ) to GOD, Who causes us to
hunger (Deuteronomy 8:3) when He blesses us right now (Luke 6:21a)
thereby removing the http://HeartMDPhD.com/VAT from around the heart
...because we mindfully choose to openly care with our heart,
HeartDoc Andrew <><
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