Left’s Reaction To Biden Admin Social Media Case Shows Their True Position On Free Speech, Ben Shapiro Says | Eastern North Carolina Now

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    Reaction to a bombshell ruling Tuesday from a federal judge showed that the Left doesn't truly believe in freedom of speech, seeing it only as a "tool of power" to enforce its dogma, according to Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro.

    Shapiro made the comments on his Wednesday podcast in response to a ruling that limited the communication between the Biden administration and social media companies. The ruling came after the Biden administration was accused of pressuring social media officials to take down or limit the reach of posts they deemed to be misinformation.

    "But this sort of stuff doesn't bother the Left whatsoever," Shapiro said, summarizing the Left's stance on free speech. "Again, because the principles of freedom of speech are mere platforms. They're not actual principles that are worthy of being upheld. So the question on whether you believe in a principle is whether when your opponents exercise it you believe that the principle should no longer apply."

    He added that many on the Left only supported free speech if it allowed them to gain power.

    "I've never called, for example, for the deplatforming of people who explicitly attack me on social media, because that's their prerogative. This is the United States. The Left [recognizes] no such prerogative. The Left doesn't believe that," The Daily Wire co-founder said. "The Left believes that free speech is merely a tool of power. So when they control it, free speech is good and when they don't control it, free speech is very, very bad."

    U.S. District Court Judge Terry Doughty wrote in his decision that the efforts by the Biden administration to restrict posts during the pandemic were Orwellian. The ruling came after Missouri and Louisiana filed a lawsuit against the administration, accusing it of pushing social media companies to censor content related to the coronavirus pandemic.

    "During the COVID-19 pandemic, a period perhaps best characterized by widespread doubt and uncertainty, the United States Government seems to have assumed a role similar to an Orwellian 'Ministry of Truth,'" Doughty wrote.

    The judge said that opposition to COVID vaccines, opposition to masking, criticism of the 2020 election, true statements about the Hunter Biden laptop, and opposition to other government policies were all "suppressed" by the government.


    "It is quite telling that each example or category of suppressed speech was conservative in nature. This targeted suppression of conservative ideas is a perfect example of viewpoint discrimination of political speech," the Trump-appointed judge wrote.

poll#128

Where do you stand on the wanton censorship by Big Tech Platforms, while retaining their Section 230 carveout indemnifying them for Slander /Defamation lawsuits and Copyright infringements?

  Big Tech Platforms have the right to Censor all speech providing they voluntarily relinquish their Section 230 Carveout.

  Big Tech Platforms DO NOT have the right to Censor any speech, while retaining multiple indemnifications by virtue of the Section 230 Carveout.

  I know nothing of this 230 talk, but "I do love me some social media".

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poll#169

Considering how abjectly corrupt and civilly abusive the Left has become regarding the corrosive effect of their elected leaders; their entrenched and ruling bureaucracy; employing their failed Education Industry as Indoctrinators; their collusive private sector operators, such as the terminally discredited Legacy Media and Big Tech censorship of Free Speech: What will be the best course forward for hardworking Middle Americans, including the Patriot Class?

  Withdraw from society, go underground and plan for a resurgence when it is feasible to do so.

  Work within the confines of better policy by the People's government, once good sense and sanity is restored in the electorate at large, to achieve such.

  Are you a crazy, nut-job Insurrectionist? Everything is perfect within our plan to achieve our intended goals for the Socialist Left.

  Secession to form a true Constitutional Republic.

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