XPost: alt.survival   
   From: LM@tutanato.com   
      
   On 12/10/2024 8:25 AM, D wrote:   
   > “Authorities have attacked, detained, prosecuted, and in some cases   
   > killed critics, broken up peaceful protests, closed media outlets, and   
   > enacted vague laws criminalizing speech that they claim threatens public   
   > health,” the group wrote in a media release. “The victims include   
   > journalists, activists, healthcare workers, political opposition groups,   
   > and others who have criticized government responses to the coronavirus.”   
   >   
      
   Recall that the presidents of two African nations "mysteriously" died at   
   the outset of the "pandemic" who just happened to be the only two   
   leaders in the entire world who opposed the lockdowns and mandatory mRNA   
   "vaccines" being implemented world wide by the CDC and its adherents.   
      
   > But what about misinformation? Doesn’t it kill people? Newsflash:   
   > misinformation has always existed, even before TikTok. It’s up to each   
   > of us to sift the credible folks from the cranks. The best defence   
   > against misinformation is better information, and it’s the policy wonks’   
   > job to provide it. Modern science itself depends on this tug-of-war of   
   > ideas, which filters out weaker hypotheses and moves stronger ones ahead   
   > for further testing.   
   >   
   > Besides, misinformation comes not just from cranks, but from “official   
   > sources” – especially those tasked with persuading the public, rather   
   > than informing it. Remember when Rochelle Walensky, former director of   
   > the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US, asserted that   
   > “vaccinated people do not carry the virus?” Or when Anthony Fauci   
   > maintained that getting vaccinated makes you a “dead end” in the chain   
   > of transmission? I rest my case.   
   >   
   > The marketplace of ideas is like a souk, with a lot of hollering and   
   > arguing and the odd snatched purse – and that’s exactly how it should   
   > be. It’s an ingenious and irreplaceable process for getting to the   
   > truth. There are few ideas too sacrosanct to question or too ridiculous   
   > to consider. That’s why, unlike just about everyone in my left-leaning   
   > circle, I take no issue with Elon Musk’s shakedown of the old Twitter,   
   > now the Wild West of X.   
      
   Keep in mind the trolls and sock puppets of trolls that plague   
   alt.survival and other newsgroups 24/7 365 days of the year doing their   
   utmost to prevent the marketplace of ideas from having a platform on   
   usenet.  One troll in particular comes to mind.   
      
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   "Title 8, U.S.C. § 1324(a) defines several distinct offenses related to   
   aliens. Subsection 1324(a)(1)(i)-(v) prohibits alien smuggling, domestic   
   transportation of unauthorized aliens, concealing or harboring   
   unauthorized aliens, encouraging or inducing unauthorized aliens to   
   enter the United States, and engaging in a conspiracy or aiding and   
   abetting any of the preceding acts. Subsection 1324(a)(2) prohibits   
   bringing or attempting to bring unauthorized aliens to the United States   
   in any manner whatsoever, even at a designated port of entry. Subsection   
   1324(a)(3)."   
      
   “Western values mean three things: migration, LGBTQ, and war." Viktor Orban   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)