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   On Tue, 10 Dec 2024, Lucas McCain wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   True. But there were exceptions! Mexico comes to mind as one small enclave   
   of freedom. Also sweden, where Anders Tegnell fought a solo battle to keep   
   society open against the wishes of the politicians. He survived, and   
   thrived, as well. And as we all know, sweden, with a lack of mandates and   
   restrictions (only voluntary recommendations) had among the lowest excess   
   mortality of the world, proving that the voluntary way was the right way.   
      
   >> 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.   
      
   That's why I like usenet. In its current form, shape and intensity,   
   a troll here and there is not a huge threat and barely an annoyance.   
      
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