From: johnny@invalid.net   
      
   By Pierre Kory   
   Published May 20, 2022   
      
   The high-profile back-and-forth between Elon Musk and Twitter has jump   
   started a national conversation about the broader re-alignment of our   
   cultural priorities and ideology. In the face of blowback from   
   progressives, Musk has argued that today’s Democratic Party, "has been   
   hijacked by extremists," morphing fellow center-left liberals like   
   myself to align with current perspectives of those held by   
   conservatives.    
      
   He's right—and the Democrat party’s newfound and aggressive affinity   
   for censoring debate and strong-arming doctors is making many of us   
   rethink our political allegiance.   
      
   I’m a lifelong Democrat. I voted for Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and   
   Joe Biden. I used to have an inherent aversion to Republicans, as I   
   joke with colleagues, similar to how the vaccinated feel about the   
   unvaccinated today. But as the pandemic unfolded, and I discussed with   
   doctors across the country and around the world my experience treating   
   patients, I met many new conservative colleagues and friends who put   
   politics aside to focus on doing our best at the bedside. It made me   
   more tolerant and understanding of their worldviews.   
      
   At the same time, I used to view Democrats, and the center-left more   
   broadly, as the champions of free speech both in civil society and in   
   our professional institutions. But now, as with today’s progressive   
   political movement, medical boards are adopting policies that censor   
   opinions, defining such speech as mis- or disinformation, especially   
   scientific opinions around COVID. Medical professionals who refuse to   
   toe the party line risk censorship, cancellation, and even the loss of   
   license—a fate far worse than getting banned from Twitter.    
      
   The trend is forcing doctors who exhibit critical thinking to face an   
   existential choice: join the mob and support what many of us believe   
   are dangerous policies without a sound scientific basis, or stand up   
   and risk losing your livelihood.   
      
   Continued:   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/doctor-democrat-covid-censorship-pierre-kory    
      
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