Thursday, March 24, 2022

The Babylon Bee predicts the future and therein lies the problem

 


Babylon Bee Censorship Shows Why Courts Should Uphold Texas’ Social Media Law  
Earlier this week, Twitter locked the account of The Babylon Bee, a right-leaning parody site, after it awarded Rachel Levine, a transgender Biden administration official, the title of “man of the year” in reaction to USA Today naming Levine one of its “women of the year” last week. This is just the most recent example in a long train of Big Tech censorship actions. . . .

7 Times The Babylon Bee Reported History Before It Happened (thefederalist.com)

"The joke is on Twitter — not only is the Big Tech bully showing its ridiculous vendetta and giving the Bee a lot of publicity, it’s also helping the Bee’s prophesies come true.". . .

"While Twitter struts its bully power to shut down free speech and keeps us all from our favorite source of satire accurate predictions of insanity, it’s a good time to reflect on all the times the Bee has proven a more reliable source of news than corporate outlets like The Washington Post and CNN. Here are a few of the most memorable times the Bee’s satirists predicted history before it was written.". . .

Shut down by Twitter, Babylon Bee stands up to tyranny of Big Tech - American Thinker

 . . ."This isn't the Bee's first clash with Big Tech.

"In 2020, Facebook demonetized the Bee's account and removed an article lampooning Democrat senator Mazie Hirono's comments during the confirmation hearings of SCOTUS nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett. 

"Facebook claimed that the article was "inciting violence" and demanded that the "problematic" portions be removed for the post to be restored.". . .

. . ."This occurred at a time when Facebook allowed content such as that generated by BLM's Hawk Newsome, who tweeted: "If this country doesn't give us what we want then we will burn down the system and replace it," and Democrat congresswoman Maxine Waters, who incited "protesters" to harass members of the Trump administration.". . . 

Freedom of expression emanates from freedom of thought.  Every amazing invention or idea or literary work was the product of a brave new idea.  A society that demands consensus ceases to grow.

This is why people living under totalitarian regimes rarely innovate.  It is not for the lack of talent; it is just that the people do not want to risk their lives by expressing a different idea.

By censoring and suppressing the "wrong" ideas, Big Tech is effectively impeding growth.  There is no place for such tyranny in one of the world's largest democracies.

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