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The new year kicked off with a grim milestone: According to the CDC’s own data, there have been more than1 million adverse events related to the COVID shot and 21,000-plus deaths. Those are just the ones reported, and they increase each week.
In a sign of the times, my LinkedIn post citing this real-world data was promptly removed because I had supposedly violated the platform’s community policies.
In an appeal, I asked LinkedIn why my post was censored. Specifically, I inquired whether the LinkedIn team believes the CDC is providing misinformation through its VAERS system, or if my post violated LinkedIn’s policies because I questioned how an experimental shot that has so far resulted in a million injuries and 21,000 deaths can be “safe and effective”?
This did not go over well with the LinkedIn censors. I received a terse reply confirming my wrongdoing without answering my questions.
Big Tech censorship has become widespread, even among experts with impeccable credentials. That’s hardly news anymore, but it is an alarming trend to everyone who believes in free speech and values diversity of thought.
The propaganda we are being fed 24/7, and the establishment’s refusal to give voice to dissenting opinions, is pervasive thanks in large part to the ironically named Trusted News Initiative. Here’s an example of the Trusted News Initiative in action.
A few months ago, I wrote a letter to the editor at our local Gannett-owned newspaper, The Tennessean, about the importance of considering the opinions of medical experts such as Dr. Robert Malone, Dr. Peter McCullough and Dr. Zev Zelenko who have concerns that current COVID protocols are making things worse, and believe the shots may cause more harm than good.
I also cited the fact that there’s no long-term safety or effectiveness data about the experimental mRNA injections and pointed out that quite a few people have suffered adverse events, including death, after taking them.
The paper’s director of Opinion & Engagement, who handles editorial-page content, replied in an email that he was going to run my letter on a particular date. Three weeks went by that date, and it didn’t appear. In the meantime, there were 18 letters/editorials supporting the COVID “vaccine” and mask mandates, and not a single one presenting an opposing view.
I wrote him asking why my letter had not run after he said it would and questioned the fairness of such biased, lopsided coverage. I also requested an opportunity to respond to the 18 pro-vaccine/mask letters in a more lengthy guest editorial. He declined and never explained why he didn’t publish my original letter. Amazingly, he suggested I contact my local medical society with my concerns. That’s right, The Tennessean’s director of Opinion & Engagement redirected me to a medical society rather than allowing me to engage in a public forum like the newspaper.
In my 36-year public relations career, I’ve never seen anything like what we’ve experienced the past two years when it comes to stifling speech and engagement in discussions on issues of public interest. It is truly astonishing. And disturbing.
Nationally, as censorship reaches new heights, trust in the news media continues to hit record lows. Media bias is not new, but there’s no longer any real attempt to hide it. Clearly, they are afraid to debate the facts and acknowledge science that doesn’t fit their narrative.
Even many editorial pages, which claim to celebrate diversity and encourage the exchange of ideas, are now carefully shielding readers from opinions that are deemed dangerous because they contradict the establishment narrative.
Here’s the reality: Science that can’t stand up to questioning is not science; it’s dogma. Those who fear the truth try to bury or discredit it because they lack the capacity to engage in reasoned debate. Yet the China model of One Correct Opinion has never worked because people find ways around tyranny to get the truth.
Critical thinking is the biggest threat to what increasingly appears to be a global agenda unfolding before our eyes. It’s vital that each of us who loves freedom continues to speak truth, refuse to be silenced and oppose tyranny within our spheres of influence.
Don Beehler
‘Unalienable’ means what it says
Liberals insist that conservatives are destroying our democracy. The truth is the USA is a republic not a democracy. In a democracy the majority rules, and there are no individual rights. In a republic individual rights are supreme, and the majority cannot take them away. The liberals have been chipping away at our individual rights for decades. Let me give you an example. Here is the First Amendment:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
It states that Congress shall make NO LAW abridging freedom of speech. Yet the Supreme Court has ruled that you are not free to shout “Fire” in a crowded theater. That sounds reasonable doesn’t it? Who could object to that? So an exception was made to the First Amendment in violation of the First Amendment. Congress can now make laws abridging freedom of speech. Now when Congress wants to abridge free speech all they have to do is create another reasonable exception. We cannot allow pornography because it is vile. Another reasonable exception. We cannot allow people to be offended by what someone says. Who can object to that? That sounds reasonable, does it not? Now we can censor what people are allowed to say, another exception to the rule. All of a sudden everything becomes an exception – and freedom of speech is gone.
The Declaration of Independence states the following:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
What does the word “unalienable” mean? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, unalienable means “impossible to take away or give up.” Notice it does not mention the word “government” anywhere in that definition. So no one or no thing can take away those unalienable rights. Also, you cannot give up those rights under any circumstances.
So I ask the question: How can there be any exceptions to the First Amendment? What part of “Congress shall make no law” didn’t the Supreme Court understand? Once we allow our unalienable rights to be taken away, they are no longer unalienable. But according to the dictionary, that is impossible to do.
Many of our individual rights endowed by our Creator have been taken away from us. Anti-discrimination laws force us to do work we do not want to do, making us slaves to the government. But who can object to anti-discrimination laws? If discrimination is wrong, then reverse discrimination is also wrong no matter how just it sounds.
This applies to corporations also. Our individual freedoms cannot be taken away or given away. Those “terms of use” you agree to, where you give away your rights, are invalid.
It is the duty of the government to protect our individual rights, not take them away.
Brian
One distressed reader
[Regarding “Scientist surprised by discovery of ‘99%’ effective, cheap COVID treatment”] You are irresponsible as f*%$! Putting this out there when people are overflowing hospitals with illness in a global pandemic, and you are pushing cow’s milk and an over-the-counter antihistamine! WTF is wrong with you?! Anything for attention and money? Shame on you.
J.G.
Help the Jan. 6 prisoners
I have been a loyal WND reader for many years, and I appreciate your coverage of the news. It has come to my attention, however, that the news media as a whole neglect to mention the prisoners from Jan 6. These prisoners are detained in terrible conditions, denied basic necessities such as regular showers etc. Many have been in prison for a year and still have had not trials, nor have they been allowed access to an attorney.
This is an issue that should be covered every day until it is resolved. No one else is doing this; you folks should cover it.
Please help these prisoners!
Thank you.
Susan Stark
Editor’s note: Please see WND’s coverage of Jan. 6.
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