Morning Rant: “Fact Checkers”

 There has been a lot of talk recently about Facebook, Twitter and other social media fact checking.  It has been shown that these so called fact checkers are not impartial, they either post a warning that pops up if you try to look at a post or they will take down a post or lock an account that they don’t agree with.  They’ve even gone as far as locking out a major news publication out of their account and demanding they take down a story they don’t like.  

As if interfering with the freedom of the press isn’t bad enough Twitter has even gone as far as censoring a political pundit’s Twitter account because these “fact checkers” didn’t like something he tweeted.  The comment that the “fact checkers” found offensive was a quotation from the U.S. Constitution!

There are a lot of things I see posted on social media that I disagree with and don’t like, there are friends that post political opinions that I disagree with but as long as these posts aren’t calling for violence or other criminal conduct they should not be censored!  People should be allowed to post their thoughts and opinions and I should be allowed to post my disagreement!

I have seen people cheer when “fact checkers” have taken some sort of action against a person’s post they disagree with or dislike!  I would remind anyone that approves or cheers censorship that a pendulum swings both ways!  History has shown that the pendulum of censorship will swing far left and eventually swing back in the other direction and go far to the right.  If you cheer “fact checkers” now be prepared for the time when your posts, people and causes you support, are censored by supposed “fact checkers”. To make it even simpler there is a popular saying, “What goes around, comes around”.

One of the things that has had people risking their life and family future to come to the United States since its inception was that they would be free to express themself even if their thoughts are contrary to the majority.  People need to stand up to censorship when they’re not the subject of it otherwise it will continue and someday will turn on them, when that happens people will be afraid to speak out for fear that they will be next.

That’s My Opinion, What’s Yours