Friday, November 22, 2024

Censorship on Blogger

"This post was deleted because it violates Blogger Community Guidelines. To republish, please update the content to adhere to guidelines."
Here is the post in its entirety:
Follow the science.
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That's it. That's all it was.

I posted the words of Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House. Why would that violate Blogger Community Guidelines?

My personal commentary was "Follow the science." Three words, nothing more. Supposedly, that constitutes hate speech.

Pretty weird to have "Follow the science" censored, especially given that it's certainly open to interpretation.

Perhaps the problem was the title of the post, which was in no way offensive. I don't know why any healthy, happy person would be troubled by it. I found Mike Johnson's comments to be reasonable and very measured. Apparently, it's hate speech to agree with the person two heartbeats away from the presidency.

I feel sorry for people so fragile that they refuse to tolerate others' opinions and they demand that they be silenced. Why should they be able to infringe on my right to speak freely in a responsible manner? Is "science" threatening? In any event, speech should be answered with more speech.

I'd like an explanation as to how I violated guidelines.

Deleting a post is not much of a victory. Removing a post doesn't change my views and it certainly doesn't alter reality.

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