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The Left grows more authoritarian and intolerant of opposing views by the day and never shows even the remotest concern for preserving America as a free society. Even when Old Joe Biden’s Disinformation Governance Board crashed and burned amid concerns that it would be used to destroy the freedom of speech and persecute those who dared to exercise it, Leftists didn’t give up their Orwellian habit of referring to speech they dislike and that opposes their agenda as “disinformation.” And now a humor website is taking up the fight for freedom.
A new law in California aims to silence that alleged “disinformation,” but standing against this effort to destroy one of the fundamental pillars of any free society, the ability to dissent from the government’s line without fear of prosecution, is none other than the Babylon Bee, the frequently riotous satirical site of which it could accurately be said that every last one of its posts is “disinformation.” In a certain sense, that’s what satire is, although it’s designed to reveal a deeper truth. And the Babylon Bee’s stance for freedom is no joke.
The Washington Free Beacon reported Wednesday that the Bee “is suing to block a California law it claims gives the state power to censor their content.” The law in question is Assembly Bill No. 587, which the Dear Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of California, Gavin Newsom, signed on Sept. 13, 2022. According to the Free Beacon, it “requires social media companies to periodically report certain content to the government, including ‘hate speech’ and ‘disinformation.’” “Hate speech” and “disinformation” in whose eyes? Why, those of Gavin Newsom and his henchmen, of course. Accordingly, the Bee and the other plaintiffs “claim the bill is a ‘vehicle’ for California Democrats to crack down on speech they find distasteful,” because of course that’s exactly what it is and all that it was ever meant to be.
The suit, Minds Inc, Tim Pool, and The Babylon Bee LLC v. Robert A. Bonta, Attorney General of California, declares that “those who wield power in the Golden State have been candid about their displeasure with the speech being published on social media platforms. California Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta have both expressed a desire to use state power to chill speech they do not approve of, constitutionally protected expression they refer to with derogatory labels like ‘disinformation,’ ‘hate speech,’ and ‘extremism.’” Indeed. When Newsom signed this insidious bill, he declared: “California will not stand by as social media is weaponized to spread hate and disinformation that threaten our communities and foundational values as a country.”
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Westman says
Isn’t that the real problem in California – it doesn’t have any “foundational principles”, neither religion or the constitution? And by the way, Gov Newsom, California is not a country and doesn’t speak for America.
It seems that most technical advances and social changes since the 1960s came from California, including the decay of personal morals and a seedy hollywood. Now that “King CA” has no moral clothes it wants to jail anyone who opposes that moral nudity being impressed on their children.
California has defied the consequences of jettisoning its moral principles for two generations and now the bill is coming due. In the fever of greed it gave its developments to China and created a homeless caste of despair. Does CA reign in its greedy corporations in response?
The skilled US-exploitable world labor is drying up and soon China will have tech capabilities equal to Taiwan. A war over Taiwan would be a waste. What can CA export after that, illegal immigrant labor? The world won’t buy iphones forever and PC sales are already tanking.
Aware people, who want to eventually retire, are moving out of CA, realizing when the big wheel begins accelerating downhill, it’s time get off.
Keith O says
The gumbyment of the peoples republic of California want people to report “hate speech & disinformation”?
Fine, just start flooding them with every speech, news conference & public utterance of the governors’ office and the Dumbocrap senators.
Let’s see how long they last.
All anyone has to do is state that they believe they are lying!
Mr Andi says
The Shine has gone from The Golden State now it should be known as the Golden Showers State.
FYI says
Jihadi School
Abdool {Al Amriki The Convert to islam}: Is it really OK to murder infidels.In the Bible.. apparently there is a book called Exodus in which it says ‘Thou shalt NOT kill’.I checked it following allah’s recommendation in koran 10:94 to ask those who know. the Bible
imam The Bible is corrupt
Abdool..:No allah Confirms the Torah in koran 3:3.To say it is corrupt would be to call allah a liar.Haram.
imam How dare you read the koran yourself..You are not free to interpret it yourself.
Abdool:huh?I was just following allah’s advice given to muhammed…sorry I can’t hear you could you speak uo shukran.
Imam I said HOW DARE YOU READ THE..{KAKABOOM}