Posted on 04/10/2022 11:05:28 AM PDT by John Semmens
Contending that "there is too much crazy" on the Internet and social media, former President Obama said "government has to filter out misinformation before it seriously damages the country's unity."
He offered examples of content that should not be allowed to be spread via electronic media. "Right now about 40% of Americans appear convinced that the current president was elected fraudulently and that the election was rigged. This is nuts. It has to be stopped. While we have no viable means of totally silencing the spread of this insanity by word-of-mouth we can and should prevent it from being spread via blogs and tweets."
"Another example is that about a third of the population refuse to get the covid vaccination," he said. "This endangers their health and that of every person they come into contact with. The vaccines are a medical miracle. The public health requires that everyone be vaccinated. The Internet and social media must not be used to undermine this truth."
"I and all rational people deserve to be protected from the spread of erroneous ideas," Obama insisted. "Up until now Twitter and Facebook have been doing an admirable job of scrubbing their platforms of dangerously wrong ideas. However, now that Elon Musk has inserted his unwanted and unnecessary personality into the equation I fear this nation will be even more vulnerable to the risk of false consciousness of individual freedom that Marx warned us against."
"I reject the idea that freedom of speech prohibits the government from providing protection against wrong speech," Obama said. "I believe in freedom of speech as a principle, but this freedom does not include the freedom to lie or foster rebellion against government programs designed to help people. I feel confident that the majority of Americans agree with me on this and will sensibly be made to appear to have elected Democrat majorities in both the Senate and House this November."
If you missed any of the other Semi-News/Semi-Satire posts you can find them at...
https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,466516.0.html
[[”government has to filter out misinformation before it seriously damages the country’s unity.”]]
Not the govenrment’s job- that is not why we elect people to office- people can handle misinformation themselves- we don’t need rules stifling free speech to ‘protect us’
“I and all rational (leftist) people deserve to be protected from the spread of erroneous ideas (truth)” Obama insisted. “Up until now Twitter and Facebook have been doing an admirable job of scrubbing their platforms of dangerously wrong (conservative) ideas. However, now that Elon Musk has inserted his unwanted and unnecessary personality into the equation I fear this nation will be even more vulnerable to the risk of (hearing the truth) false consciousness of individual freedom that Marx (our god) warned us (is great) against.”
“Right now about 40% of Americans appear convinced that the current president was elected fraudulently”
That is a crafty manipulative piece of propaganda. He knows the number is higher. So he is using an Alinsky tactic. First, saying the idea is ridiculous and second you are part of a kook minority if you think it. Classic.
America’s founding is based upon NO GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF SPEECH AND/OR WRITING.
Only dictators demand control of speech and writings.
Nobody in America has a monopoly on information.
It is up to the people to present and discuss all ideas and determine what information they believe without government interference.
No obama. 60% know he won by stealing it. The other 30% know something was wrong. The last 10% don’t care. He is a democrat and don’t care as long as a democrat won. Don’t care how..
Ok, who forgot to flush ?
Osama Obama still seems to have the desire to become the perpetual Emir of the US.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.