The NYTimes article on the Intellectual Dark Web has made the rounds of various blogs that I visit. It touches on a topic that is one of the reasons for this blog, censorship.
Censorship is control, whether it is imposed from without or from within. We all censor ourselves through self control every day. Functional society requires it of us all. Our life experiences lead us to self-censor to varying degrees on various topics.
Ostracism and other aggressive tactics are used to force us into self censorship. We watch the world around us and see how an aggressive vocal minority are able to bring punishment from a mob on people for various thought crimes and forbidden opinions.
Attempts to force others to deny reality is a trait of tyranny. PC speech codes are tyranny. At its forefront is an attempt to shutdown speech, but at its core it is an attempt to shutdown freedom of thought.
Free association with people/thoughts has been under attack. Free expression is under attack. Mob action is leading to tyranny.
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