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It seems Plato's Allegory of the Cave is a fitting description of those who sit in a cave and don't see the real world marching by. They continue to accept the shadows and don't take the time, or have the courage to turn around.
In the 21st Century those who believe everything they listen to, watch or read which supports their beliefs, rarely seek alternative sources of information. When they do or when confronted with alternative positions to many react emotionally.
Let's all open our eyes, ears and brain to reality.
I do my best thinking and writing in the face of opposing views.
I recently posted on this board that Trump's mistake was to rely on Congress to enforce the spirit of Section 230 instead of invoking antitrust law in the face of big tech's incessant attempts to stifle conservative speech under various guises. I also suggested that Section 230 should be revoked altogether since the left-leaning owners of the leading platforms of interactive, social medium were behaving like publishers.
A few weeks ago, friends of mine argued the above. I told them that would be disastrous. That seemed obvious to me at a glance, but I had to admit that I hadn't given the matter a great deal of thought in the face of the recent demands of the mindless knuckleheads of political correctness relative to the cowardly reaction of corporate America.
Playing the Devil' advocate, I expected to get hammered, but dblack was the only member to challenge me. Actually, he derisively dismissed me. LOL! Disappointing. So I took the position again on another discussion board. There I got some real pushback from a number of perspectives.
I'm now more convinced than ever that my initial instincts were correct. The cultural establishment is definitely hostile to the imperatives of classical liberalism, but the revocation of Section 230 is definitely not the solution.