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It's 2021 - not 1984 - and George Monbiot has just noticed we still don’t have a Ministry of Truth.
Join with me in his campaign to institute one by helping me check his column is factually accurate from start to finish:
[THREAD] https://twitter.com/GeorgeMonbiot/status/1354323541508956166
Join with me in his campaign to institute one by helping me check his column is factually accurate from start to finish:
[THREAD] https://twitter.com/GeorgeMonbiot/status/1354323541508956166
This statement is hyperlinked to a http://disinfo.eu "case study of platforms’ content moderation of conspiracy theories" from April 14th 2020.
It contains no evidence of ‘falsehoods kill[ing] people’. At most, it charts the timeline of why some people killed 5G masts.
![This statement is hyperlinked to a http://disinfo.eu "case study of platforms’ content moderation of conspiracy theories" from April 14th 2020. It contains no evidence of ‘falsehoods kill[ing] people’. At most, it charts the timeline of why some people killed 5G masts.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EsxXg5pXIAwuhrz.jpg "This statement is hyperlinked to a http://disinfo.eu \"case study of platforms’ content moderation of conspiracy theories\" from April 14th 2020. It contains no evidence of ‘falsehoods kill[ing] people’. At most, it charts the timeline of why some people killed 5G masts.")
It contains no evidence of ‘falsehoods kill[ing] people’. At most, it charts the timeline of why some people killed 5G masts.
The whole of the first paragraph blames anyone who doesn’t want to take the vaccine (etc.,) for contracting and spreading coronavirus.
He has no evidence to support this whatsoever. It is just what he thinks.
He has no evidence to support this whatsoever. It is just what he thinks.
Monbiot treats his free speech as sacred, and facts as negotiable. None of us think life is negotiable.
Translation: when governments fail to ban people from disagreeing with my Guardian articles, I believe they make the wrong choice.
P.S. Don't we all?
P.S. Don't we all?
True.
How so?
But. Monbiot. What if someone believes they are in a crowded theatre, there is in fact a fire, and lots of people will die in the fire? Are we to die in the fire so as to save ourselves from being trampled to death?
Evidence needed. Hyperlink to http://disinfo.eu article saying nothing of the sort would be helpful here.
No one is advertising anything mentioned in his first paragraph.
AND I WOULD LIKE A BAN ON THE SAGE COMMITTEE’S WORST COVID LIES BUT WE LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY AND CAN’T BAN THINGS JUST BECAUSE WE DON’T LIKE THEM. OR RATHER WE CAN.
AND MONBIOT WILL SAY WE’VE NOT GONE NEARLY FAR ENOUGH.
AND MONBIOT WILL SAY WE’VE NOT GONE NEARLY FAR ENOUGH.
If Peter Hitchens ( @ClarkeMicah) has spread false claims, put your money where your mouth is and sue him. Then we can all see what misleading claims he has made.
Monbiot admits that the new Anti-Virus site is funded by Sam Bowman who is a believer in free markets and would love it if our government behaved just like the Chinese government because then his stock market options would be secure. https://sambowman.substack.com/p/how-i-save-money
We can only hope.
I hope this does not constitute shouting “fire” in the hypothetical theatre but can someone remind the Guardian that C.P Snow said: “comment is free, but facts are sacred.” Not “George Monbiot’s comments are sacred and fact-free".
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