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| Peter Franklin |
Lockdown sceptics? I’m sceptical of them. Indeed, I’m a lockdown hardliner: I’m pro mask, anti mass air travel and believe that pandemic disease poses an existential risk to humanity.
I also thought that the claim that the ‘lockdown mentality’ was a permanent threat to our way of life was wildly overblown. But suddenly I’m not so sure. The fact is that some of my fellow hardliners are going off the deep end.
This morning The Guardian published a column by George Monbiot, which calls for Government restrictions on free speech:
We have a right to speak freely. We also have a right to life. When malicious disinformation – claims that are known to be both false and dangerous – can spread without restraint, these two values collide head-on. One of them must give way…
The one he want us to give way on is free speech: “When governments fail to ban outright lies that endanger people’s lives, I believe they make the wrong choice.”
What does he mean by “outright lies”? The examples given include “vaccines are used to inject us with microchips” and other conspiracy theories.
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Monbiot exposed himself when he was championing the wrecking of Syria via NATO member states under the cover of EU states. He reminds me of the famous writers that eventually revealed themselves to be under the spell of Brit Intel. Do ye think the spooks only recruit tewwowists??
ReplyDelete"Monbiot exposed himself when he was championing the wrecking of Syria via NATO member states under the cover of EU states"
DeleteThe Number One wrecker of Syria is Bashar Al-Assad with his imperialist buddy Putin and Iranian and Hezbollah sidekicks. Then follows in ISIS, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Turkey and their clients of convenience.
Barry,
ReplyDeleteYou should broaden your horizons on this. Assad, Putin, the US, NATO all have agendas. It's not a Hollywood movie. There's no good guy bad guy narrative. Get in their way and there are all bad guys.