Apparently I have hit the nerves of lots of people from my parent post and since I am and like to be publicly accessible, people who disliked my thoughts have really let me know what they think of me and where I belong :D
I am noticing, increasingly in the country I live in - the U.S., an extremely concerning attitude towards love for censorship.
More concerning is that the proponents have "good intentions" at heart.
It's almost as if the concept of freedom is not understood.
Freedom is not free.
Freedom has a price, often a heavy price that one has to pay for it.
The fact that we are not children anymore who desparately need oversight and constant handholding, seems to be an alien concept.
"Oh! What do you do about those YouTUbe videos that tell you to drink bleach because it saves you from SARS-COV2!"
Well, I watch that video and research what the potential effects of drinking bleach even if there was no SARS-COV2 in this world would be and then weigh the potential effects of a COVID-19 infection and weigh the options.
This is, what I assumed, were the responsibilites of an adult - a process to make rational decisions instead of being spoonfed and told what to do like one would a child.
As I clarified elsewhere on this thread, the point I was making wasn't "liars, cranks and con artists don't exist, and no one gets to decide otherwise."
It was "liars, cranks and con artists do exist, and we need to empower people to decide which is which by letting them practise."
Yes, being an adult means having the freedom to drink alcohol and drive a car instead of waiting for a bus or a parent to come pick me up.
It also means having the responsibilities of making my own decisions instead of waiting for someone else to do it for me.
What's the expectation - that if the decision making authority makes a wrong decision that kills me, I can then blame them and collect damages?
That's crazy talk - for one, I will be dead already!