> It's very bizarre that COVID is the poster-boy for social media censorship. The whole thing seems incredibly contrived; no one actually cares about COVID censorship
I agree, it is bizarre. Why weren't we allowed to discuss theories about how Covid was created? What's so wrong with proposing that it may have escaped from a lab? Shouldn't we be allowed to debate the pros and cons of taking medication or wearing a mask?
The whole situation was just an uncomfortable display of our supposed freedom in online discourse. Not even online discourse, peoples careers were threatened for having the "wrong" opinion. The fact that it was over something so contrived like Covid made it all the more disturbing.
Perhaps we've been conditioned to not expect total freedom when discussing highly propagandized topics like war. But Covid? Healthcare? That was an eye-opener for many.
The whole Covid thing gave a lot of people an excuse to have control over others. Turned a lot of people into power tripping sanctimonious busy bodies.
Scare the shit of people, convince them that “The Science” is on their side and the others are all your enemy and boom… there you go.
It was a huge eye opener for me. I’ll never again trust the government nor will I ever fully trust “the science”. And how many people bought into the narrative and how aggressive they got scared the shit out of me. All it would have taken is some “expert” to give permission to physically hurt “anti-maskers” or anybody who didn’t go along with the narrative and things would have gotten much, much much worse. Hell many so-called progressive areas even set up numbers you could call to dime out your neighbors and family for violating all the nonsense the government enacted.
It really opened my eyes to how things like the holocaust happened. How you can convince ordinary people to commit some very horrible things. There are several people I know for a fact would have happily tossed me and my family into the gas chamber over Covid. And that isn’t even hyperbole at all. Given the chance they absolutely would have done so… some are even close family.
…suffice to say my stance on gun ownership has changed considerably since 2020.
