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The Age of Censorship
An editorial: The First Amendment
Is this the land of the free? I am just not sure anymore. But how could I find out if I wanted to anyway? The slanted news engages in emotional tactics that replace logic.
Evidence shows that once someone becomes emotional in an argument, they have already been defeated. This whole nation lost its edge, and they are still fighting each day about uncorroborated facts under the clause of freedom of speech: a clause we lost the minute the members of Congress.
And we became pawns in a game we unknowingly play to obtain material objects with an agreement that happiness is our life’s purpose instead of a fleeting state that arises in between a life worth living.
The need to address mainstream homogeneity is to educate the masses about real-life oppression, and it is a relief to see all people recognized on television and social media. All history is revisionist. That cannot be argued. But the way it is being promoted is guided by groupthink which silences people to speak freely.
During the last five years, reputable news outlets immediately took a side in the battle between Republicans and Democrats, between races, religions, and genders. The first rule of journalism is to remain neutral. But that notion ceased to be a concern with due process and the…
