Book burnings in Germany began in 1933. It wasn't b/c paper was offensive. It was abt stopping ideas & information. It was abt preventing me from hearing what you think.
& it was abt silencing the counter-chorus that can defuse an evolving hysteria.
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& it was abt silencing the counter-chorus that can defuse an evolving hysteria.
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Censorship is a violation of both speaker & listener.
But worst of all is the echo chamber it creates. When dissenting voices fall silent, hysteria magnifies itself, unchecked, escalating to ever greater extremes.
1933 led to 1938, which led to 1945
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But worst of all is the echo chamber it creates. When dissenting voices fall silent, hysteria magnifies itself, unchecked, escalating to ever greater extremes.
1933 led to 1938, which led to 1945
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Today's delete button is every bit as dangerous as yesterday's book burning.
Do not take this lightly👇
Because the deadly forces that have been set in motion are now being insulated from criticism, allowing the hysteria to feed on itself.
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Do not take this lightly👇
Because the deadly forces that have been set in motion are now being insulated from criticism, allowing the hysteria to feed on itself.
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How far will this hysteria go without the free speech to challenge it?
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https://twitter.com/aginnt/status/1425994079356084224?s=20
A society that views a subset of its members as "filth" is capable of anything.
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charleseisenstein.substack.com/p/mob-morality…
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charleseisenstein.substack.com/p/mob-morality…
Leaders who label one group as scapegoat for society's problems are stoking truly evil forces.
Especially when those being persecuted are denied a voice with which to defend themselves
Censorship takes away your ability to defend yourself peacefully
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Especially when those being persecuted are denied a voice with which to defend themselves
Censorship takes away your ability to defend yourself peacefully
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https://twitter.com/TOPublicHealth/status/1408062107057156105
How far will society go to persecute "filth" when leaders encourage it?
There is no limit.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_e…
There is no limit.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_e…
There is no limit to the depravities that can happen when a world without a countervoice begins to play roles in a giant game of taskmasters and prisoners.
There is no limit.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_…
There is no limit.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_…
Censorship gives fuel to hysteria.
The endpoint when hysteria reaches its climax is never the same, but the forces that get U there follow the same basic formulas.
Witch burnings.
Murderous crusades.
Pogroms
1941-1945 Holocaust
The list is endless.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch-hunt
The endpoint when hysteria reaches its climax is never the same, but the forces that get U there follow the same basic formulas.
Witch burnings.
Murderous crusades.
Pogroms
1941-1945 Holocaust
The list is endless.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch-hunt
No-one in 1933 could imagine 1945.
Do not let a burning book fool you that the path ahead will only be paved with more burning books.
The mechanism for escalating hysteria is clear. More cases this Fall as flu season begins.
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Do not let a burning book fool you that the path ahead will only be paved with more burning books.
The mechanism for escalating hysteria is clear. More cases this Fall as flu season begins.
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https://twitter.com/Milhouse_Van_Ho/status/1416010887517904901?s=20
Do not let the censors win.
Do not let the echo chamber develop.
Speak out. Loudly. Refuse to shut up. At home, at work, at church, at school, on the street.
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flickr.com/photos/billker…
Do not let the echo chamber develop.
Speak out. Loudly. Refuse to shut up. At home, at work, at church, at school, on the street.
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flickr.com/photos/billker…
Our voices are the only tool we have to restrain escalating hysteria.
Just because no-one appears to be listening doesn't mean your voice isn't effective. Even if it isn't reversing the hysteria, yet, it is still depriving it of oxygen - preventing escalation. Buying time
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Just because no-one appears to be listening doesn't mean your voice isn't effective. Even if it isn't reversing the hysteria, yet, it is still depriving it of oxygen - preventing escalation. Buying time
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Speak out. Where frightened fellow citizens can see you. Never stop. Refuse to shut up.
Your life and the life of loved ones may depend on it.
Do not let an echo chamber build around this mass hysteria.
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Your life and the life of loved ones may depend on it.
Do not let an echo chamber build around this mass hysteria.
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