Monday, January 11, 2021

Reference :- President Trump has been banned from Twitter .

Reference :-    Was it a good idea to censor the President ? 

Here in  Kooralya there has been much discussion concerning the removal of President Trump from  social media .  Also in China , we hear .  The Chinese view the censoring of the most important public figure in the USA as proof that all societies need to limit freedom of speech to some extent .  They say that the west is is no longer in any position to slate the government of China for limiting freedom of speech . 

 There is something to that ,  however  freedom of speech is also a complicated issue in democratic countries   The USA rates 45th in the world for freedom of the press . The UK rates 35th . And here down under we rate 26th .   ( We used to sit just below Uruguay but have fallen a few spots further down the list recently . )  If dozens of countries have more freedom of expression than us , then clearly we don't have complete freedom .

 But now is not the time to investigate the imbrogli of media freedom in an era of electronic chaos .  Or so Ken junior says .   Ken junior thinks now is the time to address the consequences of denying President Trump access to his beloved Twitter account . 

 "  His tweets were how we knew what he was doing and thinking . " , Ken junior said . 

  That does seem to be a good point .   

 "  If somebody was bellowing at you and telling you what they were planning to do to ruin your day , would it be wise to put your hands over your ears and shout "  Lalalalalala"  so you couldn't hear them ? " , Ken junior said . 

 Maybe not . 

Your comrade , Ken 

 

 

 


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