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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