Twitter Cracks Down on Neo Nazi Comments

LMAO - not big on censorship? Who is Twitter trying to kid? they sell out to the highest bidder for whatever the bidder wants up to and including banning tweets that post information freely available on the web. case in point: the english writer who criticized NBCs coverage of the olympics. NBC is a big corporate fuckbuddy of Twitters so of course, twitter had to ban his tweets about contacting the CEO of NBC whose contact info is freely available on the NBC web site.

     I am strongly against censorship of any form especially when it is being suddenly enacted by a website that has previously taken a staunch anti-censorship position. I have always considered twitter to be a place where censorship is taboo and nonexistent. Obviously the negative effects of censorship have changed the overall landscape of the internet including those services which were once presumed to be against totalitarian control.

      I find it very tragic indeed that twitter is now embarking on a path similar to facebook and google. Perhaps it is almost inevitable as a system grows and accumulates notoriety. It seems that the more users join a certain network the more freedom of individual users is put into immediate jeopardy. The chief danger of a censorship policy of any nature is the immense danger it incurs upon anyone's right to do or say whatever they want. What if, for example, twitter suddenly deemed certain comments "illegal" even though such comments were previously innocuous? The random arbitrariness and caprice of censorship is precisely what makes it intolerable, illogical and insane.

     A system should be neutral in origin and it should not be subject to the wanton presumptions of inferior mortals. No one has a right to tell me what I am or am not "allowed" to say regardless of whether they are an administrator of a server. The phenomenon of suddenly being banned or blocked from one's own account is absolutely and totally absurd. This would never have occurred in the 90's internet and this seems to be all the more reason to remind us that we are clearly not living in the days of the "90's internet." Unfortunately the internet has become a hierarchical surveillance control network that is built upon the false "foundation" of censorship and restriction of free speech. Those who still want to exercise such free speech are thereby forced underground into a realm of virtual anonymity and zero validity.

     It seems that the only "opinions" that count these days are the opinions of those whom are deemed "socially acceptable." If you do not abjectly acquiesce both IRL and online then you have become an outsider and, in a very real sense, a criminal. Most of this is due to how the internet has become so ubiquitous over time that it is now practically synonymous with a person's IRL identity. I find the juxtaposition of real world names and personal information with online identities to be a highly dangerous and ominous indicator of how the internet is no longer a tool for individual liberation but instead a tool for fascist cognitive hegemony.

     The problem is becoming where independent and objective thought is increasingly marginalized and rendered inconsequential. If this thought is remotely taken seriously then it is now a "governmental crisis" and must be dealt with by agencies of authoritarian persuasion. Any authoritarian presence in any realm poses a severe danger to the right of the individual to be free from arbitrary political control. If a person has zero political freedom online then this person is by definition a "terrorist." 

     If individuals are censored for simply their right to express their thoughts then there is no hope of freedom whatsoever. Instead we are left with an empty world filled with monotonous mechanical zombies that reiterate what they are programmed by the media. The primary duty of the individual is to QUESTION the so-called "reality" they are presented by the world around them, including all forms of entertainment and media. If the "government" or any other authoritarian agency has declared such questioning "illegal" or "forbidden" then the individual has no realistic hope of ever becoming free. 

     I feel strongly that censorship should be resisted at all costs. There is no "justification" of censorship under ANY circumstances. There is no such thing as "good" or "positive" censorship. Censorship is by definition based on an act of arbitrary force no different from physically assaulting and arresting a random person simply because you "believe" they are doing something "wrong" and only you and/or your agents have the "power" to "correct" them. If people continue to erroneously believe they have the illegitimate right to control and dictate what others think or do simply because they have been "appointed" by some random political body or constitution then there will never be any hope of freedom for the human species. I don't personally care if the human species has become totally and absolutely mind-controlled and brainwashed. This doesn't change or alter the reality I am forced to endure in my existence. I don't care if these zombies must be psychologically manipulated in order to secure my personal survival. The important point is that we cannot let them or their propaganda control our lives and our beliefs. If twitter becomes a controlled domain of authoritarian fascism then we must find other conduits to conduct our affairs. There is no other choice in this matter because we must not allow ourselves to be controlled and censored by any online entity for whatever so-called "justification."