Opinion

Self-appointed guardians muzzle free speech

Posted November 19, 2021 12:00 am

Hurrah! Finally a column by Susan Estrich with which I can agree wholeheartedly. She nailed the free speech issue regards the popular "Let's Go Brandon" chant. I can quibble with her a bit in that it is not a NASCAR-only issue, as I saw many headlines of the cruder version of the vulgar Joe Biden chant having begun and been popularized at college football games weeks earlier. But her main point is correct: The self-appointed guardians of free speech (Twitter, YouTube, Facebook) are overwhelmingly taking down things they don't like and calling it "disinformation."

The real irony is that the actual misinformation was spoken by the reporter who said the crowd was shouting "Let's go Brandon" instead of the actual chant against Biden. So I guess it was misinformation, but on the part of the reporter herself. But YouTube can't handle the truth apparently.

John Becker

Downers Grove

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