Comrades, I’m really glad to see former Secretary of State and Climate Czar, John Kerry, outline the transparent truth of their intention in such a matter-of-fact way. Trust me, this is a really good thing. Perhaps no 2-minute encapsulation of current events more accurately outlines the worldview of the Biden-Harris administration, than this one.
Within the recent WEF discussion, Secretary Kerry outlines how freedom of speech is a ‘threat to the global democracy‘ because the governing officials have a difficult time controlling information. Kerry goes on to posit how the next administration, presumably in his hope Kamala Harris, will forcefully structure all the tools of government to stop Americans from using the first amendment to freely speak about issues.
Governing is too challenging, according to Kerry, when the government cannot stop people from seeking and discovering information that is against their interests. Effective governing required compliant adherence to a singular ideology. Against the backdrop of COVID-19 and a host of similarly related government narratives, if people are free to find alternative information and think for themselves, they become increasingly more difficult to control. Yes, this is said quite openly. This is the mindset of those in power. WATCH:
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On another positive note, millions of people now accurately understand why it is so important to refute the terms “mis-dis-mal information.” When CTH initially warned about the labeling, most people did not understand; however, as the consequences begin to surface, I would argue almost a majority of people now understand.
2022: CTH encountered criticism for our position on information. Perhaps it is important to step back and explain exactly why we should not be playing by rules, like those proposed by John Kerry, which are established to control us while engaged in the battle of ideas. First, my position:
…”There is no such thing as “disinformation” or “misinformation”. There is only information you accept and information you do not accept. You were not born with a requirement to believe everything you are told; rather, you were born with a brain that allows you to process the information you receive and make independent decisions.”…
There is only information.
There are only two elements within the public discussion of information, truth and not truth.
In an era filled with “fact-checkers” and institutional guardians at the gates of Big Tech, let me explain exactly why it is important not to accept the speech rules of the guards.
When you accept the terms “disinformation”, “misinformation” or the newest lingo, “malinformation,” you are beginning to categorize truth and lies in various shades. You are merging black and white, right and wrong, into various shades of grey.
When your mind works in the grey zone, you are, by direct and factual consequence, saying there is a problem. You are correct; however, this is where people may make a mistake. The problem is supposed to be there.
It is not a solution to the problem to try and remove the grey simply because it takes too much work to separate the white pixels from the black ones. You were born with a gift, the greatest gift a loving God could provide. You were born with a brain and set of natural instincts that are tools to do this pixel separation, use them.
If you define the grey work as a problem you cannot solve on your own, you open the door for others to solve that problem for you. You begin to abdicate the work, and that’s when trouble can enter.
The sliding scale of Pinocchio’s is one of the most familiar yet goofy outcomes.
Put more clearly, when you accept the terminology “disinformation”, you accept a problem.
The problem is then the tool by which authorities will step in to make judgements.
Speech, in its most consequential form, is then qualified by others to whom you have sub-contracted your thinking.
When you willingly sub-contract information filters to others, you have lost connection with the raw information.
CTH was founded upon the belief that truth has no agenda, nor does it care about you, your feelings, or your opinion of it. It just sits there, empirically existing as evidence of information in its most pure form.
The search for truth, in all things, is the mission objective of this assembly. Often, we don’t like the truth; often, the truth is bitter, cold, challenging and even painful to accept. However, the truth doesn’t care. Information in its most raw form is ambivalent to your opinion. If you struggle to accept these things, that’s when you need grey. The New York Times is not called the “grey lady” accidentally.
Personally, I am an absorber of information – perhaps on a scale that is unusual. But I do not discount information from any form until I can put context to it and see if the information makes sense given all the variables present. When something doesn’t feel right, it’s almost always because it isn’t right.
Often, I find myself struggling in the grey and complex. It is not unusual to spend days, perhaps weeks, researching, digging, clarifying a situation, only to discover the path to finding the truth is in another direction entirely. Erasing everything and starting over is frustrating, but it is genuinely the only approach that works; and often finding truth is supposed to be difficult, that’s why it is rewarding.
In the digital information age, we are bombarded with information. It is easy to be overwhelmed and need to find something or someone who has better skills at separating the black grains from the white ones. All opinions in this quest should be considered; thus, it is important to allow the free flow of information.
I am not necessarily a speech absolutist. There is some language, particularly foul language, that needs to be constrained if we are to participate in a respectful society, with grandma’s rules and knowing the audience. Articulation of arguments needs to be effective, respectful and forthright.
CTH has guidelines for comments for this exact reason. It’s not about what is said, most often it is about how the opinion is said, vulgarity is not appropriate. Those constraints need to be based on a set of inherent values. However, when it comes to information it is important to draw a distinction from speech.
There needs to be an open venue for all information. Unfortunately, when we begin to apply labels or categorization to information, there’s an opportunity for information to be manipulated – even weaponized. We are in this situation right now.
Saul Alinsky spent decades pondering the best techniques to weaponize information and speech. Alinsky’s intentions in the endeavor to change society by changing how language and information was used were not good. He devoted his completed rulebook book to Lucifer.
Be careful about anyone saying we need to label or categorize information in order to control or remove a certain speaker from the discussion.
You were not born with a requirement to believe everything you are told; rather, you were born with a God-given brain that allows you to process the information you receive and make independent decisions.
COVID-19 and the subsequent government lies, have helped many people to see just how dangerous the modern political Marxists are. Those who proposed a “global information governance board,” are now on their heels and increasingly desperate. Hence, “governing is now hard” according to John Kerry.
The flickering flame of liberty and freedom has been under assault for decades, we are at an inflection point. I remain optimistic in our ability to defeat those who are trying desperately to use all the mechanics of every system to retain power, for the same reason that all abusive relationships eventually have to end.
WOLVERINES!
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Do not get alarmed, get informed.
RESOURCES:
Using AI for Content Moderation
Facebook / META / Tech joining with DHS
Zoom will allow Content Scraping by AI
U.S. Govt Going into The Cloud With AI
Pentagon activates 175 Million IP’s 👀**ahem**
Big Names to Attend Political AI Forum
DoD to use AI to monitor U.S. Internet for Disinformation
DHS Announces Guidelines for Using AI to monitor Americans.
Over my dead body…..LNL…these people are sick and evil.
Why are Americans so stupid they elect traitors?
Thanks you Sundance for this excellent educational lesson. Noting all the acronym member., To a degree, I bekieve this is a discussion as well on common-sense. This is where some get exploited, as when young experience is minimal on many aspects of language and the elements of deception. The military has in fact put programs in operation to sway a persons ability to discern. Thiss is an example:
1965 – Ghosts in the Machine: by U.S. Army-psyop-division known as “mindwar”
https://vigilantcitizen.com… the-u-s-armys-psyop-division/
The ultimate goal of MindWar is to make people willingly do what they’re supposed to do, while not realizing they’ve been pushed towards that decision at every step of the way.
“For the mind to believe in its own decisions, it must feel that it made those decisions without coercion. Coercive measures used by the operative, consequently, must not be detectable by ordinary means. There is no need to resort to mind-weakening drugs such as
those explored by the CIA; in fact the exposure of a single such method would do unacceptable damage to MindWar’s reputation for truth.”
Authors NOTE: Reputation for truth is directly relative to ( Whose Truth ? )
I submitted this question to “Leo,” the AI software that comes with the Brave browser.
“Is there any legal basis for the us government to suppress what it considers disinformation, given the provisions of the first amendment?”
In this case, Leo’s artificial intelligence beat Kerry’s genuine dumbness hands down. Leo said:
“US Disinformation First Amendment
“First Amendment Overview: The First Amendment to the US Constitution protects freedom of speech, including the dissemination of information, ideas, and opinions. It prohibits government regulation or restriction of speech based on its content or viewpoint.
“Legal Limitations: While the government may have concerns about “disinformation,” there is no legal basis for suppressing it under the First Amendment. The Supreme Court has consistently held that the government cannot restrict speech based on its perceived accuracy or truthfulness.
“Content-Based Restrictions: The Court has struck down content-based restrictions on speech, including those aimed at combating “false” or “misleading” information. For example, in United States v. Stevens (2010), the Court invalidated a federal law criminalizing the creation, distribution, and possession of depictions of animal cruelty, finding it unconstitutional because it targeted speech based on its content.
“Viewpoint Discrimination: The government cannot restrict speech based on its underlying viewpoint or message. In Rosenberger v. University of Virginia (1995), the Court held that a public university’s refusal to fund a Christian student publication’s newsletter because of its religious viewpoint violated the First Amendment.
“Government’s Burden: When the government seeks to restrict speech, it bears the burden of demonstrating that the restriction is narrowly tailored to serve a compelling government interest and leaves open ample alternative channels of communication. In Packingham v. North Carolina (2017), the Court struck down a state law criminalizing online speech by minors, finding that the law was overbroad and failed to provide sufficient alternative channels for minors to express themselves.
“In Conclusion: Given the First Amendment’s protections, there is no legal basis for the US government to suppress what it considers “disinformation” without violating the Constitution. Any attempts to restrict speech based on its perceived accuracy or truthfulness would likely be struck down by the courts as unconstitutional content-based restrictions or viewpoint discrimination.”
Thank you OD!
I’ve had problems reconciling Free Speech vs propaganda. I think it was the Smith-Mundt act(forgive me if I got that wrong), that Barry signed to allow “news” to use propaganda on the U.S. people.
It would be interesting to see how the AI accounts for propaganda, in regards to the 1st Amendment.
There are so many very bright people here at CTH, I’m asking for help in looking for different aspects.
Do we have to regulate the “news” to label their shows/articles in bold font as “opinions only”, versus actual reporting of the “news”? Also should the “news” be required, in bold font, that they are NOT giving both sides/the entire story, when they like to censor by omission? I’m trying to find the balance while respecting our Constitution.
Thanks, from a long time lurker at CTH
I read this and wondered if a person working for the govt who lies for the govt (think Covid/Fauci, etc.) is that protected free speech or is that something prosecutable?
I like to say that:
-misinformation is reporting of reality that contradicts ruling class lies.
-disinformation is reporting that shows that the ruling class is lying.
-malinformation is reporting that explains why the ruling class is lying.
But usually I’m with Sundance: these are all just epithets used by the Blob to accuse its enemies of badthink.
Also, about a minute into that video:
Kerry: “There is a lot of discussion now about how you curb those entities, uh, in order to guarantee that you’re gonna have, you know, some accountability on facts, et cetera.”
Midwits like Kerry and Biden a) don’t come up with their beliefs on their own, and b) don’t understand them well enough to always know what not to say. This makes them good conduits for us to see what their class believes. Here, Kerry is saying they believe it ought to be a crime to disagree with them. If they are lying, corrupt or abusive, and we dare to point that out, we ought to be accountable for breaking the law, not them.
Control Freak to an exponent of 12! (S)Kerry is a liar of the first degree. They can’t move beyond their obsession for power.
Having read ( finally! ) now the article that presents this thread it struck me how exact it is by defintion. My hat is off to SD – yet again.
Mis-Dis-Mal are all the latest variations upon “Newspeak”. Newspeak is the language inculcated strategically into a group of citizenry, so hammered through repetition and agit-prop – they are no longer able to think critically.
It’s INGSOC stuff and it is finally here in bloom. Just say NO to “Newspeak”.
Newspeak is the fictional language of Oceania, a totalitarian superstate. To meet the ideological requirements of Ingsoc (English Socialism) in Oceania, the Party created Newspeak, which is a controlled language of simplified grammar and limited vocabulary designed to limit a person’s ability for critical thinking.
It’s a joy to be here among critical thinkers that remain.
That horse-face traitorous piece of excrement needs a dirt nap.
Didn’t he take an oath before becoming some special envoy status, to defend the Consstitution?
Where the F is the RNC….they should be suing every agency and their top 3 executivves in the same lawfare model as being used by them.
On another positive note, millions of people now accurately understand why it is so important to refute the terms “mis-dis-mal information.” When CTH initially warned about the labeling, most people did not understand; however, as the consequences begin to surface, I would argue almost a majority of people now understand.
Yes!
And – we need to educate people on the phony concept of “hate speech”. People can detect what ever emotion is behind words, we do not need a gov’t agency telling us.
Repeal the so-called “hate speech” laws, those were just pre-cursors to the current censorship efforts.
Utopian socialists like Lurch think that ANY kind of freedom is dangerous. It threatens their rainbow vision of a perfect socialist paradise. Freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom of self-defense (2nd Amendment) lead their hit list of things to eliminate as most dangerous to the socialist way.
Finally, the sedative I needed to get to sleep tonight is less than 30 seconds of listening to John Kerry. No one makes fun of this “also ran for President.” and lost, due to voting machine glitches, I GUESS. Or makes fun of his never changing hairdo or appearance. What a CREEP.
In Australia the labor government’s mis/disinformation bill is currently the subject of a Senate enquiry before going to a vote.These slimy communist creeps never give up trying to censor free speech and prosecute internet platform content and opinion. Elon Musk has correctly labeled them fascists.
The liberal party now say they will oppose the bill but they proudly appointed the “worlds first” e-safety commissar (the forerunner to the currently proposed legislation) who is American born.
The unity party(UniParty) is alive and flourishing in Australia which remains at the cutting-edge of UN/WEF dictates.
I don’t know of anyone of my generation (early boomer) who does anything but laugh, scoff at, and dismiss John Kerry!
What a pompous ass. We remember his cowardice and perfidy in Vietnam. He’s in INFERIOR PERSON.
he is just Kamala Harris with a male voice
Are we surprised? Drill down far enough in the G.W. Bush, Obama and Biden Administrations and you will find individual policy leaders with roots sunk deep into the World Economic Forum and its glitzy Davos meetings to strengthen s. solidarity with the one-world movement. Since 1971 the WEF and Claus Schwab have seeded governments around the world with acolytes, much like George Soros seeded Secretary of State and District Attorney offices with his Open Society picks.
Folks, Sundance has documented this for years.
The USA was created & founded on personal freedoms. Federal Government was created to protect borders not govern. The states was to govern. However laws were meant to be hard to make, we the people had to be on the same page in mass too change anything. If we did not like what local government was doing. We could go speak with them or, move to a more free state. As long as we the people didn’t commit crimes against the 10 commandments. Government had no control over us.
For those that say times have changed. I’d counter, that we’re still arguing over basically the same issues 200+ years ago. Albeit more people & technology has changed, issues not so much but, look over there at the pretty shiny object. While the government’s federal, state & local steal your money, rape your freedom & lives. While daily they prove there unconstitutional laws don’t apply to them or, there families. They are free to commit any crimes through rigged judicial courts, law enforcement ignoring the supreme law of the land for local enrichment of government. They set-up stock market deals & harm with pharma for personal wealth. The democracy they push is Feudalism & serfdom! A Republic of Constitutional self governance & protection be damn. As a great man stated: They aren’t after me, they’re after you (US.) Wave at the WEF camera/tag scanner on your road today. Ask yourself, why are they tracking & tracing everyone? While building more AI computers draining & skyrocketing prices on our electricity. Trust your government, said no sane thinking working man ever!
No government can survive free speech.
You would be amazed how many people in America would willingly agree to tear up our Constitution for a monthly government check and ‘free’ stuff. Case in point are nearly ALL public union employees (local, state, federal) and in particular the teachers union which is a communist org. This is why Kerry, an elitist who considers himself far above any law, so casually spoke the truth of the Democrat worldview which is basically Marxist. Why Hillary continues to bad mouth Trump supporters, Pelosi and all the rest – they really do want to financially ruin your family and physically put you in a camp. They are not joking.
Trump should have jailed him for FARA violations.
Kerry longs for the good ole days of CBS, NBC & ABC as the arbitrators of “truth and the American way”
F these crap weasels
The “bad guys” are experts at manipulating truth to their agenda… ABC, CBS, NBC… CIA Mockingbird has been with us since the start of TV… probably radio too