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Caitlin Johnstone writes in a blog post over at Medium that corporate censorship is ramping up while people are distracted by the menace of government censorship.
It is true that it is the most controversial and repulsive speech which is most severely in need of protection, and that a government which is granted the power to silence Nazis can be expected to use that power to silence political dissent. But there is no danger of this ever happening in the United States, because corporate censorship can be used to silence anti-establishment voices with far less pushback.
Egged on by the resurfacing of obnoxious and sometimes illegal groups, more groups are pushing for, and sometimes getting, full online silence from other voices. Those in power will have corporations do any of the dirty work that might generate push back.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 16 2017, @08:26PM
Here we have a proto human successfully thawed out after being found in Greenland's Didjagetafarkinclue glacier. This specimen is of particular interest to scientists for a remarkable reason, he can shed light on primitive psychological behavior. After years of education and behavioral therapy it was quite a surprise for scientists when this proto-human confirmed a common urban myth that individuals who respond to conservative ideology are "neanderthals". This is of course quite absurd on the surface, but after digging deeper scientists have correlated not only genetic similarities but actual brain structures shared with supposedly modern humans.
Prevailing wisdom states that neanderthals were wiped out by modern humans, however this specimen is shedding light on a whole new story. One researcher's hypothesis is that tightly bound genetic traits were incorporated through cross-breeding between neanderthal and human, leading to our modern day schism between humans who appear the same on the surface.
Now we see the proto human engaged in a wildly controversial experiment, researchers have given him access to the Internet to see how he deals with a wider array of human interaction. While the experiment is still in its early stages it has already given fruit to some surprising results. Scientists claim they have discovered the underlying reason for the conflict between proto and modern humanoids, and it came from a surprisingly small remark left on a social media site which said "Screw you. Hashtag WAR."
Deep down we may all share similar tendencies, but it is clear that these proto humans could not compete with modern humans who were capable of adapting to a changing environment. With any luck the ongoing genetic analysis of this proto-human will help us find a therapy for it's ancestors who have even now suffer from debilitating xenophobia and its resulting brain degeneration. Early clues point to a link between this genetic profile passed down for millenia and a variety of degenerative mental disorders.
Hopefully one day we will be able to heal this ancient conflict which has surprisingly continued through this genetic anomaly.