{"id":46883,"date":"2021-03-06T15:57:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T15:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=46883"},"modified":"2021-03-06T15:57:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T15:57:30","slug":"weird-free-speech-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=46883","title":{"rendered":"Weird free-speech fight?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SocialMedia-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39912\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SocialMedia-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SocialMedia-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SocialMedia-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SocialMedia-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SocialMedia-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SocialMedia-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>By JOHN KANELIS<\/strong> \/<a href=\"mailto:johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com\"> johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maybe it&#8217;s just me, but I believe a Texas Senate bill that takes aim at social media platforms is really bizarre, weird and goofy defense of the First Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Bill 12 seeks to ban social media companies &#8212; such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube &#8212; from blocking points of view expressed by those that come from within the Texas borders.<\/p>\n<p>Which makes me wonder &#8230; huh?<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Greg Abbott has endorsed the bill, saying that social media companies led by West Coast billionaires are taking unfair aim at conservative thoughts and thinkers.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Tribune reports: <em>\u201cThey are controlling the flow of information \u2014 and sometimes denying the flow of information,\u201d the Republican governor said at a press conference in Tyler. \u201cAnd they are being in the position where they&#8217;re choosing which viewpoints are going to be allowed to be presented. Texas is taking a stand against big tech political censorship. We&#8217;re not going to allow it in the Lone Star State.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2021\/03\/05\/texas-greg-abbott-press-conference-social-media\/\">Gov. Greg Abbott touts bill to stop Twitter, Facebook from banning Texans | The Texas Tribune<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What gives this legislation its weird quality is that it seeks to protect conservative thoughts that come from this state. I am trying to figure out how you control or patrol the airwaves to limit thoughts that originate from a particular state. How does it affect conservatives who happen to live, say, in California, or New York, or New England?<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t get this one. Not at all.<\/p>\n<p>Someone has to explain to me the selective enforcement aspect of this goofy legislation.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By JOHN KANELIS \/ johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com Maybe it&#8217;s just me, but I believe a Texas Senate bill that takes aim at social media platforms is really bizarre, weird and goofy defense of the First Amendment. 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