When leftists start talking
about “civility,” watch out for your freedom of speech. This again comes to
mind with
reports that some media outlets are eliminating online comments sections in
civility’s name. And while it’s not a First Amendment violation (these are private-sector
actions), it is largely motivated by the same mentality spawning speech codes
on college campuses and “hate speech” laws overseas. And as with those phenomena, the nixing of
online comments is justified with noble-sounding sentiments. As the AFP
recently reported, “Last month, Vice Media's Motherboard news site turned
off reader comments, saying ‘the scorched earth nature of comments sections
just stifles real conversation.’ It instead began taking ‘letters to the
editor’ to be screened by staff.” That’s
rich. What stifles conversation more than eliminating a comments section
completely? As for “real conversation,” the content leftist media disgorges
proves they haven’t the foggiest idea what that might be. It’s also clear that some types of incivility
are more unequal than others.....To Read More....
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