Who Made Amazon the Inquisitor General?

By Rich Kozlovich

Yesterday I came across two articles on the same subject.  Amazon decided to shut down a man's "smart home" because his door bell is racist.  A racist door bell, imagine that.  Well, you know all things great and small are racist now.  Right?

In this piece, Guy gets accused of racism by his doorbell… Amazon shuts down his smart home, the author opens up with this observation, and one I absolutely agree with:

In today’s world of politically correct insanity, it’s truly baffling that a significant number of Americans willingly invite in their homes these advanced devices that constantly eavesdrop on their conversations and actions. Yet, that’s become the norm with gadgets like Echo and Alexa, which feel like creepy spies sitting in the corner, recording every noise you make. Well, one guy learned the hard way just how risky that idea can be when his doorbell accused him of being “racist” and Amazon completely shut down his entire “smart home.” The guy’s name is Brandon Jackson, and he gave a detailed account of what went down that fateful day...........

The article goes on to explain how this happened, Amazon's lack of response, and when corrected, their lack of communication or apology for the fact they never notified this man they were going to do it, nor did they bother to investigate what actually happened. 

Daniel Greenfield posted this piece, If Amazon Thinks You’re a Racist, It Will Shut Down Your Smart Home  saying:

You no longer control your home. Amazon does...........when a single corporation doesn’t just control a site you use, but controls most of your life, everything from your doorbell to your vacuum, your music and your lightbulbs, and it decides that your politics are bad, you’ve got problems. That’s exactly the situation that people put themselves in when they rely on Amazon or Google Home to control their smart home only to realize that they no longer control their home. A touchy corporation that celebrates Pride Month and BLM all year round does. Beware of offending it..............Offend Amazon and your Kindle won’t work, your books, music and movies will be inaccessible and you may even have trouble getting in and out of your house..........

Daniel goes on to let us know what this homeowner thinks about this, and it's hard to believe:

“due to this experience, I am seriously considering discontinuing my use of Amazon Echo devices and will caution others about this incident.”  Seriously considering. This is a dystopia but we’re also doing it to ourselves. Amazon didn’t force us to hook up our entire lives to it. It just seemed convenient. But those who can give you convenience can also take it away in a nanosecond.

Seriously considering?  Ya just gotta be kidden me?  Deciding to end this folly should be an automatic.

Admittedly, no one forced people to buy these devices and hook their homes up to them, yet, it seems to me this may be laying the ground work for far worse.  As it turns out Nearly A Third Of Young People Support Government Cameras In Every Home.  Why?  this is the result of a contaminated system of education, indoctrination and leftist propaganda fed to these young and impressionable minds.  They're coming out of school incapable of the fundamentals, and their knowledge of history is abysmal, and they're the future.  That's scary.

In the meanwhile, it all still comes down to this.   Who made Amazon the Inquisitor General?  Who determined it was Amazon that was going adjudicate social issues on an individual basis? Who gave Amazon the authority to be our 1984 "Word Police"?  

No one!  

Like all things on the left they're tyrants and usurpers of individual rights, and they need to be sued and prosecuted, before it's too late and we're forced to have such devices installed in our homes and businesses.  

As Betsy McCaughey notes in her commentary, Dems Trash US Constitution:

If you own a business, the leftists in Congress are coming after you. The only thing standing in their way is the U.S. Constitution. Whether you own a mom-and-pop diner, an auto repair shop or shares in a multinational corporation, your property is at risk.

So is your freedom.  This is as dangerous time as has ever existed in America.