Without getting overly political (I hope!), I was struck this last week by the reaction to Elon Musk purchasing Twitter. Full disclosure: I do not, have not, and never will, use Twitter. Other than Youtube, I do not engage in ANY “social media.” There is nothing “social” about it and it usually serves to do more harm than good. But you cannot help noticing that there was quite an uproar from people over this purchase. Unusually, it was from people who claim to be all about freedom. And yet they are outraged that Musk apparently want to give people from the other end of the political spectrum a fair shot at expressing their opinions. It is also noteworthy that the President – the very next day! – announced that he was appointing a “disinformation czar.” That should frighten any free speech loving American. The words “disinformation” and “czar” send a chill up my spine. “Orwellian” comes to mind.
