The Main Reasons Leftists Endorse Censorship

Tyranny is inherent in leftism. Unimpeded, it will always impose censorship.

• A former New York Times journalist is appalled that the Times favors censorship

• He is overlooking the fact that leftism inevitably leads to censorship because leftism is human nature, and human nature is censorious

• Censorship is also a leftist survival instinct. Their claims cannot withstand scrutiny, so scrutiny must be prohibited.

• As the West falls ever farther from its Judeo-Christian founding, censorship will become increasingly popular and increasingly common

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In his newsletter “Unreported Truths,” former New York Times journalist, Alex Berenson¹, recently wrote about the sense of betrayal he felt upon seeing the Times effectively endorse censorship.

The New York Times has lost its mind. And by mind, I mean principles and understanding of the First Amendment.

Leftism inevitably leads to censorship

Berenson is incredulous that a major media outlet — his outlet — would attack the very law that allows it to exist; that it would use its First Amendment protection to undermine First Amendment protections. But what he fails to realize is that leftism always leads to censorship because:

1. Leftism is simply raw, uncivilized human nature dressed up as a political philosophy. It always calls for greater indulgence; never restraint.

2. Human beings are naturally tyrannical. We don't need a reason to censor, we need a reason not to.

There is nothing in leftism that resists the temptation to censor; no principle that says I shouldn't silence inconvenient information. And without God (whose existence the Left either denies or disregards), there is no moral law to curb my impulses; nor is there any basis for the belief that other people have inherent value that I am bound to respect.

In short: leftism’s natural trajectory is toward censorship, and there are no stop signs along the way.

Censorship is a leftist survival instinct

Another, more obvious, reason why the Left endorses censorship is that leftism simply can’t win in a fair fight. When opponents are given equal time, and allowed to ask probing questions and provide contradictory evidence, leftism collapses like the house of cards that it is. Not one of its claims can withstand scrutiny because all of them, being derived from a flawed God-premise, are fundamentally untrue.

So because it can’t win in a fair fight, leftism does its best to prevent one. If it can’t prevent the fight, it will settle for preventing the fairness. Just a few examples:

• Presidential debates are always moderated by a left-of-center panel

• Conservatives are never debated, they are simply de-platformed

• Leftists have spent years in apoplectic fits over the existence of Fox News. This despite their total control over every other major outlet in the media industry.²

• Many leftists fled Twitter the moment it stopped censoring Conservatives. Note that it didn’t start censoring leftists, it merely stopped muzzling everyone else. For the Left, however, this proved an intolerable state of affairs.

• The leftist federal bureaucracy conspired with Big Tech to censor every true piece of information about COVID (origins, mortality, early treatment, mask efficacy, vaccine efficacy, vaccine injury, etc.)

• Big Tech conspired to take out Parler, the only social media platform on which Conservatives were not being censored

Look, when it comes down to it, anyone who asserts that men can become women is someone who is simply not equipped to play intellectual defense. He and his comrades are going to do everything they can to either avoid or rig any kind of competition.

Censorship is likely to become more popular

The Left is always going to censor, both because it’s naturally compelled to do so and because doing so is in its interest. Many long-time liberals like Berenson are just figuring this out, and they’re appalled. But many leftists, like those at the New York Times, are excited. They want the government suppressing speech because they don’t believe that such restrictions will ever be leveraged against them; that there might come a time when they want to say something that isn’t government-approved. They just see censorship as a means of advancing their ideology and eliminating their competition.

As our society falls farther from its founding principles, censorship is only going to increase in popularity. The only reason it was ever unpopular in the West is because Western Civilization was founded on Judeo-Christian principles, which are a repudiation of human nature, and thus, of its impulse to silence opposing viewpoints. But now that those principles have been cast aside, we are guaranteed to return to man's natural state of unmitigated oppression. Censorship is only the beginning.

1. For those unfamiliar with Alex Berenson, he was famously de-platformed by Twitter for conveying true information about the COVID vaccines. He took the Blue Bird to court and won, resulting in a settlement and the reinstatement of his account. He is now suing the Biden Administration for violating the First Amendment by colluding with tech companies to censor American citizens.

2. Fox News is now controlled by the Left