We begin with a strange incident on Twitter. A user spoke about Jared Taylor in a private group and then, suddenly, found his account access limited and his verified checkmark taken away.

It was restored after several people tweeted about the issue on the platform.

Thank you, everyone, for the support.

I was essentially locked out of my account for 15 hours with no explanation given. Then, out of the blue, my account access was restored, along with my Twitter Blue checkmark.

— Chad Crowley (@CCrowley100) July 11, 2023

All this is completely unnecessary. Elon Musk has given a great deal of ammunition to his enemies with his arbitrary and seemingly random decisions on censorship. What Twitter needs are free speech and simple, clear Terms of Service that apply to everyone. All I want is the Twitter that existed in 2015, and for some reason, NGOs, governments, and billionaires seem utterly determined to prevent it.

Elon Musk still hasn’t restored Jared Taylor’s access to Twitter. We hope he will honor his rhetorical commitment to free speech soon. However, I don’t underestimate the obstacles he faces. For example, he recently said that he would respect anonymous accounts on Twitter. Conservative influencer Jordan Peterson said this is a mistake and made frankly bizarre charges that it would doom us all.

Anonymity
Enables
The Dark Tetrad
Types@elonmusk
And unopposed
They will take us all down

It's a big mistake sir
With all due respect https://t.co/tDmp1RldpY

— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) July 10, 2023

Let’s be charitable. If the various Civil Rights laws protected an individual from being fired because of ideology, Dr. Peterson’s position would be appropriate. However, those laws do not. Currently, Americans cannot openly express their views without the risk of being fired. Because leftists usually cloak their views either in non-white identity politics or union organization (both protected by the government), they have nothing to worry about. For those on the Right, it’s a different story.

Legally protecting an individual from dismissal on account of his ideology is not an extreme view. Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has suggested doing just that. Naturally, Reason magazine says that would be an attack on “freedom of association.” That’s about as relevant as saying it would violate the prerogatives of the British Crown; freedom of association hasn’t existed in this country since the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Still, whatever protections might exist, abolishing online anonymity would be a drastic step. Some of America’s greatest political writing was done anonymously or under pseudonyms, from Common Sense to the Federalist Papers. Arguments should be analyzed on their own merits, not because of who makes them. It’s especially arrogant for Jordan Peterson to advocate abolishing anonymity given the death of free speech in his country, Canada. Not everyone can get a gig with the Daily Wire to make edgy statements about not using some transgender’s pronouns.

That said, some things don’t change on Twitter. MSNBC still tweets out clickbait, even old clickbait, such as this July 10 reference to an article more than a year old.

The far right’s obsession with fitness is going digital https://t.co/saGOFXMn64

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 10, 2023

The “brown scare” is a business tactic for MSNBC and CNN. Without Donald Trump in the White House, there’s not much else for them to talk about (except Russia). One conservative journalist put it best:

MSNBC reposts this same exact story every few months so you will click on it in outrage

Stop doing that https://t.co/qXwd8ekdT0

— Auron MacIntyre (@AuronMacintyre) July 10, 2023

Don’t click. Instead, annoy a journo and hit the gym.

The context for the following video of migrants reaching Europe isn’t present. However, notice the NGO worker celebrating.

Another boat full of vulnerable women and children, fleeing from war torn countries, reaching Europe’s shores.

Imagine voting for the politicians that allowed and continue to allow all this to happen just because you don't want to be called a racist. pic.twitter.com/HIqjIT9Cdw

— iamyesyouareno (@iamyesyouareno) July 10, 2023

Controlling illegal immigration means confronting the NGOs carrying it out. They should be treated as traitors facilitating an invasion.

Another massive boat packed with astrophysicists invading Europe across the Mediterranean. pic.twitter.com/LrhFGaWJUz

— Paul Golding (@GoldingBF) July 6, 2023

A black woman found something to be offended about.

I woke up yesterday morning, looked out my window and saw the neighbors had hung this flag on their children’s playground.

Pull up a seat, and join me, friends, for The Chronicles of Being Black in a Rich, White suburb

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