Michael Malice

when you see the machinations behind the scenes, and then when you see the rationalizations after the fact, you realize, oh, these people are not acting in good faith.

The fact that, for example, the New York Post article about the Hunter Biden laptop and how the New York Times covered it as well, they didn't mention any kind of dick pics.

Twitter made it so I couldn't even DM you

the link to the New York Post article, which was a tool they had previously used only to prevent child pornography.

So that shows to what extent they were willing to put their thumb on the scale, but it also shows that

for any layman when they're looking at this to realize what you are perceiving as news or information is very much sculpted, edited and guided by powerful people who have a vested interest in maintaining their power.

It's power versus powerless, yes.

Tell us what to do and we'll do our best.

I remember when I was writing The New Right,

Twitter's line was, we're not going to tell you guys what the metrics are by which we ban or censor people because then bad actors are going to navigate around them.

And it's like, what are you doing?

Like, just tell people in any establishment what are the rules for which behavior is permissible.

If I go to a store...

If I return the sweater, is it cash back?

No refunds?

Or if I get store credit, you know what I mean?

So that they were having this place, which was presented as a huge international space for public discourse, and they're not telling you ahead of time, this is what we will tolerate.

This is what we'll warn you about.

This is what we'll kick you out overnight.

That to me was crazy and outrageous.