Agency Says Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19

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53. You're proving my point

As I noted above, when censorship can be made tribal, people will accept and defend it. Well, tada. The whole issue is now partisan and tribal to an absurd degree.

With a flick of the keyboard, we're suddenly not having a conversation about being able to ask what is or is not true. We're having a conversation about "What team are you on?"

And that is by design, and it's dishonest, and it serves the purpose of obscuring the issues at hand. I'm no wet-behind-the-ears young pup who can be distracted by the tactic.

You've not once answered the question why asking about the origins of Covid should be censored. You clearly support the censorship, as you've attempted to conflate any question with extreme conspiracy theory - which the post I replied to was also doing and what prompted my reply.

It's just dodge, weave, claim conspiracy, and appeal to tribalism.

This isn't a good thing. It's corrosive, toxic, and hostile to principles of free expression. It's Liberalism 101 stuff, and yet for some reason it remains entirely elusive. Machiavelli should serve as a warning - not a guide.