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In a video released on New Years Day by Jordan Peterson and Dave Rubin

They announced, for this reason, they’d both be leaving the crowdfunding platform Patreon.

Patreon, they explained, has been actively de-platforming individuals with “controversial” views some might, with muddy reasoning, define as “hate speech” and, thus, acts of “violence.”

And, to be sure…

I’m not talking about censoring blatantly violent, radical right-wing hobgoblins…

I’m talking about people who, only a couple of decades ago, would’ve been considered to hold a series of mostly garden variety opinions.

Of course, those who support this are hopelessly unaware of the old military adage: Whatever weapon I invent against my enemies today will be used on me in a decade.

(These days, probably sooner.)

This is nothing new.

Youtube. Twitter. Facebook. All of the major social media platforms have been accused of this for years.

If it were just a matter of a “culture war,” where we’re disagreeing in the marketplace of ideas, this wouldn’t be such a big deal.

But it’s increasingly clear it’s much more than that…

Last week, it was pointed out to me that Operation Choke Point -where, beginning with the Obama Administration, the US Justice Department targeted businesses they found “unsavory”, by cutting off their access to banks and credit cards. READ: NRA

Some of these businesses, says the Washington Examiner, “included gun stores, ammunition shops, fireworks stores, small dollar lenders, and home-based charities.”

It’s also been revealed to be the same practices behind the censorship of popular voices on social media.

Meanwhile, as this practice is being called into question, the mainstream media is pushing the idea that this is 100% necessary for our “safety.”

The New York Times, as just one example, ran what they framed to be an exposé on mass shootings.

How Banks Unwittingly Finance Mass Shootings
The message of the article, if you look past the blatant fear-mongering, is this…

People buy things with credit cards. The credit card companies should be held accountable if people buy lawful goods and use them to do bad things. Hence, the government should step in.

(Expect more to come with this sentiment.)

It doesn’t take a genius to see where this is headed.

But I don’t want to beat a dead horse here.

My beat, after all, is to focus on the solutions.

Fortunately, the Internet is a hydra. Cut off one head, three grow back.

2019 will be the year where the war on ideas really ramps up.

And it’s much bigger than just getting banned from Facebook.

Stay tuned and be vigilant my friends.