On Being a "PreBunked Malinformant"
The daily battle with bots, automatons, philistines, and brainwashed kids.
In recent years a vast industry has been created for the “detection, management, and correction of disinformation and misinformation.” Dozens of foundations, big tech companies, and government agencies are now disbursing hundreds of millions (in aggregate) to university departments to train young people for a career in misinformation and disinformation management.
Dr. Aaron Kheriaty mentioned this to me in an interview last summer, and a few nights ago, Dr. McCullough asked me to do some research on this new industry. My inquiry has led me into a Bluebeard’s Castle of horrors.
A quick Google search of “misinformation correction” results in countless reports of grant awards in this burgeoning industry. In other words, instead of acquiring a liberal education (based on the central principle of freedom of speech and expression) an army of college students are in training to become professional censors and propagandists.
How do graduates from university censorship programs conceptualize guys like Dr. Peter McCullough and (to a lesser extent) me?
We are, in the Orwellian language of the censorship schools, “Malinformants”— that is, guys who spread “harmful” information. Because we have been designated as such, we are suitable candidates for “PreBunking.” The following video is a sort of “PreBunking” manual. Note that the technique is explicitly and favorably compared to a vaccine.
The telltales that you’ve become a “PreBunked Malinformant” is when you run afoul of internet trolls who display some or all of the following identifiers:
Express a zealous belief that vaccines are the saviors and redeemers of mankind.
Display an icon of the Ukrainian flag on their profile.
Use extremely disparaging, ad hominem, and sanctimonious language.
Characterize you of being a “grifter.”
So, how does it feel to be a "PreBunked Malinformant”? Setting aside the feeling of vexation that I’m contending with kids who possess none of my education or experience, I’m left with the emotion of total amazement that American universities now have astoundingly well-financed schools of censorship.
How could this have possibly come about in the United States of America?
With our federal government extending large loans to students so they can “afford” to attend college to get that all mighty degree, you get a whole lot more people in these institutions to indoctrinate. It’s a win, win for the universities and the government. Look how much money the universities are making off their students! This is how we got to the scary place we are today. Furthermore, I might add they also are creating a large group of young people who become indebted to the lenders, the government with this model. They then, unable to achieve the American Dream of home ownership and independence become disgruntled and willing to embrace socialism/communism as the answer since capitalism isn’t working for them. The elites are doing all of this intentionally and we haven’t been paying attention for far too long.
I don't care if someone is 100% WRONG, it is my choice to determine whether to believe them or not and act accordingly. No one has the right to control the speech of others. It is unconstitutional and for very good reason. Government and big corporations are undermining our rights and the sick thing is that they are proud of it and bragging about it. They need to be sued and stopped cold. It shouldn't take the Supreme Court but a very short time to put them in their place.