For a democracy such as ours, all points of view deserve to be heard. Censorship is anathema. And yet, there are times when censorship must be exercised. Military and state secrets are one such example. However, we have now run into a situation were things are a lot less clear.
People would have public media be censored. Specifically, Twitter and Facebook, social platforms, should do censoring. And, indeed, Twitter and Facebook are already censoring their sites and if someone says something that they believe should not be said, they will bar any such individual from their site. Who are Twitter and Facebook to exercise such power? They may be private companies, but they are also monopolies.
With newspapers, or TV stations you have alternatives to choose from. But an individual's opinion might be quite unique and well expressed on social media. Do we want to allow Facebook and Twitter to do the censoring? Are they to be the judge and jury as to what is proper for us to say and what is not. No, no, no.
But, I can see where some things would best be censored. Maybe we should leave it to Twitter and Facebook. However, I would make one important exception. We should not allow the censoring of any bonafide politician. I realize full well that some politicians do not come across all that well. But let the public decide, not Twitter or Facebook.
