Free Speech & Hypocrisy

The cancel culture — the phenomenon of removing or canceling people, brands or shows from the public domain because of offensive statements or ideologies — is not a threat to the ruling class. Hundreds of corporations, nearly all in the hands of white executives and white board members, enthusiastically pumped out messages on social media condemning racism and demanding justice after George Floyd was choked to death by police in Minneapolis. Police, which along with the prison system are one of the primary instruments of social control over the poor, have taken the knee, along with Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of the serially criminal JPMorgan Chase, where only 4 percent of the top executives are Black. Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world whose corporation, Amazon, paid no federal income taxes last year and who fires workers that attempt to unionize and tracks warehouse laborers as if they were prisoners, put a “Black Lives Matter” banner on Amazon’s home page.

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As public libraries throughout Arkansas have come under scrutiny in recent years, some have faced uncertainty about the future of their funding sources, which determine what resources they offer their communities. The only library system that has seen a funding cut so far is the one in Craighead...

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The following is an attempt to respond to the current controversy at the University of Toronto surrounding Professor Jordan Peterson’s remarks about gender pronouns and freedom of speech. My argument…

NYU’s decision to withhold Logan Rozos’s degree for denouncing genocide in Gaza in his graduation speech is the latest example of right-wing cancel culture. After criticizing it on the Left, conservatives have learned to rally “woke” mobs of their own.

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The far-right call their crusade Together for Germany to camouflage their inherent Nazism while organisers deceptively claimed, there are no Neo-Nazis

Spotify, SoundCloud and other platforms have pulled the song, but its spread underscores the challenges tech platforms face in removing content that violate their policies.

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Elon Musk: From Fame to Fascism... I do not like Elon Musk, and neither should you. Elon has been in the news quite a bit lately for some controversial and political reasons, and I think it's about time I talk about it. FOLLOW ME ON TWITCH THANKS https://twitch.tv/benoveritlive Hi, welcome to the BenOverIt channel. In this Elon Musk video essay / commentary, we'll be talking about Donald Trump Elon Musk politics and more Elon Musk news. Elon Musk recently made an appearance on Fortnite Friday with ConnorEatsPants as Adrian Dittmann. Adrian Dittmann is Elon Musk's alt account on Twitter. Twitter free speech is something Elon talks about a lot, as well as going to Mars along with other SpaceX news. (President) Elon Musk /Adrian Dittmann and Donald Trump will be talked about in this political video essay. In addition to Elon Musk Trump, politics, and Tesla news, we'll also talk about Elon Musk net worth, ConnorEatsPants Elon Musk, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy running DOGE, and Elon's other companies such as Neuralink, Zip2, Paypal. Unfortunately this is not an Elon Musk interview.

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The tech billionaire and Trump adviser has drawn rebukes for repeatedly endorsing the AfD in the leadup to Germany’s snap election next month.

The right-wing battle against 'wokeness' was always pretty stupid, but it seemed to at least mean something. What I used to think it was, was a pushback agai...

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Musk is backing a vehemently anti-immigrant, far right party in Germany’s upcoming elections.

Elon Musk made a bit of an oopsie during his speech at Trump’s inauguration by letting the mask slip off entirely. He unambiguously made a “fascist salute” twice. Musk bootlickers predictably defended his gesture, but among his defenders was the Anti-Defamation League, which is an organization that purports to be fighting against hate speech. They called it an “awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm,” which is bizarre for the fact that they’ve defamed college students for simply wearing keffiyehs on college campuses. This led to progressive organizations and lawmakers like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calling out their disgusting double standard on Twitter. Read More About This Story Here: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-salute-reaction-right-wing-extremists-1235241866/ Additional References: The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/us/politics/elon-musk-white-house-trump.html CNN - https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/12/18/donald-trump-campaign-rhetoric-cnc-vpx.cnn NBC News - x-twitter-elon-musk-nazi-extremist-white-nationalist-accounts-rcna145020 Truthout - https://truthout.org/articles/free-speech-absolutist-musk-is-abetting-modis-suppression-of-voices-in-india/ Rolling Stone - https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/elon-musk-great-replacement-conspiracy-theory-1234941337/ Mother Jones - https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/11/elon-musk-river-sea-antidefamation-league/ Videos: Greenblatt on MSNBC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uB4JMZNLr0 Greenblatt on CNBC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw84oU5xIUY Greenblatt Talks TikTok - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKbMtVKq18I ************** Support the Show: Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/humanistreport YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7Q4rvzJDbHeBHYk5rnvZeA/join Membership via PayPal: http://www.humanistreport.com/support.html ************** Mike's Book, 'Catalyze' is Now Available on All Major Retailers! Grab Your Digital or Paperback Copy Here: http://www.humanistreport.com/book.html ************** Visit Our Website: http://www.humanistreport.com/ Join Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/ntzkbyzsdA Join Our Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/HumanistReport/ Like Us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/humanistreport Follow Us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@humanistreport Follow Us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/HumanistReport Follow Mike on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mike.figueredo/ Follow Mike on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/humanistreport Subscribe to Our Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnSKFAh2-y_xplp4gB_9X0w Download the Opt-Out App: https://www.optout.news/ ************** The Humanist Report (THR) is a progressive political podcast that discusses and analyzes current news events and pressing political issues. Our analyses are guided by humanism and political progressivism. Each news story we cover is supplemented with thought-provoking, fact-based commentary that aims for the highest level of objectivity. #HumanistReport #ElonMusk #AOC

The “hand gesture” didn’t happen in a vacuum.

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