Following the 2016 election, a broad consensus emerged between the Democrats and their aligned institutions, the deep state, and tech companies in Silicon Valley that narratives undermining the progressive worldview had to be suppressed across all mediums.
A frenzy of censorship followed, justified by a number of pretexts with varying levels of punch: from “fake news,” to “Russian influence operations,” to “COVID disinformation” and “election integrity,” it seemed that every month brought a new excuse for suppressing vast swathes of conservative discourse.
The comments and actions of Gigi Sohn, who withdrew her bid to be one of the five commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) earlier today, exemplified this consensus.