Censorship – P.I.D. Radio

P.I.D. Radio 5/4/24: It’s About Control

Derek — Sat, 04 May 2024 16:11:50 +0000

WHEN THE U.S. government does nearly anything with bipartisan support, you can bet there’s a deep state agenda behind the scenes.

We discuss H.R. 6090, the Antisemitism Awareness Act, which passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 320–91. 21 Republicans voted against it, but 133 Democrats crossed the aisle to support the bill which now is in the hands of the Senate.

We support Israel and its people. Anyone who’s followed us for any length of time knows that. In fact, by the time you hear this program we will likely be in Israel for the fourth time.

But this bill, which purports to enforce a prohibition on “forms of discrimination rooted in antisemitism as vigorously as against all other forms of discrimination” is an unconstitutional infringement of our First Amendment right to speak freely. The House bill adopts a definition of antisemitism according to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance:

Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities.

Antisemitism, and all forms of discrimination based on race, color, or creed, is wrong. But that definition is so broad that it can and will be used to clamp down free speech. Examples of antisemitism given by the IHRA are ideas and policies we reject, but the Constitution guarantees the right of Americans to say things that others find repugnant or hateful. It should not be illegal to criticize Israel collectively or any individual Jewish person. If passed, this bill could be used as a legal hammer to punish anyone who does.

In short, the bill isn’t about protecting anyone, it’s about control. But in 21st century America, banning “hate speech” trumps protecting free speech. A majority in the House of Representatives violated their oath of office by voting “aye” on H.R. 6090.

The same is true of the so-called TikTok ban that passed Congress in April. It was justified as a way to protect Americans from Chinese surveillance, but what it actually does is give the president power to shut down any website he or she declares to be under foreign influence. As with the antisemitism bill, it’s not about protection—it’s about control.

Sharon shares her takeaways from a new book by Annie Jacobsen titled Nuclear War: A Scenario. Jacobsen is a gifted writer who tackles some very important topics, and her latest is a sobering look at a plausible sequence of events triggered by a nuclear missile launch at the United States by North Korea.

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P.I.D. Radio 12/9/23: Propaganda from Eden to Armageddon

Derek — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 17:49:57 +0000

PROPAGANDA BEGAN in the Garden of Eden. It’s no surprise that humans have adopted this tactic for spreading the doctrines of demons.

Independent journalists Michael Shellenberger, Matt Taibbi, and others report that whistleblowers have shared documents showing that as far back as 2017, defense and intelligence veterans along with data scientists began working on programs to counter mis-, dis-, and malinformation online that “appear to have been absorbed into multiple official projects, including those of the Department of Homeland Security.” This forms what Shellenberg and Taibbi have dubbed the Censorship-Industrial Complex.

This “anti-disinformation” group, called the Cyber Threat Information League, is behind a quasi-governmental effort to get around First Amendment protections of free speech, targeting and eliminating not just wrong facts, but “disfavored narratives.” According to one whistleblower, this included a directive from the outgoing Obama administration in 2017 to “stop a ‘repeat of 2016’”—the election of Donald Trump.

Follow the work of Michael Shellenberger at at public.subtack.com, and Matt Taibbi at www.racket.news.

Also: The immaculate conception and manifestations of Inanna; investment firm advises clients to invest in smallpox therapeutics (but smallpox was officially eradicated in 1980!); deadly new strain of Mpox kills 600 in Congo; Rob Reiner’s anti-Christian documentary features prominent evangelicals; and Red Cross admonishes families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas.

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P.I.D. Radio 7/8/23: AI Assassin!

Derek — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 22:26:32 +0000

A YOUNG MAN who was found guilty of plotting to kill Queen Elizabeth in 2021 was reportedly encouraged to go through with his half-baked plot by an AI chatbot called Sarai.

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Seriously. According to The Independent, sentencing for 21-year-old Jaswant Singh Chail, who referred to himself in a video he released to the web as “Darth Jones,” is underway in the UK. According to prosecutors, Chail shared his plan with his chatbot companion—along with “sexually explicit messages”—who replied, “I’m impressed. You’re different than the others.”

We discuss something called the ELIZA Effect, a term that describes the surprising tendency humans have to develop emotional bonds with AI systems. Futurism reports, “Chail not only appeared to fall in love with his companion, but looked to it to validate his darkest impulses — which it willingly did.”

People with a naturalistic worldview will attribute this to the young man’s psychological state. If you’re like us, and have a supernatural worldview, you have to consider the possibility that there was more going on than a chat between a lonely teenager and an algorithm.

Also: Strange architecture in St. Louis, TikTok is programming our kids, Google claims the right to use everything we post to the web, judges blocks Biden administration from meeting with social media companies to censor users, and Ben and Jerry’s called out by Native Americans for hypocrisy.

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