Many different
opinions and perspectives are banned in mainstream media. They only
publish things that have been approved and considered appropriate. If
you can't or don't want to dance to their music, you will have to
make do with your blog or an online chat forum. Mainstream media is only for the chosen few, those who know how to behave themselves and
do not disturb the order.
But it is not just racists, anti-vaxxers, and conspiracy theorists who are being
censored. Many others are also denied admission by the unwavering doormen. Maybe it's just as good,
what do we have in there to do?
Anyway, here are two examples
of opinions and perspectives that cannot be discussed in mainstream media.
1.
We are
quite a few now, who no longer believe that greenhouse gas emissions
will be reduced. We are not able to do what we have to do to stop climate change. It is
already causing serious problems in many parts of the world, but
there is no indication that we intend to change our way of living. Both rich and poor crave more and more stuff. Greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, despite all the alarm
reports and climate conferences.
Do an experiment, ask your
friends and acquaintances if they sincerely believe that we will be
able to keep the earth's average temperature rise under two degrees, ask if
they feel hopeful about the future. You will then discover that it's
not only doomsday preppers, nihilists, and depressed neurotics who have lost
faith in the future.
The idea that our global civilization and
all of humanity will perish is not far-fetched or morbidly
pessimistic. All previous civilizations have perished. There are only
ruins left of them. And 99% of all species that have existed here on
earth no longer exist. Evolution works like this. There will be other
species taking over after us, flies perhaps or
cockroaches.
Mainstream media promotes mainstream
views, endless discussions, and proposals about what we have to do in
order to solve the climate change problem, how we can implement the
Paris Agreement, what can replace oil and carbon. The
environmentalists demand more radical measures. None of them can see
that we will disappear, that our days are numbered.
2.
Religions cause an enormous amount of misery in the world, yet it is unthinkable to criticize them, we are instead expected to respect
them. Terrorism, jihadism, and destructive sectarianism can be
criticized, but not the religions themselves.
However, the
social systems in Saudi Arabia and Iran are appalling, and they are
based on conventional and generally accepted Islam.
Sunni and
Shia Muslims hate each other. They disagree on which faith is the
right one and they kill each other in the most bestial
ways, like Catholics and protestants used to do.
In Yemen, Saudi Arabia supports the Sunni Muslims and Iran supports
the Shiite Huthi rebels. In addition, Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and
Iran have for many years provided extensive support to various Muslim
extremists and jihadists around the world.
About 25% of the Americans describe themselves as
evangelicals. In 2000, they voted for George W. Bush. In 2003 God ordered him to invade Iraq. In 2016, Donald Trump came to power
thanks to these evangelicals. In Brazil, they voted for
Bolsonaro.
No sensible person can call himself a communist today after all the horrors that have taken place in the name of
communism, but how is it that Christians still can call themselves
Christians without being ashamed? Christianity also has a horrible
history: the Crusades, the Inquisition, and the witch hunts, the
oppression of women and children, the steadfast support to war-mad emperors,
kings, and presidents.
During the Enlightenment, slavery and
the slave trade began to be questioned. Many Christians were also
affected by the new ideas. A new Christian ethic slowly emerged. What
is right or wrong is not carved in stone.
But it takes time
to change established ideas. When the London parliament voted to
abolish slavery in the British colonies, the bishops in the upper
house voted against the proposal. In 2006, the Church of England
apologized for the fact that their priests had owned slave
plantations in the Caribbean.
Religious identity has always
been important to people, but it is nevertheless possible to abandon
it. There are many examples of people who have left their religious cult or congregation without joining another one. It
is also possible to leave a political party, a criminal gang, or a
bunch of drinking buddies. It is possible to jump off the bandwagon.
It is possible to simply be a human being, without any religious or
political affiliation.
https://www.badnewsaboutchristianity.com/gaa_slavery.htm
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/feb/09/religion.world
