Simone Smith
It is interesting to see when people are in defense mode, they will do anything to save themselves, and they will band with others who will protect their self-interests.
Apparently, the new rhetoric that is being pushed is that if anyone has anything to say that goes against what the government is propagating, you could be charged with a hate crime. Yes, that means our freedom of speech is being restricted yet again.
I read a paper, published in the peer-reviewed Public Library of Science (PLOS) Biology journal A Dr. Hotez, who reportedly has been funded by Anthony Fauci’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) since 1993, offered the robust defense of scientists including Fauci and EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak in a recent paper: “Mounting Antiscience Aggression In The United States.”
“There is a troubling new expansion of antiscience aggression in the United States. It’s arising from far-right extremism. A band of ultraconservative members of the US Congress and other public officials with far-right leanings are waging organized and seemingly well-coordinated attacks against prominent US biological scientists. In parallel, conservative news outlets repeatedly and purposefully promote disinformation designed to portray key American scientists as enemies.”
Hotez is calling for a public statement in defense of Fauci and other COVID-19 scientists from the President of the United States together with science leaders at the federal agencies. He speaks of the possibility is to extend federal hate-crime protections.
This is the direction they are going in, and now is the time to ensure that we state our FREEDOM’S clearly, and hold on our basic rights. As long as we are not threatening harm on anyone, we have the RIGHT, to state our opinions, and views respectfully.
We need to nip this in the bud.
