{"id":1184605,"date":"2022-01-03T18:50:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T23:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1184605"},"modified":"2022-01-03T18:50:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T23:50:49","slug":"they-just-want-my-silence-rand-paul-quits-youtube-slams-big-tech-censorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-just-want-my-silence-rand-paul-quits-youtube-slams-big-tech-censorship\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They Just Want My Silence\u2019: Rand Paul Quits YouTube, Slams Big Tech Censorship"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthey-just-want-my-silence-rand-paul-quits-youtube-slams-big-tech-censorship%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1184605&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) published an op-ed on Monday, announcing that he is beginning his \u201cexodus from Big Tech,\u201d starting with the \u201cworst censor of all, YouTube.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a libertarian leaning Senator, I think private companies have the right to ban me if they want to, however, those of us who believe that truth comes from disputation and that the marketplace of ideas is a prerequisite for innovation should shun the close-minded censors and take our ideas elsewhere, which is exactly what I\u2019m doing,\u201d announced Dr. Paul in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paul.senate.gov\/news\/dr-rand-paul-announces-he-quitting-youtube\">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The op-ed, titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/op-eds\/my-new-years-resolution-im-quitting-youtube\">My New Year\u2019s resolution: I\u2019m quitting YouTube<\/a>,\u201d was published by The Washington Examiner.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery year, people resolve to do things that are better for their health \u2014 quitting alcohol, processed food, toxic relationships. I have come to the realization that my relationship with YouTube is dysfunctional,\u201d Dr. Paul began. \u201cSure, I can get millions of views. But why should I allow anonymous \u2018fact-checkers\u2019 to censor my fully sourced, fact-based content? They don\u2019t want to challenge or debate me with opposing views, they just want my silence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone complains about Big Tech. The Left says Big Tech doesn\u2019t censor enough. The right complains that Big Tech censors too much already,\u201d Paul continued. \u201cMany in Congress, on the Left and the Right, want to break up or regulate Big Tech, but few of these loud voices have actually stepped up and quit using Big Tech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Paul then criticized YouTube for deleting videos, such as those he said included substantiated claims regarding the efficacy of cloth masks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA hallmark of the scientific method is to challenge and disprove a hypothesis,\u201d Paul argued. \u201cYet we have abandoned science and rational debate for an almost religious adherence to the edicts of government bureaucrats like Anthony Fauci. To challenge the data is to be a \u2018denier\u2019 or \u2018conspiracist\u2019 who must be silenced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn entire generation of young people, who use these platforms exclusively for their news, will never read or hear of opinions or ideas that challenge the Big Government \/ Big Tech orthodoxy,\u201d Dr. Paul wrote later. \u201cIf they do happen to see, for example, an article claiming that the coronavirus could have originated with a lab leak in Wuhan, it is quickly condemned as \u2018debunked\u2019 or a \u2018conspiracy\u2019 by the invisible, all-knowing \u2018fact-checkers\u2019 employed by Big Tech. Until of course, it isn\u2019t \u2014 but by then, it\u2019s too late, public attention has moved on, the damage done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout half of the public leans right. If we all took our messaging to outlets of free exchange, we could cripple Big Tech in a heartbeat,\u201d Paul concluded. \u201cSo, today I take my first step toward denying my content to Big Tech. Hopefully, other liberty lovers will follow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompetition is the answer,\u201d Paul wrote. \u201cSo, to complainers about Big Tech censorship, just quit!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"> @ighaworth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"> member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) published an op-ed on Monday, announcing that he is beginning his \u201cexodus from Big Tech,\u201d starting with the \u201cworst censor of all, YouTube.\u201d \u201cAs a libertarian leaning Senator, I think private companies have the right to ban me if they want to, however, those of us who believe that truth comes &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1184605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1184605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1184605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1184605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1184605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}