This kind of pissed me off when I read the headline that stated "US Military Blocks Access to The Guardian Website for Troops Around the World". After reading the story I had to check out The Guardian website for myself. It's just your typical news website, but because it published some stories that our government does not like, it gets put on the blacklist. This is something that one would expect to see the Chinese government doing or perhaps the North Korean government...not the U.S. government! I mean we are the land of the free and the home of the brave right? Our soldiers fight for that freedom, but they don't deserve their own freedom on the internet. They only get to see what the government censors decide is OK for viewing. That is not freedom folks! The comments after the story state exactly what I'm thinking.
Communist governments and dictatorships control the flow of information to control their people. Our government is starting to do the same thing. I am seeing this more and more all the time. It starts with something small and just keeps happening more and more. I used to think those who always complain about our mainstream media filtering content were nut jobs with crazy conspiracy theories...but after being overseas and having my eyes opened a bit, I'm not so sure now.
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