Tis new to thee, perhaps. But this is wrestling with a pig now. Still, we’re getting somewhere amid the bluster. “Of course” radio played the role I said it di

Tis new to thee, perhaps. But this is wrestling with a pig now. Still, we’re getting somewhere amid the bluster. “Of course” radio played the role I said it did, all those screeds ago. Just like then, we once again have a new mass medium. Just like then it is being weaponised and we’ve not yet adjusted to cope well with it. Because anyone can publish anything, any uncomfortable truth can be dismissed as “Fake News”. Because anyone can publish anything, scientific untruths like “vaccines cause autism” are continuing to cause real harm long after truth finally had its boots on. But we are finally realising it is time for hygiene factors here. That’s what’s happening to Spotify. They can choose to host InfoWars but they will face consequences from their customers for doing so. That’s how it should be. Could that go the other way? If fascism triumphs again will businesses face outrage for hosting a triggered lib podcast that insists Sandy Hook really happened? Maybe! But by then it will be too late. The task is to stop fascism getting to that point. And that may call for targeted intolerance, yes. So we’re back to Popper. I don’t think he was writing from a place of moral self-righteousness.