The COVID lab leak hypothesis was not called outright "deliberate lying", because it was a hypothesis, however, it was banned from open discussion by even exper

The COVID lab leak hypothesis was not called outright "deliberate lying", because it was a hypothesis, however, it was banned from open discussion by even experts who feared the wrath of social media platforms and their members. It was called "False" by various "fact-checking" groups too, which many took as "it's a lie". Way before the internet people would say, “If you believe that, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell to you”. You cannot legislate intelligence, so stop trying to filter and ban things being written and said, if you don't agree with censorship especially from big tech or gonvernment. I always enjoyed reading the trash newspapers while waiting on the checkout line at the supermarket for fun (aliens (sorry, I doubted you, Kevin!), conspiracies, etc...). I knew they were false, and I know some people who actually believed them, but there will always be gullible people. Then there are facts as plain as day like the Uighur concentration camps in China being forced to make goods for the West (pick cotton, etc. Nike, Zara, H&M) and elsewhere, and Disney makes a movie in the same vicinity, and it's business as usual - profits before principals. Don't tell me it's different today with social media. I think it's the same, but social media has amplified ignorance by ameliorating facts and rewarding narcissism. I left LinkedIn and Facebook years ago.