Come, now — let us reason — together.

Scott Johnson (retired attorney) and Glenn Reynolds (law prof at University of Tennessee) both know better. They both know the right to free speech is not without limits.

Especially so, in that both of them have acknowledged that false or misleading statements (and health claims) about the human life-saving properties of unapproved, non FDA vetted substances, chemicals and devices… are absolutely subject to limited, proper “time, place and manner” restrictions, to protect the public from death or disability. Doubly so, in the time of a pandemic.

Here’s Scott’s morning lunacy, in full.

What he drops by footnote, only… is that the clip he’s burping incoherently about… is from the Summer of 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic was killing thousands every day.

Hard Right televangelist/now snake-oil fraud Jim Bakker was selling “colloidal silver” solutions. Donald Trump was advocating injecting bleach. Candace Owens was pushing horse dewormers.

And… the KKK was advocating the shooting of Rabbis — at synagogues. All on social media. Kamala Harris was saying that hate speech (with specific threats of violence against identified persons), and similar knowing lies — about the treatment of public health emergencies… are APPROPRIATE places for the US to assert time, place and manner restrictions.

But Scott, and Glenn both omit this context… to make it seem that she wants to monitor and police all speech on social media.

Never mind that Tangerine actually censors anyone who says anything factual about his DJT stock or NFTs on his UN-Truth Social. No mention of the actual censorship these jamokes claim the social media platforms perform on the own.

As many know, I’ve long agreed that these private living rooms may uninvite any speaker for any reason, or no reason at all.

But I’ve never agreed (nor has Kamala) that the government has the right to force speakers to shut down, on private platforms — excepting when they clearly violate FDA safety rules, or clearly commit securities fraud, or advocate the violent overthrow of the US government — or for inciting race wars (as examples).

So… in sum… everything Scott Johnson belly-aches about this morning… is a nothing burger. A fake outrage, by omitting the context for a 20 second video clip from 2020.

Just more lying, to desperately try to win back an election the hard right knows it is losing, day by day. In the House and Senate, as well.

Out.