Don’t defend against censorship on the basis of your speech being true

“You’re wrong and therefore censored.”

As you may know, I was permanently suspended from Twitter.

For the record, here are the posts Twitter is choosing for its justification.

These happen to be true statements, BUT THAT IS IRRELEVANT TO WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE CENSORED.

The point of free expression is to, through vigorous discussion, find the truth over time. We don’t censor all the old books and journal articles that turned out to be false.

Here’s a satirical look at what science would look like if only true journal articles were allowed to exist…