[johnnyg]

The original "echo chamber" memo was written clearly and respectfully. The message was set out to encourage debate and make progress toward understanding. This wasn't a fox news drive buy, trump rally or some alt right rant. It was a real call for discussion.

Google comes back and makes it clear that this isn't a discussion and isn't discussable. What? Google's response is that this is per se wrong. And what do we do with a valid and stronger position as free people in a free society? We put out our logic, blowing away the other idea with a rational counter argument.

What we don't do is what Google is doing, what our society has been doing and what it looks destined to continue to do for some time - declare we are absolutely right without debate and start using the force available to us to push our point instead of reason.

Yup, Google is a company. They get to do this. Remember when Google stood up to China? Man I was proud of that. Google meant a bigger thing then, a commitment to intellectual discourse.

Why can't we talk anymore?