Blizzard Suspends Professional Hearthstone Player for Hong Kong Comments

Blizzard is not responsible for what players say in interviews. In our society, it still matters that people can tolerate other opinions.

The Chinese government tries to make it a new normal that entire people can have their "feelings hurt" (what?) by mere non-insulting opinions, and it tries to make it a new normal that all actors should censor any undesirable or potentially undesirable opinion.

If that is indeed the way, then our society and the discourse therein is no longer free, and the CCP has won.

We need to keep these firms in our mind. We need to keep a list of when this happens, and we need to sanction this as best as we can. Similarly, anyone standing up to censorship should have our support.

I can be pro HK, or I can be pro China, and I can voice opinions because doing so either way is an equally valid form of free expression. But it can not be that one side gets pre-emptively censored to appease the CCP, or any actor with the power to DEFINE the bar of what is reasonable expression of opinions.

1> New Top Gun Movie removed a patch on Tom Cruises jacketdue to Chinese funding.

2> NBA issued an apology for an owner showing Hong Kong support and China stopped NBA broadcasts.

3> Blizzard

4> Apple Hides Taiwans Flag emoji

Sounds trivial but they're the tip of the iceberg for censoring freedom of expression based on a DICTATOR's whim.

Xi "Winnie The Poop" is an autocrat and once he sealed his grip on power and lifted term limits.

The fact is, the people are fighting a restriction on their freedom, in order to benefit the powerful.

This is a tale as old as humanity itself.

This is also what I fear will happen to America if we're not careful.

I think we need to be united in standing up against restrictions on the freedom of expression.