01-25-2017, 09:32 AM
(01-25-2017, 05:53 AM)Duchess Wrote:(01-24-2017, 09:29 PM)sally Wrote: I don't know that I much agree with the global gag rule or the pipeline. I haven't researched any of this and I have a feeling he hasn't either.
You don't have a problem with censorship? That's exactly what he did yesterday when he muzzled the EPA and USDA.
...and discussing their daily lies is hardly nitpicking.
No, They don't have an appointed executive yet, and for government science, silencing them until one has been appointed is standard operating procedure. It happens every time there is a change of the guard. The media is just making a big deal out of it this time. "Scientists are still able to publish their findings in peer-reviewed journals, but they are unable to talk about that research without prior consent from their agency." Basically, you can't talk about it (but you CAN publish it) until you get consent from someone higher up. Right now there is nobody higher up to give consent. But the media would have you believe Trump has these scientists bound and gagged in the white-house basement. Opine on liberals. This one never gets old: two liberals stuck on an escalator
This is more like transition stuff than it is a gag order. Stand down until the new boss gets here.