Jessica Parillo

Op-ed: Preserving the integrity of political discourse — why we shouldn’t be so quick to censor our opponents

The truth is, there is no such thing as “objective reality” in a world where our versions of “reality” are often colored by the media we consume. We are all, to some degree, biased. For an individual or group to claim to possess some superior knowledge of reality is unfounded and creates a very slippery slope, one that allows people to weaponize the term “misinformation” to effectively “cancel” their opponent not just on factual grounds, but on grounds of opinion as well.