Great piece that tracks my thinking. I noticed in my work with green groups over the years that the donor class, on which nonprofits rely for funding, largely co-opted the environmental movement in terms of messaging, priorities, and overall outlook. Environmentalists used to be much more radical. Also, the government/Big Pharma public messaging about the virus seems to almost have been designed to appeal to the left-wing sense of empathy that green groups and other activists specialize in. "My mask protects you, your mask protects me. My shot protects you, your shot protects me." This collectivist approach has been alluring to the left, as it appears on the surface to offer a chance to undermine the excessive individualism and greed they have always railed against. Unfortunately they have failed to realize that this pseudo-empathetic approach actually empowers the greedy and exploitative systems they are supposed to be against, and grants the "evil greedy corporations" previously unfathomable authority over everyday life. The centralized, authoritarian, technocratic approach to disease mitigation completely ignores the genuine needs of individuals and communities, as you lay out so thoroughly in your essay.
Those are all excellent points, Aaron - especially about how the messaging around the Official Covid Narrative has almost been tailor-made to appeal to the Left & Green demographic with the "pseudo-empathetic" approach, as you say... to frame it in terms of collectivism so that the Left & Greens will embrace it and champion it rather than perform their usual social function of applying close and critical scrutiny to big govt & big pharma. That has been a missing piece for me - how and why the Left & Greens have been so easily duped. I think you've nailed it.
Thanks, Kim. I've been thinking a lot about this issue of why the left and greens went down this path . . . one hard part, which you've noted, is that there's almost no one to discuss the issue with, because so few on the green side are questioning the official narrative.
This article and your comment could have been written about the Irish Green Party who are a junior partner in our coalition government. They are positively supine, not a murmur of disquiet. The Irish Left has been the shrillest voice of the lot about enforcing corporate dictats - making complete fools out of themselves in fact, as if this were a brilliant instance of socialism in action. I think over 93% of us were vaccinated first time round - take up for 'boosters' hasn't been quite so eager.
Thanks for the insight on Ireland. The framers of this narrative certainly knew what they were doing, appeal to the ‘good of the collective’ knowing the right would be up in arms over individual freedom, and if any on the left spoke out, they would be lumped in as the lunatic right.
It is perplexing how short-sighted this pandering to the pharmacology racketeers actually is. I'd posit that with the acute dangers from these mRNA vaccines and the inexcusable deprivation of early treatment - which is about as heartless as some of Mengele's atrocities, that when the public clues in, there will be dung hitting the fan.
Those who have mouthed the phrase 'the vaccine is safe and effective' since April, 2021, and who are holders of public office with duties to protect the public health, will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and many who have disregarded things like the internal Pfizer reports available from Canadian Covid Care Alliance.com will be serving jail time. The Green Parties have a perfect segue to show what authentic customary practice of global public health actually is. We should be helping to really animate #SDG3 and ensuring that there is genuine upgrading of universal health programs to improve well being.
Alan, You are my favourite person of the day! Spot on what ought to happen. My confidence level that any such justice or changes to abolish the current pharma health system and replace with one of integrity, is quite low at present. It is inspiring to hear others cite what needs to be done however. Thanks, needed that.
My thoughts exactly too, it has been extremely frustrating to see the left MIA, and it took some time to figure out why, but yes that is the analysis that is slowly coming out. How long before the left will come to realize they were duped? We need them.
Kim, you articulate here so much and more of what I have been wondering and thinking during these past two years and what needs to be asked! Why have the folks so committed to living in alignment with the Earth shown none of that commitment in their response to the pandemic? I can only surmise that to be a political party in this system, one's own best intentions and values are corroded by the narrow lines of debate, campaigning, etc. In other words by the system. But beyond Greens, why have so many liberal-minded/holistic health minded people I know also not criticized the very problematically narrow and increasingly fascistic mainstream response to the pandemic? Great piece of writing here and brave. Thank you so much.
Thanks very much Sharon! I think part of the problem for the Greens in articulating a truly Green Covid response (which they apparently can't so they are just silent) is that the Greens are DESPERATE to be seen as the "science" party and not the flaky New Age Woo Woo party, as has been the historic reputation. They will do anything to be regarded as "science-based" including throwing out or sublimating all understanding of holistic systems. Because the "science" they so desperately crave to be anointed with is the very reductionist, mechanistic knowledge base of Western elites and the official "science" proponents who are entirely targets of regulatory capture. Over on the Green groups on Facebook where these conversations are raging, the bulk of the Greens are screaming "but we're the party of science, we have to get rid of these anti-vaxxers, they shouldn't even be in the party" - despite fact that 1/2 the people raising concerns about the "science" of Covid are in fact fully vaccinated.
The Green's leader in the state of Victoria (Aust.) voted, against massive popular opposition, for a bill to give the state Premier "unlimited powers for an unlimited time." The bill passed, just....
Latest word from Dr St. Bonny says that cases on the island doubled (Dec 17th, 2021). Not a word about the breakdown of new cases into Δ and/or Ω or who are presently in the hospital. Nada about that. Just Apples and Oranges. How many new cases and how many in hospital and how many deaths.
As was commented upon in the link you posted to Must Read Alaska about getting into grocery stores in New Brunswick, this is the first conformation I have seen of something that was mentioned once on the Covid Broadcasting Corporation and then buried in the fear porn statistics of their never ending progrom to scare people into compliance.
I was at one of the hospital worker support demonstrations in the Comox Valley and everything said about those demonstrations by networks such as Global, blocking ambulances and staff, violent, etc. were pure fabrications.
WINNING! - New Brunswick has OPENED THE PATH WIDE for Freedom!!!
This just in. Can't find a link that isn't FaceBook yet. Druthers News & Information is the source
Local Farmers Market has rescinded the mandate to not serve food to those without a VPass. Now this has been revoked for the entire province 🙂
Speech (read out loud) by Honourable Brian Peckford, Former Premier of Nfld, crafter of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, from Parkville, BC letter to NB Premier Blaine Higgs.
Thank you Kim! Great piece, I agree wholeheartedly; Where is the Left, where are the Greens? Where is the applied holistic scientific intelligence to an effective and just Covid response plan? Criticism of government health response in Canada has been embarrassingly lame. Why don’t we get critical hospital info on ages and comorbidities present in hospitalized patients? Could it be a fear campaign is simply more affective to obtain compliance. Also, it increases public pressure in society for not only acceptance but demand for vaccine mandates is my take. And how the heck can we have informed consent - we don’t even know the results of all the vaccine studies as you stated. Yep, lots wrong and few speaking out due to fear of being attacked, loose their jobs. Courage is necessary. Ironically, the right has for once had more credibility in speaking out, being those most concerned with individual rights over collective responsibility. This has been where the science against vaxx mandates is most prolific. The left has adopted an assumption that the gov/big pharma science is good, and without questioning, adopts what is best for the collective. Sadly, the right believe that the authoritarian vaxx mandates is a left approach, rather than recognizing Big Money is an authoritarian regime unto itself. This should not even be about left or right, but Integrity of best science for best overall response. In large protests happening in Europe, many have noted there is a good mix of people from various political ideologies. North America has been fairly black and white so far from my own assessment, but I do think that is starting to change. Better late than never has a time frame however, before too late matters a lot.
Thanks Sheila! Yes, I too have noticed that the North American picture seems more polarized into Left & Right camps re: embracing or resisting mandates. I do see evidence of more and more people starting to see that government's single-tool approach to Covid, and the mandates they are using to enforce it, is: a) not actually working, and b) about something other than public health.
The Right is very doubled-down on blaming "Communism", which does not lead to a productive analysis for them. The Right is calling any leader championing vaccine mandates "Communist" - whether it's Trudeau or Biden or whoever. In fact, the authoritarianism of vaccine mandates/passports is more closely related to fascism and totalitarianism. There's where we need to look to really understand the process (mass formation psychosis) and to see how to break out of it.
Did you notice the statement from the FDA in a Texas courtroom the other day?
“At issue is a lawsuit brought by three doctors against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The doctors maintain that the FDA wrongfully interfered with their ability to treat their patients with claims that ivermectin was useless to stop or cure COVID.
Yet during a hearing earlier this month, the Times noted, the Biden administration’s lawyers maintained the agency’s rejection of Ivermectin was simply a “recommendation.”
“The cited statements were not directives. They were not mandatory. They were recommendations. They said what parties should do. They said, for example, why you should not take ivermectin to treat COVID-19,” Isaac Belfer, an FDA lawyer, told the court, according to the Times.
“They did not say you may not do it, you must not do it. They did not say it’s prohibited or it’s unlawful. They also did not say that doctors may not prescribe Ivermectin.”
Yes, I have been following that story - FDA now saying it never told doctors they couldn't prescribe IVM. Just like doctors and governments everywhere will now/soon be saying - no one made you take the vaccine, you had a choice - to escape liability. Agencies and individual doctors and public health officials are now seeing the lawsuits coming and are rewriting history as fast as possible.
I just recently stopped my monthly donations to the Green Party due to their failure to act in the way that you have outlined in your progressive article. This is the kind of leadership I would have expected from Elizabeth May and the BC Green Party, but instead they are supporting the provincial and federal governments' policies around Covid and the vaccines. The BC Greens were even calling for vaccine passports before they were implemented in BC. Shocking! In email communication with Adam Olson he staunchly defended policies that the federal and provincial governments had implemented, so it became clear that the Greens had abandoned Canadians, as had all the other political parties. I will redirect my financial support to groups who are defending the rights of Canadians. Thank you for providing even a little ray of hope for Canadians in general. We need people like you to continue to influence policy within the party. Thank you!
Hi Shelagh. Thanks for your comments! We have started a private facebook group Canadian Greens Against Mandates, which you are welcome to join! https://www.facebook.com/groups/442328467516671
Do you feel there is any way a group of constituents could influence or even meet with Elizabeth May or Adam Olson, so do we have to give up on them? Thoughts?
I personally think it is useless. Also, Elizabeth is federal MP. She has no direct connection to BC Greens other than I assume she is a member. I did just send Elizabeth and email asking her to vote in support of the Conservative motion on Monday in parliament calling for an end to all federal vaccine mandates. Info on that is here on my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/kim.goldberg.71/posts/10159858340955750
I appreciate your perspective and the link. I will pass the information along and send an email to Elizabeth May as well. Yes, as Elizabeth is our Federal MP, I was hoping that a group of her constituents could ask her to re-evaluate her firm position, so her constituents would have some representation in Ottawa. As you believe that a request for a meeting with her would be a waste of time, I will direct my efforts elsewhere. Many thanks.
Up until recently I have been a strong green supporter both federally and provincially. I have written numerous times to both Elizabeth and Adam about mandates and although they have responded it has been so vague as to say nothing. I am planning on cancelling my membership and have already let them both know I will no longer be working for them or donating any money to the Green Party. This is so difficult for me as I have such admiration for them both and know them as fine humans. This is echoed by many of my friends and family. Thank you for your thoughtful article.
I hear you Jo-Anne. I have written to our new federal interim Green leader Amita Kuttner at least twice now on this issue and received no reply. We have a private Facebook group Canadian Greens Against Mandates, which you are welcome to join! https://www.facebook.com/groups/442328467516671
the mistake of the progressive how you define it is to believe that true progress can come from governmental and other top down structures . it can only lead to the aberations we see today on any sides that focus on top down ways to deal with this viral crisis. True progress stem from the acknowledgment and celebration that everyone has a gift to offer to the whole and that socio economic and cultural patterns can synergistically emerge from inclusion and cooperation . life organise itself in complex Organic structure from elements coming into synergetic expression of themselves .
Hi Thomas. I have had 3 twitter accounts permanently suspended unfortunately. And for nothing, really. My first account was permanently banned after I mentioned ivermectin in a tweet. And I think my other 2 were banned because they were seen to be in violation of the twitter rule that you can't come back on with a new account if you have been banned. But those 2 other accounts of mine were pre-existing accounts so should not have been banned. I am now on with a small anonymous account. I think my 3 banned accounts will be reinstated now that Elon is at the helm. He has said all banned accounts that didn't break the law or engage in spam will be restored. But it's a slow process because each banned account has to be looked at manually to evaluate. So it may be a while before mine are back.
Great piece that tracks my thinking. I noticed in my work with green groups over the years that the donor class, on which nonprofits rely for funding, largely co-opted the environmental movement in terms of messaging, priorities, and overall outlook. Environmentalists used to be much more radical. Also, the government/Big Pharma public messaging about the virus seems to almost have been designed to appeal to the left-wing sense of empathy that green groups and other activists specialize in. "My mask protects you, your mask protects me. My shot protects you, your shot protects me." This collectivist approach has been alluring to the left, as it appears on the surface to offer a chance to undermine the excessive individualism and greed they have always railed against. Unfortunately they have failed to realize that this pseudo-empathetic approach actually empowers the greedy and exploitative systems they are supposed to be against, and grants the "evil greedy corporations" previously unfathomable authority over everyday life. The centralized, authoritarian, technocratic approach to disease mitigation completely ignores the genuine needs of individuals and communities, as you lay out so thoroughly in your essay.
Those are all excellent points, Aaron - especially about how the messaging around the Official Covid Narrative has almost been tailor-made to appeal to the Left & Green demographic with the "pseudo-empathetic" approach, as you say... to frame it in terms of collectivism so that the Left & Greens will embrace it and champion it rather than perform their usual social function of applying close and critical scrutiny to big govt & big pharma. That has been a missing piece for me - how and why the Left & Greens have been so easily duped. I think you've nailed it.
Thanks, Kim. I've been thinking a lot about this issue of why the left and greens went down this path . . . one hard part, which you've noted, is that there's almost no one to discuss the issue with, because so few on the green side are questioning the official narrative.
This article and your comment could have been written about the Irish Green Party who are a junior partner in our coalition government. They are positively supine, not a murmur of disquiet. The Irish Left has been the shrillest voice of the lot about enforcing corporate dictats - making complete fools out of themselves in fact, as if this were a brilliant instance of socialism in action. I think over 93% of us were vaccinated first time round - take up for 'boosters' hasn't been quite so eager.
Thanks for the insight on Ireland. The framers of this narrative certainly knew what they were doing, appeal to the ‘good of the collective’ knowing the right would be up in arms over individual freedom, and if any on the left spoke out, they would be lumped in as the lunatic right.
It is perplexing how short-sighted this pandering to the pharmacology racketeers actually is. I'd posit that with the acute dangers from these mRNA vaccines and the inexcusable deprivation of early treatment - which is about as heartless as some of Mengele's atrocities, that when the public clues in, there will be dung hitting the fan.
Those who have mouthed the phrase 'the vaccine is safe and effective' since April, 2021, and who are holders of public office with duties to protect the public health, will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and many who have disregarded things like the internal Pfizer reports available from Canadian Covid Care Alliance.com will be serving jail time. The Green Parties have a perfect segue to show what authentic customary practice of global public health actually is. We should be helping to really animate #SDG3 and ensuring that there is genuine upgrading of universal health programs to improve well being.
Alan, You are my favourite person of the day! Spot on what ought to happen. My confidence level that any such justice or changes to abolish the current pharma health system and replace with one of integrity, is quite low at present. It is inspiring to hear others cite what needs to be done however. Thanks, needed that.
www.canadiancovidcarealliance.com
My thoughts exactly too, it has been extremely frustrating to see the left MIA, and it took some time to figure out why, but yes that is the analysis that is slowly coming out. How long before the left will come to realize they were duped? We need them.
Kim, you articulate here so much and more of what I have been wondering and thinking during these past two years and what needs to be asked! Why have the folks so committed to living in alignment with the Earth shown none of that commitment in their response to the pandemic? I can only surmise that to be a political party in this system, one's own best intentions and values are corroded by the narrow lines of debate, campaigning, etc. In other words by the system. But beyond Greens, why have so many liberal-minded/holistic health minded people I know also not criticized the very problematically narrow and increasingly fascistic mainstream response to the pandemic? Great piece of writing here and brave. Thank you so much.
Thanks very much Sharon! I think part of the problem for the Greens in articulating a truly Green Covid response (which they apparently can't so they are just silent) is that the Greens are DESPERATE to be seen as the "science" party and not the flaky New Age Woo Woo party, as has been the historic reputation. They will do anything to be regarded as "science-based" including throwing out or sublimating all understanding of holistic systems. Because the "science" they so desperately crave to be anointed with is the very reductionist, mechanistic knowledge base of Western elites and the official "science" proponents who are entirely targets of regulatory capture. Over on the Green groups on Facebook where these conversations are raging, the bulk of the Greens are screaming "but we're the party of science, we have to get rid of these anti-vaxxers, they shouldn't even be in the party" - despite fact that 1/2 the people raising concerns about the "science" of Covid are in fact fully vaccinated.
The Green's leader in the state of Victoria (Aust.) voted, against massive popular opposition, for a bill to give the state Premier "unlimited powers for an unlimited time." The bill passed, just....
bad.
Latest word from Dr St. Bonny says that cases on the island doubled (Dec 17th, 2021). Not a word about the breakdown of new cases into Δ and/or Ω or who are presently in the hospital. Nada about that. Just Apples and Oranges. How many new cases and how many in hospital and how many deaths.
As was commented upon in the link you posted to Must Read Alaska about getting into grocery stores in New Brunswick, this is the first conformation I have seen of something that was mentioned once on the Covid Broadcasting Corporation and then buried in the fear porn statistics of their never ending progrom to scare people into compliance.
I was at one of the hospital worker support demonstrations in the Comox Valley and everything said about those demonstrations by networks such as Global, blocking ambulances and staff, violent, etc. were pure fabrications.
WINNING! - New Brunswick has OPENED THE PATH WIDE for Freedom!!!
This just in. Can't find a link that isn't FaceBook yet. Druthers News & Information is the source
Local Farmers Market has rescinded the mandate to not serve food to those without a VPass. Now this has been revoked for the entire province 🙂
Speech (read out loud) by Honourable Brian Peckford, Former Premier of Nfld, crafter of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, from Parkville, BC letter to NB Premier Blaine Higgs.
https://www.facebook.com/druthers.net/videos/285131890296111
Yes, that was very good news! New Brunswick has REVERSED its latest policy that allowed supermarkets and grocery stores to ban unvaccinated citizens.
Thank you Kim! Great piece, I agree wholeheartedly; Where is the Left, where are the Greens? Where is the applied holistic scientific intelligence to an effective and just Covid response plan? Criticism of government health response in Canada has been embarrassingly lame. Why don’t we get critical hospital info on ages and comorbidities present in hospitalized patients? Could it be a fear campaign is simply more affective to obtain compliance. Also, it increases public pressure in society for not only acceptance but demand for vaccine mandates is my take. And how the heck can we have informed consent - we don’t even know the results of all the vaccine studies as you stated. Yep, lots wrong and few speaking out due to fear of being attacked, loose their jobs. Courage is necessary. Ironically, the right has for once had more credibility in speaking out, being those most concerned with individual rights over collective responsibility. This has been where the science against vaxx mandates is most prolific. The left has adopted an assumption that the gov/big pharma science is good, and without questioning, adopts what is best for the collective. Sadly, the right believe that the authoritarian vaxx mandates is a left approach, rather than recognizing Big Money is an authoritarian regime unto itself. This should not even be about left or right, but Integrity of best science for best overall response. In large protests happening in Europe, many have noted there is a good mix of people from various political ideologies. North America has been fairly black and white so far from my own assessment, but I do think that is starting to change. Better late than never has a time frame however, before too late matters a lot.
Thanks Sheila! Yes, I too have noticed that the North American picture seems more polarized into Left & Right camps re: embracing or resisting mandates. I do see evidence of more and more people starting to see that government's single-tool approach to Covid, and the mandates they are using to enforce it, is: a) not actually working, and b) about something other than public health.
It is bizarre, isn't it. The right is just as blind to the fact that this is uber capitalism - as are most on the left!
The Right is very doubled-down on blaming "Communism", which does not lead to a productive analysis for them. The Right is calling any leader championing vaccine mandates "Communist" - whether it's Trudeau or Biden or whoever. In fact, the authoritarianism of vaccine mandates/passports is more closely related to fascism and totalitarianism. There's where we need to look to really understand the process (mass formation psychosis) and to see how to break out of it.
Thanks Kim. The Technocrats are terrified.
Did you notice the statement from the FDA in a Texas courtroom the other day?
“At issue is a lawsuit brought by three doctors against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The doctors maintain that the FDA wrongfully interfered with their ability to treat their patients with claims that ivermectin was useless to stop or cure COVID.
Yet during a hearing earlier this month, the Times noted, the Biden administration’s lawyers maintained the agency’s rejection of Ivermectin was simply a “recommendation.”
“The cited statements were not directives. They were not mandatory. They were recommendations. They said what parties should do. They said, for example, why you should not take ivermectin to treat COVID-19,” Isaac Belfer, an FDA lawyer, told the court, according to the Times.
“They did not say you may not do it, you must not do it. They did not say it’s prohibited or it’s unlawful. They also did not say that doctors may not prescribe Ivermectin.”
Imagine all the lives lost because of this. :(
Yes, I have been following that story - FDA now saying it never told doctors they couldn't prescribe IVM. Just like doctors and governments everywhere will now/soon be saying - no one made you take the vaccine, you had a choice - to escape liability. Agencies and individual doctors and public health officials are now seeing the lawsuits coming and are rewriting history as fast as possible.
Indeed! https://open.substack.com/pub/boriquagato/p/the-final-stage-of-changing-jerseys?r=ase2v&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
I keep coming back to your writings Kim.
Big Drug, Big War, Big Climate, Big Everything. The psyop has worked incredibly well on the empathetic left. Yikes.
It really has. I should write more. It's actually quite overwhelming.
Please do. Your prescience is massively appreciated. (And underrated.)
I just recently stopped my monthly donations to the Green Party due to their failure to act in the way that you have outlined in your progressive article. This is the kind of leadership I would have expected from Elizabeth May and the BC Green Party, but instead they are supporting the provincial and federal governments' policies around Covid and the vaccines. The BC Greens were even calling for vaccine passports before they were implemented in BC. Shocking! In email communication with Adam Olson he staunchly defended policies that the federal and provincial governments had implemented, so it became clear that the Greens had abandoned Canadians, as had all the other political parties. I will redirect my financial support to groups who are defending the rights of Canadians. Thank you for providing even a little ray of hope for Canadians in general. We need people like you to continue to influence policy within the party. Thank you!
Hi Shelagh. Thanks for your comments! We have started a private facebook group Canadian Greens Against Mandates, which you are welcome to join! https://www.facebook.com/groups/442328467516671
Hi Kim,
Do you feel there is any way a group of constituents could influence or even meet with Elizabeth May or Adam Olson, so do we have to give up on them? Thoughts?
I personally think it is useless. Also, Elizabeth is federal MP. She has no direct connection to BC Greens other than I assume she is a member. I did just send Elizabeth and email asking her to vote in support of the Conservative motion on Monday in parliament calling for an end to all federal vaccine mandates. Info on that is here on my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/kim.goldberg.71/posts/10159858340955750
I appreciate your perspective and the link. I will pass the information along and send an email to Elizabeth May as well. Yes, as Elizabeth is our Federal MP, I was hoping that a group of her constituents could ask her to re-evaluate her firm position, so her constituents would have some representation in Ottawa. As you believe that a request for a meeting with her would be a waste of time, I will direct my efforts elsewhere. Many thanks.
Up until recently I have been a strong green supporter both federally and provincially. I have written numerous times to both Elizabeth and Adam about mandates and although they have responded it has been so vague as to say nothing. I am planning on cancelling my membership and have already let them both know I will no longer be working for them or donating any money to the Green Party. This is so difficult for me as I have such admiration for them both and know them as fine humans. This is echoed by many of my friends and family. Thank you for your thoughtful article.
I hear you Jo-Anne. I have written to our new federal interim Green leader Amita Kuttner at least twice now on this issue and received no reply. We have a private Facebook group Canadian Greens Against Mandates, which you are welcome to join! https://www.facebook.com/groups/442328467516671
the mistake of the progressive how you define it is to believe that true progress can come from governmental and other top down structures . it can only lead to the aberations we see today on any sides that focus on top down ways to deal with this viral crisis. True progress stem from the acknowledgment and celebration that everyone has a gift to offer to the whole and that socio economic and cultural patterns can synergistically emerge from inclusion and cooperation . life organise itself in complex Organic structure from elements coming into synergetic expression of themselves .
Right on! I agree!
Scratch a liberal, find a totalitarian underneath.
Hi Kim. I tried to follow you on Twitter, but no joy. Why was your account suspended? 🤨 😞
Hi Thomas. I have had 3 twitter accounts permanently suspended unfortunately. And for nothing, really. My first account was permanently banned after I mentioned ivermectin in a tweet. And I think my other 2 were banned because they were seen to be in violation of the twitter rule that you can't come back on with a new account if you have been banned. But those 2 other accounts of mine were pre-existing accounts so should not have been banned. I am now on with a small anonymous account. I think my 3 banned accounts will be reinstated now that Elon is at the helm. He has said all banned accounts that didn't break the law or engage in spam will be restored. But it's a slow process because each banned account has to be looked at manually to evaluate. So it may be a while before mine are back.