The Walking Dead actor Ilan Srulovicz appeared on The Faulkner Focus on Monday to discuss cancellation culture and what he sees as a growing trend of censoring conservative voices in America.
In addition to acting, Srulovicz is also the CEO and founder of Egard Watch Co., which recently released a video entitled “WHAT IS FREEDOM – A MESSAGE TO ALL OF US” in an attempt to highlight what he believes is an alarming problem of the mainstream. media and Hollywood censor opposing voices.
“I felt it was very important for a company to take that position,” he explains. “It wasn’t as an individual. So I put my company, Egard, behind it. We have a big following and essentially I just wanted to fight back against the extreme censorship we see today. I wanted to show that companies too can take a stand. I think it is very important. “
He then discussed the top five companies in America that have too much control over the flow of information.
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He continued, “The foundation of any country that gets a society that progresses will be built on the notion of freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of thought. We’ve had a decay of that for quite some time. I mean, it’s not. new concept. Like I said it’s Orwellian. I mean people have been writing about this for decades and warned about it. The idea that people are now saying we should reprogram people to think the way we want them to think it’s scary I don’t care which side of the aisle you are on. It should be something we can come out and say, “Hey, this is wrong.” We should be able to have a dialogue. We should be able to have a debate if that is not possible. “
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In recent weeks, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez proposed ways to correct the flow of information in the US, including media literacy initiatives to ‘curb’ the press and combat misinformation. Meanwhile, Katie Couric took it a step further, musing on Bill Maher’s show that Republicans, especially Donald Trump supporters, must somehow be deprogrammed.
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Srulovicz closed his comments by saying that Hollywood will play a huge role in fighting censorship or making it possible.
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“If you are in Hollywood and you come up with an opinion that is different from what Hollywood considers acceptable, then you have been slandered, you are a target, your career is over,” he explained. “Hollywood is basically setting trends. It defines the culture. And this is really a cultural struggle. We have to make it acceptable again to disagree and have different opinions.”