The debate at hand is whose First Amendment right is it? The content publisher’s or the content creator’s? Are the social media giants a monopoly or public utility? While the debate continues, if your posts on social media become censured, you can’t say that you weren’t put on notice.

Haidong unequivocally put his own life, and perhaps the rest of his family’s, on the line by criticizing the CCP. Shortly after his condemnation of his country’s totalitarian rulers, his social media account with millions of followers was summarily erased. If you must take a knee for diversity, consider taking a knee for diversity of ideas, such as “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness,” and take a knee for Hao Haidong.