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    Conservative Speech Be Banned! - Michael Brown

    Headlines on Drudge Report and Breitbart shouted out the dire news: APPLE REGULATES 'HATE'. And, MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: FACEBOOK APPLE PURGE INFOWARS FOR 'HATE SPEECH.'

    Over on Twitter, Paul Joseph Watson, one of the leading contributors to Infowars, raised his voice in protest and warning: "Facebook has permanently BANNED Infowars. For unspecified 'hate speech'. They didn't even tell us what the offending posts were. This sets a chilling precedent for free speech. To all other conservative news outlets — you are next. The great censorship purge has truly begun."

    He added, "Whatever you think of Infowars, they're coming for you next."

    Now, I've mentioned before that, by and large, I am not a fan of Infowars (although Watson's takedowns of the radical left are often bitingly on target). At the same time, I've stated that YouTube's conflict with Infowars (the precursor to the current attack) should concern us all.

    But let's leave Infowars out of the picture for the moment. Let me share with you some recent examples of Facebook and Twitter and YouTube coming against conservative speech. You can draw your own conclusions.

    1) Facebook blocks Professor Robert Gagnon
    In advance of the controversial Revoice conference, Prof. Gagnon posted some very valid, fair-minded concerns on his Facebook page.

    For those of you who don't know Prof. Gagnon, he is a respected academic and is neither a name-caller nor a hate-speaker. His book on homosexuality and the Bible is the most authoritative work of its kind, with endorsements from a wide range of leading scholars.

    As a result of his post, which under no balanced evaluation can be considered hateful or discriminatory, he was temporarily blocked by Facebook.

    In contrast, Christian-bashing, Bible-hating, God-mocking pages abound on Facebook. (See here and here for a few examples of many).

    2) Facebook does not allow a Christian family organization to boost two of their posts
    The Illinois Family Association (IFA) attempted to pay to boost two of their recent posts. The first asked the question, "Will 'Progressives' Affirm Identity of Christ-Followers?"

    And the post contained this statement: "In the service of tolerance, comity and consistency, will 'progressives,' — including homo-activists, 'trans'-cultists and the government — accommodate, affirm and celebrate our identity [as Christians] and protect our right to live in accordance with it?"

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    After waffling on the issue, Facebook finally informed IFA that they would not be allowed to pay money to advertise this post.

    One week later, Facebook informed IFA that they would not be allowed to boost this post, which asked, "Is ANYONE Affected by 'Trans' Deviance?"

    The article raised concerns, such as: "Parents are raising babies to have no 'gender identification.' They're concealing their children's sex — a fundamental and profoundly meaningful anthropological fact — from family, friends, and even the toddlers themselves." Such speech must not be promoted!

    So, Facebook will not allow the IFA to advertise their posts, even to like-minded conservatives.

    3) Twitter blocks a conservative for mimicking the tweets of an unblocked, radical leftist
    As reported on the Right Scoop, "Sarah Jeong has been a pretty buzzworthy topic this week, even making it onto the Sunday morning talk shows, after a bunch of tweets hating white people and cops were uncovered and her new employer, The New York Times, was not very upset by them.

    "On Twitter this weekend, Turning Point USA's Candace Owens tried something. She tweeted the same things that Jeong tweeted, to find out if she would be punished even though Jeong was not."

    So, Sarah Jeong, who is guilty of hate speech, got a free pass from Twitter (and The New York Times) for posting horrific comments about white people. Then, to make a point, Candace Owens, a conservative black woman, took Jeong's own words but substituted "Jewish people" for "white people."

    And she was totally clear in what she did, adding in the very same tweet: "The above statements are from @nytimes editor @sarahjeong. I simply swapped out the word 'white' for 'Jewish'."

    In response, she was temporarily blocked by Twitter, which, as you know, takes hate speech very seriously. (This is a great place for your own sarcastic reply).

    After an uproar of protest against Twitter, her account was quickly reinstated. (Note that Owens did the same thing in another tweet, substituting "black" for "white." Point proved).

    4) YouTube refuses to allow my ministry to advertise one of my videos
    We have already documented our battle with YouTube and Google over our video "Can You Be Gay and Christian?"

    It would be difficult to approach this controversial subject with a more loving and gracious tone than we did. But because of an aggressive LGBT campaign against the video, YouTube not only demonetized it (which means that regardless of how many times it is viewed, it cannot generate income). YouTube/Google also informed us that we will not be allowed to advertise it — meaning, at our expense, to likeminded viewers. "Thou shalt not advertise biblical content that offends!"

    (If you haven't watched the video yet, please do, and give it a thumbs up. This helps combat the LGBT activists who have swarmed the video with hateful comments and with thumbs down responses).

    What, then, should we make of this? What of the fact that radical-leftist, highly-bigoted groups like the SPLC are helping these internet giants make their decisions?

    Let me repeat what I said in my earlier article about Infowars: Whether you're an Infowars fan or you find their work distasteful, their potential removal from YouTube should concern you.

    Otherwise, soon enough, we'll have our own version of Martin Niemöller's famous poem, which will now sound something like this:

    First they came for Infowars, and I did not speak out — because I found them offensive.

    Then they came for Geller and Spencer, and I did not speak out* — because I found them obnoxious.

    Then they came for Prager U, and I did not speak out — because I found them opinionated.

    Then they came for a host of others, and I did not speak out — because I have my own life to live.

    Then they came for me — and there was no one left to speak for me.

    You have been forewarned.

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    Just saw this about 30 minutes after I posted the above:

    Apple removes Alex Jones podcasts from iTunes for hate speech
    Apple, Facebook, and Spotify have all removed content made by Jones in the last fortnight

    https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/6/17...dcasts-removed

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    I know Jones isn't popular.. he's fringe factor, but his "free speech" is just as important as anyone elses.
    It's like that Asian woman who's hateful racist tweets were retweeted, only difference was "white" replaced with "black" and "Jewish"
    they fell on her like a wall until they were caught out.. the apologized for their *mistake* but the original tweets are still up.

    I hate where our society is going.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Femme* View Post
    I know Jones isn't popular.. he's fringe factor, but his "free speech" is just as important as anyone elses.
    It's like that Asian woman who's hateful racist tweets were retweeted, only difference was "white" replaced with "black" and "Jewish"
    they fell on her like a wall until they were caught out.. the apologized for their *mistake* but the original tweets are still up.

    I hate where our society is going.
    It's the Left trying to stir up a Civil War, they are just provocateurs, don't fall for it. Take no offense, that's the bait.

    What they are trying to do with the Korean honky-hater is to get honkies to hate Koreans/Asians. She is just a tool.

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    It's the Left trying to stir up a Civil War, they are just provocateurs, don't fall for it. Take no offense, that's the bait.

    What they are trying to do with the Korean honky-hater is to get honkies to hate Koreans/Asians. She is just a tool.
    Exactly. The left is trying to turn races against each other while also causing inner turmoil within races (Example: If your are Black and Conservative then you are a) a Sellout b) Uncle Tom c) Both A and B)
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    As one commenter said today, liberals have the blood in the water now and there is no way they are going to stop with InfoWars

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