'Awakened a sleeping giant': Parler jumps to most popular app as conservatives rally support to leav

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  1. ButterBalls

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    MSNBCNN said it was bad!
     
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    Why do folks who protest that they are liberal or progressive always applaud censorship like this?
     
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    It should have sunk in by now that liberal folk don't like competition. And they are perfectly willing to use government or any kind of force to stifle competition. When folks like this cry on international cable that there are folks who get more attention than they do, it isn't their fault, the won't take responsibility for their own failures, so government must intervene on their behalf to squash the competition that is beating them. This is what our elite believe they are now entitled to for their funding of government....
     
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    The voices of the illiberal left are the voices getting the megaphones in current society. I am encouraged that there are still some Classical Liberals/Progressives who are sticking true to their values and fighting just as hard against censorship as we on the right who value liberal access to freedoms and liberty. You just have to seek them out because the liberal voices which remain on the left are being squashed just the same.

    So while I completely disagree with "solutions" offered by left-wing ideology versus right-wing "solutions" (which make more sense to me), I know that some on the left are still reasoning "truly" liberal people who value the input of all opinions. That gives me some hope that America won't get completely crushed by those in power, but that the useful idiots supporting and applauding totalitarian power can be wakened to the harsh reality of the current situation.

    Greenwald has been providing some sobering thoughts about the destruction of our societal fabric since he left The Intercept several months ago. If you didn't know he is a Progressive, you would think he is on "our side". ;)

    This is an interesting clarification about who is trying to silence opposing thoughts. Censorship is not partisan; it is aimed at any dissent against The Ruling Class.



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    There is no right to free speech on social media. Its impossible for a private platform to "censor" you.
     
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    See some points on your "private company" argument below. Big Tech is a partner to the Political Ruling Class. They are no longer independent.

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    https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2021/0...-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix/

    The above article is written by an extreme anti-capitalist, so I would vehemently disagree with her in a debate about Capitalism v. Socialism/Marxism, but I completely agree with her regarding the current Corporate/Political Establishment's grasp at totalitarian power (and agree with her anti-war sentiments as well).
     
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    Irrelevant. They are a private company there is no such thing as "the public square". No such thing as "partners", this link is BS. As is all alternative media.
     
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    If it's done on league with politicians, it's state action. We all watched Left Wing Politicians grill these heads of big tech on why they were not censoring conservatives, and make threats to their immunity agreement if they didn't start censoring.

    ANALYSIS: TRUE. VIDEO: Students say Big Tech is too powerful.

    Twitter down 16.5% since year end.
     
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    I suppose that "relevance" is in the eye of the beholder. Same as agreeing with State Run MSM Newspeak that they are the only relevant source of "the truth". As they see the truth, so shall you. As their propaganda defines "misinformation", so too, shall you define it. No "alternate" thought allowed.
     
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    And? They are well within their right to bam all conservatives for no reason at all and only allow liberals. There is nothing your side can do about it. There are no first amendment rights on the internet. Unless its a government website. Twitter Fb and YT should continue to deplatform your side.
     
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    Fake News. Elected politicians demanded this censorship by Big Tech, and they hold retaliatory power if they don't comply with their demands. That makes the censorship that results, unconstitutional state action.
     
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    The question is why do you support the rash of incendiary and violent posts allowed by Parler?
     
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    Thats nice but here in reality they can ban who they please when they please. Get used to it and like it. Literally NOTHING will happen to them for banning trump. Your just mad your side doesn't control it.
     
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    Hillary, CIA, FBI invented "Russia! Russia! Russia!" as a political psyop program. "Anyone who disagrees with us (DNC) is a Russian Asset," has been fairly successful, as most social conditioning CIA programs have been historically successful at manufacturing consent and agreement all the way back to Hoover.

    Greenwald had a sarcastic and cynical quip on how the Deep State CIA/FBI agents, loyal to the neo-liberal rulers have become advisor commentators and panelists on CNN/MSNBC after leaving the Obama/Hillary Administration.

    Pretty funny, if it weren't so true...

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    Parler is coming back with aid from a RUSSIAN company.
     
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    That is strange. Why would Russia want to help Parler and potentially Trump?

    Hmmm - need to ponder that
     
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    Guess we can now all agree that those claims of being silenced were all lies. Cool beans.
     
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    I assuming that was written with tongue in cheek. Russia helping Parler is consistent with Russia helping Trump in the 2016 election. To sow chaos and distrust.
     
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    Who the hell is that guy?
     
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    Nice leap. Where was your voice asking the quell the violence with the rest of us this past summer... Oh wait, you didn't. So, look to a mirror for your own answer.
     
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    The guy in the photo is probably a college student. He's interviewing Noam Chomsky in that 2 minute clip. Chomsky is a very popular left-wing liberal analytical philosopher and long-time activist who is still working at U. of Phoenix at 92 years old.

    In the video clip, Chomsky is once again telling why free speech is so indispensable and imperative to a liberal society, including and especially allowing speech you don't like or agree with.

    https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1351326785338814464
     
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    I treat moderates as I want to be treated. It's easiest to have an adult conversation with them, you included.
     
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    Funny thing is that the left would probably nowadays consider Chomsky as a member of the radical right!

    Also, speaking of Chomsky interviews, this is by far the best one:

     
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    Only because you can't get it. Because Amazon booted it off of there servers and, Apple removed it from their ap store.
     
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