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To: Terry Maloney who wrote (435633)	1/13/2021 12:33:36 AM
From: Broken_Clock	3 Recommendations Recommended By ggersh maceng2 tntpal Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Who are the true fascists? look in your mirror. Ron Paul Posts Criticism of Censorship on Social Media Shortly Before Facebook Blocks Him We have been discussing the chilling crackdown on free speech that has been building for years in the United States. This effort has accelerated in the aftermath of the Capitol riot including the shutdown sites like Parler. Now former Texas congressman Ron Paul, 85, has been blocked from using his Facebook page for unspecified violations of “community standards.” Paul’s last posting was linked to an article on the “shocking” increase of censorship on social media. Facebook then proceeded to block him under the same undefined “community standards” policy. Paul, a libertarian leader and former presidential candidate, has been an outspoken critics of foreign wars and an advocate for civil liberties for decades. He wrote: “With no explanation other than ‘repeatedly going against our community standards,’ @Facebook has blocked me from managing my page. Never have we received notice of violating community standards in the past and nowhere is the offending post identified.” His son is Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) tweeted, “Facebook now considers advocating for liberty to be sedition. Where will it end?” Even before the riot, Democrats were calling for blacklists and retaliation against anyone deemed to be “complicit” with the Trump Administration. We have been discussing the rising threats against Trump supporters, lawyers, and officials in recent weeks from Democratic members are calling for blacklists to the Lincoln Project leading a a national effort to harass and abuse any lawyers representing the Republican party or President Trump. Others are calling for banning those “complicit” from college campuses while still others are demanding a “Truth and Reconciliation Commission” to “hold Trump and his enablers accountable for the crimes they have committed.” Daily Beast editor-at-large Rick Wilson has added his own call for “humiliation,” “incarceration” and even ritualistic suicides for Trump supporters in an unhinged, vulgar column. After the riots, the big tech companies moved to ban and block sites and individuals, including Parler which is the primary alternative to Twitter. Also, a top Forbes editor Randall Lane warned any company that they will be investigated if they hire any former Trump officials. The riots are being used as a license to rollback on free speech and retaliate against conservatives. In the meantime, the silence of academics and many in the media is deafening. Many of those who have spoken for years about the dark period of McCarthyism and blacklisting are either supporting this censorship or remaining silent in the face of it. Now that conservatives are the targets, speech controls and blacklists appear understandable or even commendable. The move against Paul, a long champion of free speech, shows how raw and comprehensive this crackdown has become. It shows how the threat to free speech has changed. It is like having a state media without state control. These companies are moving in unison but not necessarily with direct collusion. The riot was immediately taken as a green light to move against a huge variety of sites and individuals. As we have seen in Europe, such censorship becomes an insatiable appetite for greater and greater speech control. Even Germany’s Angela Merkel (who has a long history of anti-free speech actions) has criticized Twitter’s actions as inimical to free speech. Yet, most law professors and media figures in the United States remain silent.

To: Terry Maloney who wrote (435633)	1/13/2021 12:35:03 AM
From: Broken_Clock	Respond to of 436258

Anything you don't like is now racist? WTF you loser. There's nothing racist in that post at all.

To: Terry Maloney who wrote (435633)	1/13/2021 2:06:59 AM
From: Broken_Clock	2 Recommendations Recommended By maceng2 tntpal Respond to of 436258

apparently PBS agrees with what I posted and thinks you're FOS. I guess PBS missed the "racist' slant. *Update (1840ET):* Michael Beller, the attorney in the Project Veritas expose, has been fired by NPR for hateful comments calling for the children of Trump supporters to be "put into re-eduation camps" "There is no place for hateful rhetoric at PBS, and this individual’s views in no way reflect our values or opinions," said a spokesperson in a statement. “There is no place for hateful rhetoric at PBS, and this individual’s views in no way reflect our values or opinions.” (2/3) — PBS PressRoom (@PBSPressRoom) January 12, 2021“We strongly condemn violence and will continue to do what we have done for 50 years – use our national platform and local presence to strengthen communities and bring people together." (3/3) — PBS PressRoom (@PBSPressRoom) January 12, 2021