Guest Post by Kurt Schlichter
Parler’s gone for now, the victim of a conspiracy to silence, but it will return. The fascists can try, but they can’t shut us up forever. Truth flows like water around obstacles. The Twitbookgram decided to start playing whack-a-prole to bonk unapproved ideas on the noggin and pretty soon too many heads will be popping up out of too many new holes. They will pop up on Gab, or Clouthub, or Dave Rubin’s Locals.com. People will find a way to be heard.
Once you leave their personal domains, the tech overlords become…irrelevant, and powerless.
Now, they can conspire, collaborate, and likely violate antitrust laws, though it is hilarious to assume that a Biden* DoJ will find anything out of sorts about that. The Democrat Party, and far too many Fredocon hacks in the GOP, are bought and paid for. They are happy to auction themselves off in a bidding war between Silicon Valley and Beijing. And there are a few remaining Muh Free Enterprisers who confuse capitalism and monopoly corporatism, and who are happy to surrender their sovereignty if their twisted principles so demand. But there is only so much the silicon villains can do. Eventually, some enterprising entrepreneur in Latvia is going to have a server farm no one in Cupertino can switch off.
They are shooting their wad, as far as the corporate tech censorship goes. It’s a hassle right now, but we will not be gagged.
And we have some plays too. The feds are all on the side of censorship, sure, but what about our red states? Every single state that has a GOP majority has the chance to pass its own laws to protect freedom of thought and speech. And they should. They should do it yesterday.
McCarthy’s crusade against the damn communists was the cause of laws in a number of states banning discrimination in public accommodations – that’s not just a hotel but any service provided by a business – based on political views. We need more, and stronger laws like that. To bar someone from access to business on the same terms as any other customer solely on the basis of having dissenting political views in favor of freedom is as ugly an evil as racism, sexism, or fatphobia, which is apparently now a thing.
We should unleash the full power of anti-discrimination law against the corporate creeps at the state level. Our current anti-discrimination laws provide a terrific template for new legislation that will ensure that a bunch of boardroom Mussolinis can’t deny us the ability to function in modern society as retribution for disagreeing with the idiotic views of their 29-year-old second wives.
I’d love to see some New York megabank explaining to an Oklahoma jury why it refused to give Bob a loan for a new truck because his last one had a “TRUMP 2020” sticker on it. Especially when that jury can award punitive damages.
BUT BUT BUT MUH PRIVATE BUSINESSES CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT!
No, they can’t. They never could. And you don’t want them too.
They can’t refuse to serve you because you are black. Do liberals think that’s bad?
They can’t refuse to serve you because you are a woman. Do liberals think that’s bad?
In places like California, they can’t refuse to serve you because you think you are a woman, even if you aren’t. Do liberals think that’s bad?
So, I think all fair-minded people can agree that they also can’t refuse to serve you because you refuse to conform to the views of rich people in DC, Manhattan and Scat Francisco. But even if we can’t all agree on that, where we are able, we can get our GOP legislators and governors – assuming they aren’t invertebrates like Brian Kemp – to insist with the force of law that they also can’t refuse to serve you because you refuse to conform to the views of rich people in DC, Manhattan and Scat Francisco.
Oh, and just imagine this legislation being passed in the red states: “The Social Media User’s Bill of Rights.” I have. I compose the draft legislation in my head for fun as I listen to the Sex Pistols’ “Anarchy In The U.K.” You know Johnny Rotten is one of us now, right? You know we are, as the hoary but apt cliché goes, the punk rock of American culture? And we will win too.
My Prime Principle is that I live as a free man, with the liberty to do as I please and think and say whatever I want. Anything else is a secondary and supporting principle. And purported principles that undercut the Prime Principle are history.
BUT NAZIS WILL GET TO SPEAK!
Yep. Communists too. People advocating weird perversions. And people who like seafood. They, like the Nazis, disgust and repel me. But free speech is not free if only the people who agree with me are free to speak.
I will offer an alternative to liberals on the issue of free speech. We can censor bad ideas like you want, but I get to be the censor. Now, you libs seem reluctant to accept this tantalizing offer, and for good reason. If I am censoring bad things, that means I am censoring you. I’ll start with your idiotic and poisonous SJW dogma. That’s illegal now. You put your pronouns in your Twitter bio and BOOM – off to Supermax. Then I’d ban advocating for socialism, along with all of the strains of the Marxist virus. This pathology killed 100 million people in the last century, so I think it’s more than fair to assess its endorsers as “violent insurrectionists.” Also, you can no longer say mean things about President Trump or his supporters. Oh, and what delights I would have in store for the garbage mainstream media!
*Tents fingers and cackles evilly*
This is fun! If only I wanted that power, which I don’t, but that’s the power the liberals want over us.
So, I kind of doubt the libs would go for it, and we should not go for it either. We need to radicalize in favor of free speech, free press, and free thought. Argue for it. Demand it. Exercise it. And make no apologies when they list horrible people who will say horrible things if free to speak – you know, just like they could in America a few weeks ago.
Free speech, now and forever. No compromise, no exceptions, no excuses. It’s not enough to favor free speech – you must be affirmatively anti-censorship!
And if we have to go underground for a bit, if we have to change the way we communicate because a pack of leftist twits sitting at monitors in the Bay Area are trying to stamp us out and shut us up, we’ll do it. And we will come back louder, bolder, and unafraid.
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It dawns on me that Republicans now having learned for sure national elections are a joke we may now be able to be soul-mates. Fuck D.C. Let the banksters own them. Localize. Control your own space.
Figure out what makes a NoGo Zone and duplicate it.
Local is the key.
Absolutely.
It’s doubtful that the Republicans have learned anything at all, unless it is to further grovel, hide and continue to exhibit a severe lack of integrity. The recent stolen ‘election’ should be a showcase of their character.
They may be a lot of things, but that they could be soul-mates of mine is a nonstarter.
They’re done. Trump was the only reason their numbers grew in this election. They now stand for nothing but the other side of a duopoly. A Potemkin party. Worse than worthless
To assume that the Republicans are much, if any, better than the Democrats is, in my view, equivalent to, “much ado about nothing.” Both are controlled by the International Zionists. Without the complete, utter and total removal of any/all Zionists from within the government, by whatever means necessary, little to nothing shall improve in the lives of the average American. Dual citizenship MUST be an automatic disqualifier for any/all positions in government at all levels, Federal, State as well as local. Needless to say, but say it I shall, the Federal Reserve and the IRS both, MUST BE ELIMINATED and replaced by non-privately owned/controlled people but by genuinely patriotic entitles that base their beliefs in/on 1.) God Almighty and His Son …and 2.) The Original united States constitution!.
Like every war on something (drugs, poverty, etc) the more they try to censor it the more prevalent it becomes. Their attempt at suppression of free speech won’t work nearly as well as they hope for.
This may be a route for counties with some remaining common sense
http://twelveround.com/blog/autonomous-county-project
Naivety rules that article. Communist do not care about the constitution except when it allows their agenda. What part of that do you not understand?
How is this different from seceding from the state/nation? Unless you have the force to enforce your decree, it is worthless.
Serious allegation…..do you have anything to support that claim?
You are falling into the trap of assuming our enemies are all seeing and all knowing…..we might as well give up now if that were true.
Parler like most well-funded tech start-ups chose strategically to run fast instead of indepenent. As a former VC myself…that is the best strategy…it is all about market share and eyeballs….the trade-off is the dependence on AWS and other outsourced providers.
So Parler was purpose built to support freedom loving conservatives and ran as hard and fast as they could….in hindsight that probably was a little naive as AWS and Apple and Google destroyed them in a matter of seconds by deplatforming them.
Parler was not a false flag, that is idiotic….for that to be true then every public conservative (Dan Bongino etc.) is a false flag….and again we should give up now if our enemy is so overwhelming.
No, Parler was not hacked….they were “scrapped”…which is using software to capture all of the public posts…but not the account private information. Big difference.
https://www.theregister.com/2021/01/11/parler_sues_aws/
Do we have hard evidence the globalists are attempting to take over the world (they already own it don’t they?), yes we do……how many speeches on the Great Reset would you like to see or Biden’s platform released at the Dem convention or the steady stream of death threats that emanate from the Left daily?
I see your premise that everything is a False Flag a lot on TBP….probably makes you feel a little better “knowing” and being able to see through the Deep State activities…..that’s the Alex Jones siren song…..and unfortunately it is simply not true. In this case Parler was the #1 app in the social media category and was a lethal threat to the Deep State…..and sadly was vulnerable and that vulnerability turned out to be lethal. They tried but failed…..no false flag, nothing mysterious going on…..the Left just did what it always does……use the levers it has to best advantage.
We are going into the darkness…no false flags required….though I wouldn’t be surprised if a “failed assassination attempt” happened on the 20th…..though it would be so obvious now not sure anybody would believe it.
It is a mistake to underestimate your enemy but also a mistake to overestimate their capabilities.
We can win this fight but we have to be smart about it…….
Amen! A voice crying out in the wilderness!!! Preach it,man!
Watch this … the avalanche of down votes; Most (not, all) of this false flag stuff is PURE BULLSHIT!! Really. Honestly.
There are lots of false flags…..but it is the knee-jerk reaction to the most mundane of events that implies a level of omniscience in our enemies that is nearly godlike….Really pretty self-defeating….if everything is a false flag then every person in the government or in a position of power or public prominence is likely involved.
Then what’s the point of resistance? It’s game over man!
Our enemies are evil little pigs who invariably take the path of least resistance…..Gee….hmmm let’s see….Trump is moving from Twitter to Parler….and we don’t own Parler….but Hey we can turn their servers off and boot them from the app store……very linear, very evil but first order thinking…….
Vs……….Hey, let’s set up the conservatives in 4-5 years by launching an alternative to Twitter and involving lots of very public conservative figures (who will be duped or involved) and then work really hard to grow the business for years and then once we have collected information on all conservative subscribers (which they already have at Google etc.) we will pretend we were hacked and then just to make sure that nobody suspects anything….we will file lawsuits against Amazon and Apple etc…..’
It is ridiculous…….I apologize Phoenix…this is an existential fight….and we cannot afford the frivolous but only hard cold reality.
We are going to have to work with others and yes there is a risk they are agent provacatuers…..it happens, every Klan group, all militias are infiltrated by informers….but don’t let that overwhelm you……this enemy is nothing special….they do have some nice tech but they are lazy and filled hubris…..and that is enough.
Steve Bannon continuously says “There are no conspiracies and there are no coincidences.”
Anyone stupid enough to copy the front and back of their D/L and put in on the interwebs deserves to be doxed. Did they include a copy of their SS card and a voided check with account number?
I love your sarcasm. Keep it up. Your point is made all the better by it.
Schlichter lives in California which has a law prohibiting discrimination- including termination from employment- based on political belief or affiliation. Did that stop one of the founders of Mozilla from having to quit after he’d donated to the anti gay marriage referendum? Hell no. Why would such a law in any other state make much difference. We just saw the Republican Governor and Republican Secretary of State in Georgia decline to do signature matching on a shit ton of mailed ballots. Either they were bought off, scared off or just didn’t want people to think they’re mean. In any case, politicians aren’t going to stand up for people who get doxxed or kicked off social media because they’re “far right”. It’s like advocating for probation for child molesters.
It’s an inherent problem that a social media platform for people who got kicked off the more popular social media platforms is going to have a bad reputation. Gab has been running for several years, but it became “the Nazi site”. The fact that that’s unfair doesn’t matter. It’s like the fact Dems will always have an easier time stuffing ballot boxes because they’ve controlled all the big cities for 60-150 years.
Schlichter is under the delusion that there exist lots of people outside of California who are sane.
One of the best articles I’ve read in a while.
Let’s pass around a petition! Let’s trust Kurt’s employers the Repubs! Let’s whimper when none of it does any good! Y’all decide.
Again, I cite the late, great James Brown:
. “Like a dull knife, just ain’t cuttin’/Just talkin’ loud and sayin’ nothin’,,,
Montefrio,
There it is!
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=There%20it%20is
Yep, it is indeed, in exactly that sense of the expression, although it didn’t occur to me at the time. Good catch!.
There it is.
Let the litigation begin , but with someone else’s money. I’ve got attention whoring to do and books to sell.
Awwwww. Isn’t Kurt Schlichter just friggin ADORABLE? He still thinks laws will protect us.
There are now only two categories of laws in Amerika.
—1) Laws for us.
—2) Laws for them.
You’re Constitutional rights are guaranteed…..at $100 to $300 per hour….and it goes up from there 🙂
Laws are selectively enforced based entirely on your status.
Just Sayin’
Laws for us
No laws for them…FIFY
This shouldn’t be necessary in a perfect world, but it sounds like a good idea anyway.
https://theferalirishman.blogspot.com/2021/01/hiding-in-plain-site.html
I wish I had a BBC and a lesbian or two.
Kurt, zip it. I refuse to participate in this fucked up disgrace of a political system ever again. I hope and pray that it burns to the ground.
Amen
The sentence just below the first paragraph,sums the whole thing up. Just leave them…..
Let me fix this article for you Kurt: Refuse To Be Silenced. Yadda yadda yadda. Buy my book.
The End.
out of my cold dead hands – never surrender – never give up
Definitely never give up.