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Yes, that is unfortunate, but in an effort to establish consistency in my reasoning, I would say that , although I dont like their decision , these businesses have every right to do  so,  for whatever reason. Remember the Chick-Filet controversy a number of yrs ago over gay marriage, I believe? Alot of lefties decided to boycott the chain in response to the CEO's public decrying of this and , although I supported his right to express his views, their response was also legitimate and is a classic example why, as a businessman, oftentimes its prudent to keep your views to yourself, lest it hurt your business!! Twitter and google is a different situation, however, as they hold a monopoly currently on the social media market so, in effect, when they ban anyone--for all intents and purposes--they are silecning that indivual/group, etc.

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25 minutes ago, Northcountryman said:

Yes, that is unfortunate, but in an effort to establish consistency in my reasoning, I would say that , although I dont like their decision , these businesses have every right to do  so,  for whatever reason. Remember the Chick-Filet controversy a number of yrs ago over gay marriage, I believe? Alot of lefties decided to boycott the chain in response to the CEO's public decrying of this and , although I supported his right to express his views, their response was also legitimate and is a classic example why, as a businessman, oftentimes its prudent to keep your views to yourself, lest it hurt your business!! Twitter and google is a different situation, however, as they hold a monopoly currently on the social media market so, in effect, when they ban anyone--for all intents and purposes--they are silecning that indivual/group, etc.

In order to get an equivalent comparison Chick-fil-A would have  taken an active action on their views.  Say keeping anyone that is for Gay and or a Gay married couple out of their stores and deny them service. (illegal of course). If Twitter and Google and the like were only doing what Chick-fil-A did they would be stating they do not agree with or support political or social views that were contrary to theirs. 

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No, i'm not talking about Chick-filet's action, they didnt do anyhing-- the CEO of Chik Filet expressed an opinion that was unpopular to many on the left. I'm talking about the right of the leftie patrons to react to this by calling for a boycott of Chik -Filet afterward.  Im saying they have every right to do so to express their disapproval with the CEO's statement, same as a business has every right to not to do business with a person or entity they diagree with, so long as the action isnt predicated on discriminatory beliefs (i.e., race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, etc.).

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5 hours ago, BowmanMike said:

The pillow guy is a nut,even a newsmax anchor walked off the stage when the pillow dude was on a rant and would not stop. 

Did the democrats get to newsmax too? 

SO IS AOC WHO SAID TED CRUZZ WANTED TO KILL HER  WITH OUT ANY PROOF  BUT SHE IS STILL ON TWITTER .

UNDERSTAND NOW . 

AOC Owes Ted Cruz an Apology for Saying He Almost Had Her Murdered, Rep. Chip Roy Says (yahoo.com)

 

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This is so spot on to this discussion.

The American Animal Farm

Douglas Andrews

 

Eric Blair warned us, but we didn't listen. And today, we're seeing his nightmarish allegory played out before our eyes. Blair is better known by his pen name, George Orwell, and his Animal Farm, which was published in 1945, has never seemed more relevant.

If you haven't yet read Orwell's little masterpiece but are still planning to, you might want to set this article aside. It contains, unavoidably, one spoiler after another.

As historian and classicist Victor Davis Hanson writes, Orwell's little short little novel uses farm animals to replay "the transition of supposedly 1917 revolutionary Bolsheviks into cynical 1930s Stalinists. Thereby, they remind us that leftist totalitarianism inevitably becomes far worse than the supposed parasitical capitalists they once toppled."

That's the gist of Hanson's article — to say that today's American Left, or the New New Left, as he calls it, has taken on the role of those decades-old Stalinists, completing their final Animal Farm transformation from pigs to men and finishing their long march through our American institutions. What were once young and idealistic '60s revolutionaries are today's reactionaries. Those who once championed free expression are now stomping it out.

As Hanson writes, "The First Amendment was said by them to be sacred, even as the 'free speech movement' transitioned to the 'filthy speech movement.' Leftists sued to mainstream nudity in film. They wanted easy access to pornography. They mainstreamed crude profanity. The supposed right-wingers were repressed. They were the 'control freaks' who sought to stop the further 'liberation' of the common culture. In those days, the ACLU still defined the right of free expression as protecting the odious, whether the unhinged Nazis, the pathetic old-Left Communists, or nihilistic Weather Underground terrorists. 'Censorship' was a dirty word."

Hanson notes that professors began dropping F-bombs in class, dressing like their students, getting to know them on a first-name basis, and encouraging them to do their own thing. The point of the 1960s, he writes, "was to tear down the rules, the traditions and customs, the hierarchies of the old guys." He adds, "The targets were supposedly the uptight, short-hair, square-tie, adult generation who grew up in the Depression, won World War II, and were fighting to defeat Cold War Soviet Union."

Today, however, the downtrodden farm animals have finally ousted Farmer Jones from our Animal Farm, and they've absorbed all the institutions of American power: Wall Street, Big Tech, Big Media, Big Business, the academies, K-12 education, pro sports, and entertainment.

"We are now finally witnessing the logical fruition of their radical utopia," Hanson writes. "Censorship, electronic surveillance, internal spying, monopolies, cartels, conspiracy theories, weaponization of the intelligence agencies, pouring billions of dollars into campaigns, changing voting laws by fiat, a woke revolutionary military, book banning, bleeding the First Amendment, canceling careers, blacklisting, separate-but-equal racial segregation and separatism."

The term "Orwellian" is made for today. All of us may indeed be created equal, but some of us — those on the Left — are clearly more equal than others. As Hanson writes, "The Left demands not free-speech areas anymore, but no-speech 'safe spaces' and 'theme houses — euphemisms for racially segregated, 'separate-but-equal' zones. 'Microaggressions' are tantamount to thought crimes. ... No one is spared from the new racists, not Honest Abe, not Tom Jefferson, not you, not me."

In today's Animal Farm, 74 million Trump voters need to be deprogrammed, the "new and improved" ACLU fights against "hate speech" rather than for free speech, our nation's capital is militarized, and our federal law enforcement and intelligence services are now embraced by a Left that once hated them.

Who'd have imagined it? Orwell.

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On 2/6/2021 at 8:26 AM, Uncle Nicky said:

I am sure the lefties will dismiss Mike Lindell as a kook, and call it another conspiracy theory. It's a long watch, but gives you something to think about, if you have an open mind. 

https://michaeljlindell.com/?fbclid=IwAR3Tr6bl_cdr60MFAfBKGJjwUT7WR8lx2O7nIqgdQXlpwkhD857ksp78_E4

I only watched an hour so far,but with all that info out there why hasn't anything been done? 

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I watched the rest of the video it seems there's a lot of proof of voter fraud.Hopefully someone can get it together and figure out away to stop it from happening again.It's pretty sad that people would stoop so low and destroy others reputations.The more i look into politics the less respect i have for politicians on both sides.

19 hours ago, Uncle Nicky said:

Trump wasn't able to drain the swamp completely, but drained it enough that we are able to see what creatures are lurking in it.

 

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Yeah, I havent gotten a chance to watch the whole thing yet , but will try to do so today.   I have a feeling that ultimately, nothing will come of all this anyway because the democrats are way too powerful and now control governement , media and academia--the pillars of power requisite to establish and maintain a coverup.  They can and will do this because , simply put, they can shape, control and regulate information--that which  is perceived as "the truth"-- disseminated to, and received by , the populace.  Thus, they "make " reality so to speak.  Very Orwellian and very scary whats happening currently...

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35 minutes ago, ApexerER said:

I'm watching it now.....pretty scary.....How does Mike Lindell get this info?

I think(not sure though) he said it all came out on the internet the night of the election on one of the social media platforms but was quickly removed .  Yeah, That part is kinda nebulous; I would like more clarification as to how he obtained the info myself.

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"Recent polls suggest that nearly two-thirds of Americans report self-censoring about politics at least occasionally, essentially becoming a nation of doublethinkers despite the magnificent constitutional protections for free thought and expression enshrined in the Bill of Rights. ... We need a Twitter Test challenging bottom-up cultural totalitarianism that is spreading throughout free societies. That test asks: In the democratic society in which you live, can you express your individual views loudly, in public and in private, on social media and at rallies, without fear of being shamed, excommunicated, or cancelled?" —Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky

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