This is simply unbelievable.
GoFundMe has deleted Canada's Freedom Convoy fundraiser for violating its terms, stating the "peaceful demonstration has become an occupation" now. $9 million funds to be sent to "credible charities."
— The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) February 4, 2022
Donation website, GOFUNDME, owned by TCV and Accel partners have brazenly stolen nearly $10m earmarked and donated for the truckers in Canada who are risking their jobs in order to stand up against vaccine mandates. I know what you’re thinking “Come on Fly, they’re not stealing it. They’ll simply refund the people who donated.”
WRONG
At the request of Trudeau, @GoFundMe has just stolen $9,000,000 from the truckers. Rather than automatically refunding it to the donors, they say they’re going to give it to groups of their own choosing. What a windfall for Black Lives Matter, Greenpeace and Planned Parenthood! pic.twitter.com/prEwLnypfe
— Ezra Levant ? (@ezralevant) February 4, 2022
In another tid bit of Friday news, I have bad news for all of you who thought SPOT was so based for “standing up” for Joe Rogan, who is by the way the most successful and profitable Podcaster on the planet. It seems they just rugged 70 of his episodes.
JUST IN – More than 70 Joe Rogan episodes disappeared from Spotify today, according to a website that tracks it. pic.twitter.com/iy0wJ9QWpb
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) February 5, 2022
What’s the solution?
Well, sadly, we are in the process of divorcing one side from another based upon political ideals. As of now, the left is very rich and very powerful. This may not be the case in the future, although I wouldn’t bet against it. It seems the censorship is coming only from the left by only targeting the right, which has created a very dark and juvenile environment whereby losers are left in charge of public discourse. Just because you cannot debate and convince others that your opinions are right, that doesn’t mean you get to shut people up and demean them and dehumanize them.
The answer is to speak with your wallets and stop participating in their systems.
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Didn’t you just contradict yourself? In a way? You wrote the left is “very rich and powerful” then you wrote, “speak with your wallets.” Don’t you think it’s the rich and powerful left who are able to speak up and be noticed and cause action because of their wallets? The same goes for the rich and powerful right.
Use some abstract thinking. Just because they’re rich doesn’t mean the plebs have to give them more of their money.
You must’ve taken 3 vaccines
Forget about abstract thinking. Just a little common sense will do.
I did. And a regular flu vaccine. And a Shingrix vaccine. God, I don’t want shingles.
You’re so cute.
Yes sadly this was the way things were headed as early as 2013.
The only way to fix this is for the GOP to embrace the working class, then disavow a ton of “hands off” capitalism and just become super nationalistic about American values. I’m talking “poof! Your fucking search engine is a public utility now” nationalism, with an extreme focus on culture and rooting out foreign money.
In so far as hands off capitalism was an American virtue itself, it’s already dead. The left kill it, so let it go.
The right also needs to be more ruthless in promoting pro-American ideals in corporations and institutions. I’ve had enough listening to sell outs crap all over our country. Force all foreign funding to be disclosed from first source. If money comes from some ngo, the ngo has to disclose all their donors and so on until the individual is reached. Fuck it if that kills charities; they’re scams anyway.
Basically if American companies don’t want to be American they can be Chapter 7 filings. It’s past time to go for the jugular with this shit.
Yep, nationalize it all
Are you finding that cutlery from your kitchen sticks to your body? Sheesh.
Nationalizing it isn’t going for the jugular. I know you’ve read “Atlas Shrugged”.
Yeah, the crazy that has happened will tend to foment reactionary responses such as yours.
Let’s instead promote freedom and remove censorship. Pols and parties should be funded by small donations from individuals. Institutions and corporations should not be permitted to support pols at all.
“News” outlets with an audience that exceeds, say, 2% of Americans should be required to disclose the source of their revenues and the background of their editors.
One team is monopolizing information systems and applying pressure and extortion to force censorship. They also view freedom as an enemy of diversity and inclusion.
In light of this, how exactly do you intend to promote freedom? A speech?
Remove their funding and disclose their associations and background.
Well spoken, sir. If you run a service that creates a ‘public square’ than you MUST observe the constitutional rights of the participants, primarily the first amendment.
If that is currently not the case because of Section 230, then Section 230 needs to be revoked or otherwise amended to protect and preserve the rights of Americans.
Barring this … further, less conciliatory steps will need to be taken recalling Jefferson’s admonition to “water the tree of Liberty with the blood of patriots”.
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For once, they’ve shown a little honesty about their intentions. It’s in your face. They hate you, the paying customer. Their arrogance is astounding. No doubt they will send the list of donors to the authorities for further harassment.
As my old boss used to say: they seem to be a little confused. I pay them. They don’t pay me. I’m the customer; they’re the assholes.
This is the very reason crypto was created. You can’t trust them to be reasonable.
Crypto solves this. State & religion don’t mix. Ditto for state & money.
Very bullish for decentralized crypto, BTC… and organizations DAO’s.
Listen to Eric Voorhees. (yes, I own FOX long term). DAO’s and crypto, DeFi, DeLaw (PNK), many many more. Get educated.
Keep in mind, this stuff is experimental technology. There will be many screw ups. It will take years to work out the bugs. That doesn’t mean it cannot be useful right away. 93,000 ETH were just hacked this week. (A $10 million reward has been posted for this incident.)
AI in self driving cars for example, will kill many thousands in the future as unanticipated interactions occur. That’s just regarding cars.
What are the Right’s values today? Overturning elections? Confiscating voting machines? Keeping people from voting? Burning books? Hating people different than oneself? Arguing that the storming of the capital was political discourse. Really???
What country do you live in?
Let’s start with nullifying Citizen’s United and imposing term limits?
Btw.. guy down the block from me survived Viet Nam as Army Special Forces but just died on ventilator .. no vaccine. No prior health issues. Yeah hoax.
Shut up fool. The guy down the street was old if he was in Vietnam. Probably a compromised immune system due to exposure from Agent Orange.
In the most basic sense, our values are to reside in a country where we can participate in political and civic life as we are and where our best interests and those of our progenity are bring looked after.
Since that is all obviously not happening, all other bets are off.
That’s sad.
You really need to educate yourself on these issues. There are treatments that should be taken early …the “approved” treatments that hospitals do not work and by the time you’re put on a ventilator it is too late.
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Yeah, I’m going to get my medical advice from Rogan, a chronic drug addict and alcoholic who guzzles steroids for breakfast.
That makes about as much sense as getting investment advice from Wrong-Way-Feldman whose brain fog is clearly impairing his investment decisions.
Of course, this could have all been avoided by a simple vaccination series that doesn’t only save lives but also prevents brain fog and, apparently, loss of ones life’s savings.
No one is making you do anything. You actually can just mind your own business, not censor the show, and get on with your life.