We must remember that the fight is everywhere, and that defending free speech, while at the same time raising awareness to the methods used by Islamists to suppress the rest of humanity, is something any humble person can do.
Now, unlike the woman who made this video, I am not so forgiving of Youtube's cop out choices. Apparently if you flag a video enough times, it doesn't go to a moderator, as should be, but is instantly suspended.
Since Youtube executives don't live in a dream world, where everybody tells the truth, we can safely assume this conscious business decision was made to save some bucks.
The result is censorship without any real cause, that forces video uploaders to fight the system along with the Islamic horde.
Showing posts with label Censorship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Censorship. Show all posts
Freedom of speech or censorship, after just one complaint?
Read the following post from Gadi Adelman. His articles have been deemed hate speech and apparently offended ONE individual, thats right, one individual. So the Reader has pulled Gadi's articles based on one complaint. As Gadi mentions, publishers are free to print and allow what they want. In this case, based on just one complaint I call it as close to censorship as you can get. Once again, freedom of speech knuckles under to one of three toxic stews of western society; political correctness, diversity and multiculturalism.
It may not be illegal, but it reeks of censorship
By Gadi Adelman
Censorship of views which are found “offensive” to certain groups is usually found in large sprawling cities, but in Tennessee too, it seems, freedom of speech is under threat.
The Rutherford Reader is a family-owned ,family-operated weekly publication that has been in business since August 3, 2000. The Reader, as it is known, is based out of Murfreesboro, TN a city of just over 100,000 people, which is part of the Nashville, TN. metropolitan area. It is a free weekly newspaper published by Pete Doughtie.
Since The Reader is a free weekly paper they often publish articles from other sources, and lately many of my articles have been featured on the front page each week with permission.
The paper is circulated by Distributech throughout the Rutherford County, TN area to various businesses. One of the locations where Distributech has newspaper racks is Kroger, the national grocery chain.
On Monday, May 10 Pete Doughtie received a phone call from Distributech representative, Rodney Barton, informing him that as of Friday, May 14, that they were no longer going to allow The Reader to use their racks.
When Doughtie asked for what reason, Barton’s reply was “because of the hate speech stories you print about Muslims and Islam.” At that point, Barton was asked to show Doughtie one issue containing hate speech and Barton ignored the request.
While attempting to track down the source of this accusation of hate speech, Pete Doughtie discovered that one individual had made a complaint. Doughtie has yet to find out if the original complaint was made to the Kroger or Distributech. Apparently a threat of boycott was also made to a local Kentucky Fried Chicken, who also pulled the paper after having The Reader in their rack for six years.
Mr. Doughtie contacted Kroger offering them the opportunity to comment on this situation. After a brief conversation with their spokesperson, Melissa Eads, Kroger’s made the following statement:
“The free publication rack at Kroger is managed by a third party, Distributech. It was brought to their attention that the Rutherford Reader contained hateful content. After they reviewed several issues of The Reader, they determined to no longer distribute the publication. We support them in this decision as neither of us support hate rhetoric of any kind.”
While checking distribution drops in Smyrna this past week, Doughtie was told by the greeter for the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce that instructions from the office in Murfreesboro was that The Reader could no longer be placed on their counter as well. The name being used by the individual who has been contacting The Reader’s customers is Anthony Mijares.
I obtained a copy of an email, sent by this same individual to a local store in Smyrna TN:
“I reside in Smyrna Tennessee, within Rutherford County.
You distribute a local "newspaper " in your stores, titled the Rutherford Reader.
Please be aware, that The Reader contains hate speech against religion.
As of this week, the Kroger Grocery chain, and the Kentucky Fried Chicken chain, has banned The Reader from all of their stores.
Recent Reader editions include these statements:
Islam is evil, dehumanizing, defiling.
Muslim immigration should be halted.
Islam is incompatible with the U.S. Constitution.
Recent Reader front-page headlines read:
World's most dangerous Islamist in Pennsylvania.
Secretary Clinton helps Islamist terror supporter enter U.S.
Spitting in the face of everyone murdered on 9/11.
Rutherford County has Kurds, Egyptians, Jordanians, etc.,
who will be offended at seeing that paper in your stores.
They might also assume that you agree with that paper.
Please, stop distributing The Reader in your stores.
Please acknowledge your receipt of this email.
Please do not forward to this email to Mr.Doughtie;
he publishes photographs of his perceived enemies.
Kind Regards,
Anthony Mijares,
Smyrna Tenn”
I asked Doughtie if the above statements were ever printed in his paper and he told me the following,
“I'd have to go out and look up my past columns. “Islam is evil, dehumanizing, defiling?" I don't recall using that. Dehumanizing could have been in something describing the treatment of women. ‘Halting immigration of Muslims and illegals’ I'd be capable of. Sharia not being compatible with the U.S. Constitution you bet, not Islam.”
Regardless, Mr. Doughtie has asked time and again for anyone from Kroger and Distributech to give him even one instance of “hate speech”. He is still waiting to be given an example. It appears to me that Anthony Mijares doesn’t like anything that is written about Islam or Muslims that portrays them in a bad light. Does he know what an editorial is?
What bothers me here is the way this whole situation has unfolded. Yes, Kroger, KFC and any other business have the right to carry whatever product they choose. This does not break any laws. However, I find it a bit unusual that a company the size of Kroger would make such a decision after only one complaint. We are talking about a newspaper here, not corn flakes. Newspapers print things daily with their own slant and agenda. This is why some people read the New York Times and others don’t. I have yet to see a paper where after reading just one story I couldn’t figure out if the paper leaned left or right. Is Kroger going to stop carrying each and every paper that has a particular slant or that might disagree with their views?
Is Kroger actually concerned that if they lose the business of this one individual or for that matter as Anthony Mijares stated in his email the business of “Kurds, Egyptians, Jordanians, etc.” it will outweigh the business of those that read the Rutherford Reader? The Reader has an online subscription base of over 43,000 people and has been receiving hundreds of letter of support. And what of The Reader’s rights such as being able to sue all parties for defamation?
I contacted the Kroger spokesperson Melissa Eads with the hopes of hearing Kroger’s position on the matter. I used a phone number that was given to me by Pete Doughtie. It was not only the same number he has used to contact her but also the number his paper had published just a few weeks ago. I left Eads a message and received a call back from a different number and a woman told me that “I had the wrong number”, when I apologized and checked the number she was insistent on knowing who I write for and what I was writing about. Funny, since I supposedly had the wrong number.
The bottom line is this, political correctness is rearing its ugly head once again, and fundamental rights of free speech are the casualties. Have we now reached the point that nothing negative can be printed against Islam either, even when it’s the truth? I thought only pictures of Mohammed were “offensive”.
When corporations both large and small start letting one individual dictate what all of us can read, we might as well be living under Communist rule and forget being able to get the truth because that just went out the window when political correctness came in. Kroger, KFC and anyone else who stops carrying newspapers based on whether someone’s feeling might be hurt is setting a dangerous precedent of censorship that will affect us all.
According to the Kroger website they have grocery stores nationwide operating under 29 different names along with 4 jewelry store chains and one financial service. I wonder what they would do if each and every one who reads this were to demand they stop carrying a newspaper that they don’t agree with or they will start shopping elsewhere. Hell, the Kroger near me had several newspapers this week calling Israel the aggressor over the Aid to Gaza Flotilla, I think I’ll demand that stop carrying all those papers since it was hate speech against Israel.
Original article can be found here
SIOA, Facebook, Censorhsip, political correctness and Islam. A MUST READ.
Update on this issue from SIOA:
Here is an answer to a question the another poster had asked: Question is first:
A matter of my own curiosity: Did Facebook cite a violation of terms
of service in canceling the accounts?
Here the answer I received when I asked SIOA about this:
kendra Says:
February 7th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
Patriot,
There was no warning at all, as DL’s article states. We just signed in last Thursday, and saw our accounts were all disabled.
I wonder if the idea that a warning would have made this valid avoids the point. If I had been warned, the same issues would still be in place.
My question can be found in the commentary section on this post at SIOA
Recently Facebook removed the accounts of the following counter jihadists in a move that reflects the mindset of dhimmitude and allowing one side to continue(Islam and Islamofacists) while censoring the counter jihadists. Here are the groups, individuals who had their accounts cancelled: Anders Gravers, Stephen Gash, and Harald Andersen of SIOE and SIAD (Denmark), Organizers of Stop Islamization of Bulgaria (Pavel Chernov), and Stop Islamization of America (Kendra) also had their personal Facebook accounts removed. I will post any and every article that these individuals publish, on Facebook. This is nothing more than caving in to political correctness, possibile 'subtle' pressure from the trolls within the Obama administration, fear of allowing anything being critical of Islam, Muslims or shariah law. Please feel free to repost this or go to SIOA site and support them. I have posted the entire article here by D.L. Adams. We are at war with Islam, their march to force their brand of perverse ideology and shariah law upon the upon the free world.
As I post alot of links to articles, editorials about Islam and islamofacism on Facebook, it would not surprise me to have my account get the boot, and that of many others as well. This is a long post but I hope you will read all of it and support SIOA and those of us standing up to Islam, shariah law and jihad.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Facebook Controversary
D.L. Adams
SIOA
In the internet world of social networking Facebook is the premier platform. Its reach is global and its user community numbers in the hundreds of millions. According to statistics about Facebook posted on Facebook’s own site there are 350 million users, 50% of whom log in on “any given day”. This means that at any given time there are likely at least 150 million people logged in on the site. Facebook has deeply affected the way that individuals and groups communicate and interact with one another.
Facebook’s rules are extensive and clearly listed on their “Statement of Rights” page. However there are terms used that are open to interpretation. Most specifically the nature of content posted on personal and group pages is open to scrutiny and judgment by Facebook staff; action taken by Facebook against its users sometimes appears arbitrary and harsh. Accounts are disabled or removed generally with no warning or explanation. Returning to the site and recovering one’s content can be difficult or impossible. For people with large “friends lists” or who use Facebook for professional purposes loss of their Facebook account can have unpleasant consequences. For many users especially those who access their accounts throughout the day via mobile device (blackberry, etc.) Facebook is an almost ubiquitous communications tool.
Many Facebook users express political views and opinions – often challenging and unpopular views. There are millions of pages dedicated to discussion of issues across the political and cultural spectrum. SIOA, SIOE and other like-minded groups as well as those holding opposing views use Facebook extensively to get their messages out. With a potential audience in the hundreds of millions the significance of Facebook to those who wish to spread knowledge and engage in direct discussion with interested people, often in real-time, the loss of a Facebook presence can be significant.
Several days ago, without warning or explanation, and in an apparently simultaneous action Facebook removed the personal accounts of Anders Gravers, Stephen Gash, and Harald Andersen of SIOE and SIAD (Denmark). Organizers of Stop Islamization of Bulgaria (Pavel Chernov), and Stop Islamization of America (Kendra) also had their personal Facebook accounts removed. As no explanation for these actions has been provided, one can only speculate as to the cause and purpose of these account removals.
While it is understood that Facebook is privately held and is not required to provide access the removal of SIOA/SIOE organizers’ personal accounts appears to demonstrate a particular opinion on the part of Facebook management, a certain bias against the message if the not the individuals themselves. Notably, the organizer of the Jewish Internet Defense Force (JIDF) has long been banned from Facebook.
Facebook’s user guidelines regarding content can be interpreted in any number of ways. Simultaneous account removal of multiple users having a common viewpoint appears to demonstrate a negative bias relating to the philosophical and political positions espoused by the individuals mentioned above. Because almost every user of Facebook could be said to be in violation of one or more guidelines at any given time the removal of accounts of users with the same political positions must therefore be specific and targeted rather than arbitrary.
There are many controversial individuals and groups on Facebook including Islamists, supporters of terrorism, Nazis, and even terrorists themselves, etc. People having these views and worse remain on Facebook but those having anti-jihad perspectives apparently are now targets for account removal. How can this be explained?
It is understood that because of the reach of Facebook and its large user community the Facebook “world” is another theater in the current culture wars and in the existential war that is Islamic jihad against the non-Muslim (kafir) civilizations of the West. In the war of ideas that is ongoing in public and behind the scenes (with much dissemination of opinion and information on the internet) there are vigorous, important, and fascinating debates that occur on Facebook pages hourly.
Facebook is a platform used for educating the people about the threat that Islam and its warfare poses for our country and the entire West. Kendra is particularly adept at online debate and had thousands of Facebook friends following her posts and discussions prior to the removal of her account without warning or explanation.
We have seen in recent events in Europe and the United States that the message about the truth of Islam and its doctrine of jihad and intolerance is making its way from scholarly fringes to a wider audience. The message involves an acceptance of the fact that political correctness and multiculturalism are empty and false notions that are impediments to knowledge and understanding.
Political correctness and multiculturalism require the adherent of these corrupt philosophies to jettison thousands of years of human and civilizational history and experience so that a fairly recent post-modernist utopian concept of how the world and humanity function can be accepted. These false concepts must be destroyed so that the truth can be discussed openly and understood.
Many in the United States and Europe do not want to let go of the accepted (but generally unspoken) dogmas of political correctness and multiculturalism; they refuse to discriminate. The ability and even the desire to discriminate between right and wrong, good and evil, victim and aggressor is now a rarity in our culture due to political correctness and multiculturalism and the radical tolerance that such utopian notions demand.
Events occurring in our daily lives and the historical record prove the emptiness of these two barren philosophies. Preference for fantasies over realities is rife across the culture now and is foundational to the ongoing philosophical and moral conflicts we see daily. The message of the dangers of Islam is spreading; how can it not when Hassan at Fort Hood and the Christmas underwear bomber do the horrors that they do to innocents and place their actions in an Islamic doctrinal context as do all Islamist terrorists/jihadists?
If our existential enemies say that they hate us and must fight us till we submit to Islamic domination because their doctrine tells them so, it is folly for us to suggest that they are mistaken. These abysmal criminals have the authority of Koran, Sira, and Hadith and the historical record to justify their statements. Our silly western politically correct multiculturalists have nothing but their fantasies, dreams and ignorance to support their positions.
The removal of SIOA and SIOE organizers accounts from Facebook may indicate a pro-Islam or anti- anti-Jihad bias on the part of Facebook management; we may never know. However, what is more likely is that online discussion and debate as seen on the pages of the individuals mentioned above has been effective.
Thousands of people have followed these online Facebook discussions. Many now view the statements and actions of terrorists and Islamists in a different light, now illuminated with their knowledge of Islamic doctrine – a doctrine never taught to them in our institutions of higher “education”. A great deal of learning and erudite discussion has been occurring on the pages of Facebook.
The truth of Islamic jihad and intolerance is difficult to deflect, even with politically correct multicultural biases and fantasies that diminish the truth to something both unpalatable and unacceptable. Islamic ideology is fundamental to what is happening across the world today. A re-invigorated Islam fighting its jihad against the kafir West does so because of ideology and doctrine. The doctrine behind this ideology is available and can be studied and understood. The falsehoods are falling away, in large part due to the efforts of the people mentioned above and many others.
An American who joined the al Shabab Somali terror group and is now one of its leaders and propagandists puts the matter succinctly. For the Islamic terrorist ideology and doctrine are the central motivators.
“They can’t blame it on poverty or any of that stuff,” he continued. “They will have to realize that it’s an ideology and it’s a way of life that makes people change.”
The idea that all of this horror is due to poverty-stricken peoples lashing out at the West is now all but delegitimized and dismissed. Ideology is at the center of this struggle. Once the ideology is known defensive action can be taken. What is at stake in this jihad against us is … everything.
SIOA
http://sioanetwork.com/?p=653
Here is an answer to a question the another poster had asked: Question is first:
A matter of my own curiosity: Did Facebook cite a violation of terms
of service in canceling the accounts?
Here the answer I received when I asked SIOA about this:
kendra Says:
February 7th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
Patriot,
There was no warning at all, as DL’s article states. We just signed in last Thursday, and saw our accounts were all disabled.
I wonder if the idea that a warning would have made this valid avoids the point. If I had been warned, the same issues would still be in place.
My question can be found in the commentary section on this post at SIOA
Recently Facebook removed the accounts of the following counter jihadists in a move that reflects the mindset of dhimmitude and allowing one side to continue(Islam and Islamofacists) while censoring the counter jihadists. Here are the groups, individuals who had their accounts cancelled: Anders Gravers, Stephen Gash, and Harald Andersen of SIOE and SIAD (Denmark), Organizers of Stop Islamization of Bulgaria (Pavel Chernov), and Stop Islamization of America (Kendra) also had their personal Facebook accounts removed. I will post any and every article that these individuals publish, on Facebook. This is nothing more than caving in to political correctness, possibile 'subtle' pressure from the trolls within the Obama administration, fear of allowing anything being critical of Islam, Muslims or shariah law. Please feel free to repost this or go to SIOA site and support them. I have posted the entire article here by D.L. Adams. We are at war with Islam, their march to force their brand of perverse ideology and shariah law upon the upon the free world.
As I post alot of links to articles, editorials about Islam and islamofacism on Facebook, it would not surprise me to have my account get the boot, and that of many others as well. This is a long post but I hope you will read all of it and support SIOA and those of us standing up to Islam, shariah law and jihad.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Facebook Controversary
D.L. Adams
SIOA
In the internet world of social networking Facebook is the premier platform. Its reach is global and its user community numbers in the hundreds of millions. According to statistics about Facebook posted on Facebook’s own site there are 350 million users, 50% of whom log in on “any given day”. This means that at any given time there are likely at least 150 million people logged in on the site. Facebook has deeply affected the way that individuals and groups communicate and interact with one another.
Facebook’s rules are extensive and clearly listed on their “Statement of Rights” page. However there are terms used that are open to interpretation. Most specifically the nature of content posted on personal and group pages is open to scrutiny and judgment by Facebook staff; action taken by Facebook against its users sometimes appears arbitrary and harsh. Accounts are disabled or removed generally with no warning or explanation. Returning to the site and recovering one’s content can be difficult or impossible. For people with large “friends lists” or who use Facebook for professional purposes loss of their Facebook account can have unpleasant consequences. For many users especially those who access their accounts throughout the day via mobile device (blackberry, etc.) Facebook is an almost ubiquitous communications tool.
Many Facebook users express political views and opinions – often challenging and unpopular views. There are millions of pages dedicated to discussion of issues across the political and cultural spectrum. SIOA, SIOE and other like-minded groups as well as those holding opposing views use Facebook extensively to get their messages out. With a potential audience in the hundreds of millions the significance of Facebook to those who wish to spread knowledge and engage in direct discussion with interested people, often in real-time, the loss of a Facebook presence can be significant.
Several days ago, without warning or explanation, and in an apparently simultaneous action Facebook removed the personal accounts of Anders Gravers, Stephen Gash, and Harald Andersen of SIOE and SIAD (Denmark). Organizers of Stop Islamization of Bulgaria (Pavel Chernov), and Stop Islamization of America (Kendra) also had their personal Facebook accounts removed. As no explanation for these actions has been provided, one can only speculate as to the cause and purpose of these account removals.
While it is understood that Facebook is privately held and is not required to provide access the removal of SIOA/SIOE organizers’ personal accounts appears to demonstrate a particular opinion on the part of Facebook management, a certain bias against the message if the not the individuals themselves. Notably, the organizer of the Jewish Internet Defense Force (JIDF) has long been banned from Facebook.
Facebook’s user guidelines regarding content can be interpreted in any number of ways. Simultaneous account removal of multiple users having a common viewpoint appears to demonstrate a negative bias relating to the philosophical and political positions espoused by the individuals mentioned above. Because almost every user of Facebook could be said to be in violation of one or more guidelines at any given time the removal of accounts of users with the same political positions must therefore be specific and targeted rather than arbitrary.
There are many controversial individuals and groups on Facebook including Islamists, supporters of terrorism, Nazis, and even terrorists themselves, etc. People having these views and worse remain on Facebook but those having anti-jihad perspectives apparently are now targets for account removal. How can this be explained?
It is understood that because of the reach of Facebook and its large user community the Facebook “world” is another theater in the current culture wars and in the existential war that is Islamic jihad against the non-Muslim (kafir) civilizations of the West. In the war of ideas that is ongoing in public and behind the scenes (with much dissemination of opinion and information on the internet) there are vigorous, important, and fascinating debates that occur on Facebook pages hourly.
Facebook is a platform used for educating the people about the threat that Islam and its warfare poses for our country and the entire West. Kendra is particularly adept at online debate and had thousands of Facebook friends following her posts and discussions prior to the removal of her account without warning or explanation.
We have seen in recent events in Europe and the United States that the message about the truth of Islam and its doctrine of jihad and intolerance is making its way from scholarly fringes to a wider audience. The message involves an acceptance of the fact that political correctness and multiculturalism are empty and false notions that are impediments to knowledge and understanding.
Political correctness and multiculturalism require the adherent of these corrupt philosophies to jettison thousands of years of human and civilizational history and experience so that a fairly recent post-modernist utopian concept of how the world and humanity function can be accepted. These false concepts must be destroyed so that the truth can be discussed openly and understood.
Many in the United States and Europe do not want to let go of the accepted (but generally unspoken) dogmas of political correctness and multiculturalism; they refuse to discriminate. The ability and even the desire to discriminate between right and wrong, good and evil, victim and aggressor is now a rarity in our culture due to political correctness and multiculturalism and the radical tolerance that such utopian notions demand.
Events occurring in our daily lives and the historical record prove the emptiness of these two barren philosophies. Preference for fantasies over realities is rife across the culture now and is foundational to the ongoing philosophical and moral conflicts we see daily. The message of the dangers of Islam is spreading; how can it not when Hassan at Fort Hood and the Christmas underwear bomber do the horrors that they do to innocents and place their actions in an Islamic doctrinal context as do all Islamist terrorists/jihadists?
If our existential enemies say that they hate us and must fight us till we submit to Islamic domination because their doctrine tells them so, it is folly for us to suggest that they are mistaken. These abysmal criminals have the authority of Koran, Sira, and Hadith and the historical record to justify their statements. Our silly western politically correct multiculturalists have nothing but their fantasies, dreams and ignorance to support their positions.
The removal of SIOA and SIOE organizers accounts from Facebook may indicate a pro-Islam or anti- anti-Jihad bias on the part of Facebook management; we may never know. However, what is more likely is that online discussion and debate as seen on the pages of the individuals mentioned above has been effective.
Thousands of people have followed these online Facebook discussions. Many now view the statements and actions of terrorists and Islamists in a different light, now illuminated with their knowledge of Islamic doctrine – a doctrine never taught to them in our institutions of higher “education”. A great deal of learning and erudite discussion has been occurring on the pages of Facebook.
The truth of Islamic jihad and intolerance is difficult to deflect, even with politically correct multicultural biases and fantasies that diminish the truth to something both unpalatable and unacceptable. Islamic ideology is fundamental to what is happening across the world today. A re-invigorated Islam fighting its jihad against the kafir West does so because of ideology and doctrine. The doctrine behind this ideology is available and can be studied and understood. The falsehoods are falling away, in large part due to the efforts of the people mentioned above and many others.
An American who joined the al Shabab Somali terror group and is now one of its leaders and propagandists puts the matter succinctly. For the Islamic terrorist ideology and doctrine are the central motivators.
“They can’t blame it on poverty or any of that stuff,” he continued. “They will have to realize that it’s an ideology and it’s a way of life that makes people change.”
The idea that all of this horror is due to poverty-stricken peoples lashing out at the West is now all but delegitimized and dismissed. Ideology is at the center of this struggle. Once the ideology is known defensive action can be taken. What is at stake in this jihad against us is … everything.
SIOA
http://sioanetwork.com/?p=653
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