Professor Gets Probation For Bludgeoning Conservatives With Bike Lock https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-08-10/professor-gets-probation-bludgeoning-conservatices-bike-lock
and Democracy ... it's not gone, fact is you never had it (no -where- have I heard -that- one before - surely not from Juan? :) Alexis de Tocqueville Was Wrong https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-08-10/alexis-de-tocqueville-was-wrong From inception, democracy in America was pure fantasy. No rule of the people ever existed – governance of, by, and for the privileged few alone at the expense of most others. … On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 09:42:13AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Microsoft now piling onto the anti-semitic speech wagon: > > Apparently Gab is centralised and currently runs on Microfascist's > cloud service or something... evidently a decentralised service is > needed. Golden opportunity for the inspired... > > (BTW, ridiculously humorous Heather Heyer memes and comments elided > to ensure this email does not get censored...) > > > Microsoft Threatens to Shut Down GAB Unless They > Censor Anti-Jew Posts > Adrian Sol > Daily Stormer > August 10, 2018 > https://dailystormer.name/microsoft-threatens-to-shut-down-gab-unless-they-censor-anti-jew-posts/ > > … > > Microsoft pointed to two posts from Gab user Patrick Little, one > > that calls for the “complete eradication of all Jews” and the > > other which calls for their death by torture: “After an initial > > review, we have concluded that this content incites violence, is > > not protected by the First Amendment, and violates Microsoft > > Azure’s acceptable use policy,” a Microsoft spokesperson told > > Motherboard. “Microsoft notified Gab.ai of this substantial > > concern and advised that it remove this content or respond to > > Microsoft within 48 hours, or potentially risk suspension of its > > service on Azure.” > > That, of course, is bullshit. > > The First Amendment absolutely protects calls for violence, as > long as no “specific and credible threat” is involved. Simply > calling for the destruction of a race, even by torture, is > protected speech. > > Nevertheless, the two tweets (“gabs”) in question have already been > removed by GAB. > … > >