CENSORSHIP

The following places have met with censorship.

http://www.eff.org/Censorship/Terrorism_militias/antiterrorism_chill.html

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Most of the sites that have been shut down usually write about
the "other side", i.e., muslims and arabs, etc. Most sites criticize
shrub and gang and their policies...

Gee...are we seeing a pattern here? How much longer before places
such as DU are shut down? :shrug:

It’s hard to find such a good site with such useful information and intelligent discussions going on.
I feel like a kid in the candy store, So much to choose from.

Censorship by this group has pretty much been accomplished on the local boards I used to use, They just gang up on anyone who would challenge their outlandish charges and blind faith following of this Administration and its policies.

It’s great to actually see so many who understand and speak the truth, It’s Great.:)

I also found censorship in various degrees of what could be freely discussed on many boards I used to frequent, especially in the last year. That is why I found DU so refreshing! We can't allow it to happen here!!!
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be advised tho.. this is a DEMOCRATS website and the mods do censor folks who are for the administration. Another handy site to check out is http://dug.seattleactivist.org/ Many of the acronyms we use here are listed

I'm still kinda newbish, meself, but welcome and enjoy the company!

BTW, I wonder if they feds have hit Usenet. It'd explain a lot of groups being destroyed by wierd trolls lately.

It's why I came here.

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And found this dribble from FR's lawyer (I guess it was before the judge), how funny. They are such liars! BTW, does anyone know how the lawsuit went? They're still on line so whats up?

"Mr. Robinson's defense rests on his claim that Free Republic operates under "Fair Use" provisions of the copyright law, as an educational resource. Attorney Brian Buckley, for FreeRepublic.com, offered to a lower court that, "The political views expressed by the majority of participants are congruent with the goal of rooting out corruption in government, though no censorship is made and all views are permitted." (Emphasis added)

Further, Mr. Buckley presented to the U.S. District Court, Central District of California:

"Defendant Free Republic (freerepublic.com) is a not-for-profit politically-conservative internet web site begun as a hobby by defendant Jim Robinson ("Robinson"), a disabled wheel-chair bound victim of Muscular Dystrophy. Free Republic is a "bulletin board" type of internet site which allows visitors to the site to "post" articles and commentary to the site which can be read and commented upon by other visitors to the site. Robinson created Free Republic in 1996 out of shear frustration. He was dissatisfied with the current Presidential administration (the "Clinton Administration") and with the "mainstream" media coverage of its policies and activities. Robinson was frustrated with the inability on other internet sites and alternative forums to engage in a completely free and open discussion of news and politics – especially by dissenters to the current Presidential Administration's policies and activities and dissenters to the "mainstream" media coverage of same. Before creating Free Republic, Robinson frequented other internet discussion sites and was frustrated by their censorship and restrictions on free statement of ideas.

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

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