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The left seems to be redoubling their censorship of free speech. Personal experience.
Me ^ | 2/14/2023 | Me

Posted on 02/14/2023 6:59:58 AM PST by Phoenix8

In the last 24 hours I’ve had 2 comments removed and warned once by Facebook and the other Quora. One for posting a photo/meme of Goebbels and the other for answering a Quora question about specific examples of communist atrocities by the USSR in ww2 (I gave a reference to the Smithsonian magazine).

Unlike previous times I’ve been flagged or booted I was not involved in arguments or acrimonious language. This is highly unlikely it’s a random coincidence but possible. My guess is they have met or have been given directives to increase censorship.


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KEYWORDS: censorship; deepstate; freespeech
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Anyone else have a similar experience recently?

Oh and here is everything I said: 1. Original question What specific crimes did the USSR commit? Please state names, dates, & locations.

My answer Studied at Indiana State University13h “Good grief man what do you want someone to do? Spend a month writing a book? How about I give you one specific example and you go from there?”

Researchers Uncover Remains of Polish Nuns Murdered by Soviets During WWII As the Red Army pushed the Nazis out of Poland in 1945, soldiers engaged in brutal acts of repression against civilians https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-uncover-skeletons-catholic-nuns-who-were-murdered-russian-soldiers-wwii-180977184/

2. a meme on Facebook, it was removed and I was warned “Propaganda works best when those being manipulated are confident they are acting in their own free will—Joesph Goebbels”.

That’s ALL I said.

1 posted on 02/14/2023 6:59:58 AM PST by Phoenix8
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To: Phoenix8

“redoubling”? Does that mean they(?) are working 4X more than previous? I always hated that inane word. Was manbearpig the one that used it initially? 🤪👍


2 posted on 02/14/2023 7:04:36 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Phoenix8

They are losing and they are panicking.


3 posted on 02/14/2023 7:04:44 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censoprship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: Phoenix8

They want everyone to be just as miserable as they are


4 posted on 02/14/2023 7:04:46 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: Phoenix8

I’m still permanently suspended by Twitter... their appeals process is stuck in a circular infinite loop. I quit FB right after Twitter banned me Jan 8, 2021.


5 posted on 02/14/2023 7:06:01 AM PST by BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan (If in doubt, it's probably sarcasm)
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To: Phoenix8

I’ve been on Twitter since 2009. Have been suspended 3 times, briefly.

Now I can comment, but am not allowed to post any link. Not even the link to my cat’s photo.

They put me in a loop requesting if I want to Save the Tweet or Delete the Tweet.

It is NOT coming from Twitter. I think Musk fired the internal bunch.

It is done by people from the State Department, the FBI or the DHS. Yes, Fed employees are actually paid to do that.

And it is worse, Microsoft has admitted they were using a disinformation scam and backing away from it. (Run for cover)

And it is much worse. Gets worse daily.

It is TIME to DownSize DC!

Fire all of these Lying Libtards.


6 posted on 02/14/2023 7:09:46 AM PST by Texas Fossil
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To: Phoenix8

Coincidentally, I rec’d an email from Amazon saying one of my “posts” had been removed for violating their guidelines. By “post” I assume they mean a product review. I do leave occasional reviews if I think I have something meaningful to add, but I’ve certainly never used profanity or any sort of “hate speech.” Very odd! Someone must have taken offense and filed a complaint. I clicked a link in the email that promised more info, but it was just a long unreadable page of legalese. I can’t even imagine what I’ve done wrong!


7 posted on 02/14/2023 7:10:05 AM PST by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: Phoenix8

Retreat: Microsoft “suspends” use of Global Disinformation Index (GDI) after secret targeting of conservative sites exposed (Feb 13, 2023)

https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2023/02/13/retreat-microsoft-suspends-use-of-gdi-after-secret-targeting-of-conservative-sites-exposed-n530414
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FR Comments: https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4130893/posts?page=1


8 posted on 02/14/2023 7:10:36 AM PST by Texas Fossil
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To: Phoenix8

Goebbels got me perm banned in 2020-—because I responded to their “ban” with “Go to hell fascists”. (I wanted to get banned instead of quitting).

Next, I have heard several reports of this train wreck (stories and photos) being removed. So anytime the left does this then I know what we are posting and saying is TRUE!

Hey, it’s an easy way to seek the truth.


9 posted on 02/14/2023 7:13:03 AM PST by mikelets456
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To: Phoenix8

You can’t get truth anymore, and you certainly can’t say the truth. The Truth offends people, and that offense is taken as an opportunity to personally attack the individuals whom speaks the truth.

This is the new, taxpayer funded freedom of speech, from the FedGov: including but not limited to IRS, CIA, FBI, NSA, State Department, Executive Branch, and payed off media. They wan’t to ‘ensure’ that you have freedom of speech by censoring any discussion that might lead to decreased government funding or increased government oversight.

Don’t worry, if an ecological disaster were to happen, and lives were endangered, the media would run the story non-stop even if it put the government in a bad light....like the event in Ohio with the Vinyl Chloride spill.......NOT.


10 posted on 02/14/2023 7:14:36 AM PST by Pete Dovgan
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To: Phoenix8
I dumped Facebook in 2020 due to their "managed" feed of news and flagging of my posts as disinformation. I just didn't want to be part of that.

It could be simply overzealous employees of social media that are getting more radicalized all the time. There's no policy change, but also no downside to censoring right-side views.

11 posted on 02/14/2023 7:15:11 AM PST by GOP_Party_Animal
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To: Phoenix8

FakeBook has taken to using AI to block memes *before* you can post them. Has happened to me a half dozen times.

You upload it the image and get a thumbnail after which you would normally hit “post”. But the image has a bright yellow exclamation point on it and the post button is inoperative.

Had one this morning so I converted it from gif to jpg and renamed it “trump is evil”. Posted with no problem. I’ll probably get banned a few days from now when they catch it.


12 posted on 02/14/2023 7:16:08 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: Texas Fossil; everyone

I wondered if it’s because of the current House committee investigations on the Hunter Laptop story freeze put in by fake news and deep state right before the 2020 election. They are looking bad and might have told their minions to shut down all conservative talk…or at least more of it than before.


13 posted on 02/14/2023 7:19:22 AM PST by Phoenix8
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To: Phoenix8
Expecting Justice on FB is a bad bet.

Downloading the FB app was your first mistake as it allows foreign agents to imbed tools on your hard drive and use it for whatever they like.

Worse than ID theft.

14 posted on 02/14/2023 7:20:53 AM PST by G Larry ( "woke" means 'stupid enough to fall for the promotion of every human weakness into a virtue')
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To: Texas Fossil

It is TIME to DownSize DC!

Fire all of these Lying Libtards.

__________________________________________

That would require the cooperation of all the people who vote Dem. Unfortunately, I don’t think they’ll comply.


15 posted on 02/14/2023 7:25:09 AM PST by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: Phoenix8

Nahh. It is not about the laptop. That is old news.

It is about the fact that the Fed Gov has multiple agencies on the payroll to suppress the truth from the citizens.

They are caught.

It is time to DownSize DC!

I once thought a 50% reduction would work. But after seeing what happened when Elon Musk bought Twitter and he eliminated 3/4 of the employees and ZERO effect.

Certainly the same approach in DC would produce fruit.

They are discussing where to build a new FBI office building, much larger than the Pentagon.

Say, WHOOO. Halt. Alto.

Rent them some office space in the desert in NM. House the employees in Tents. Lets see how that plays for a while.


16 posted on 02/14/2023 7:29:20 AM PST by Texas Fossil
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To: Bishop_Malachi

Last time I read the Constitution. The House of Representatives controls the purse strings.

Turn the light switch off and tell them to simply go home. Then find you another job.

Congress can telecommute and DC can become a ghost town.

Win Win? Yep


17 posted on 02/14/2023 7:32:06 AM PST by Texas Fossil
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

You jest. Please show me one indication that woke has lost anything?


18 posted on 02/14/2023 7:42:25 AM PST by robowombat ( )
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To: Phoenix8

The Black Book of Communism is a handy reference.


19 posted on 02/14/2023 7:45:52 AM PST by NativeSon ( *> <*)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

“I converted it from gif to jpg and renamed it “trump is evil”.”

That is called human learning.

This goes back to the Middle Ages and the censorship by the church.

Anyone with half a brain had to communicate with coded messages.

Misleading titles is a good way to start.

The master was Jonathan Swift with his “Modest Proposal”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal


20 posted on 02/14/2023 7:48:07 AM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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