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Why Breitbart News Looks Different
Breitbart ^ | 4/9/14 | Ben Shapiro

Posted on 04/09/2014 9:57:03 AM PDT by Nachum

Are you visiting Breitbart News and wondering just why our website looks so odd?

Here’s the answer: today, Breitbart News has decided to create a visual presentation. This visual presentation is designed to show Americans just what it would mean for those with control of the internet browsers we all use to censor our content the way they now censor those who work for them.

Our website for the next several hours will depict just what Breitbart.com would look if a browser like Firefox decided to block parts from you. Using JavaScript we've blacked out random words throughout the website proving that any browser, like Firefox, could show you something other than what the original publisher intended. Technically, web browsers can control what users see, and sites using Javascript can overwrite anything coming from the original authors. Browsers heavily utilize Javascript to create an interactive internet; sites like YouTube, Facebook, and Gmail could be crippled without it.

The point is this: Firefox is now a company that censors. Mozilla decided last week to force the resignation of CEO Brendan Eich after dating company OkCupid blocked all traffic from Mozilla Firefox, stating that Eich was one of their “enemies” for his $1,000 2008 donation to the Proposition 8 campaign for traditional marriage. Eich had never discriminated against a gay person; Mozilla had never discriminated against a gay person. Nonetheless, he had to be shamed and publicly scourged from his position by the totalitarian left – a scourging approved by many in the gay rights movement more focused on power politics than free speech and privacy.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: breitbart; different; eich; mozilla; news; prop8; totalitarianism
Velcome to Amerika Comrade.
1 posted on 04/09/2014 9:57:03 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

They’ll never censor the ads I guess.


2 posted on 04/09/2014 10:02:01 AM PDT by DManA
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To: Nachum
Wow, look at
that.

3 posted on 04/09/2014 10:13:08 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)
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To: Nachum

We need to act fast. Who will stand and fight? Once the net is ripped from us we will have little in the way of communication. We need ‘Red’ states to stand their ground. Or the regime and the feckless dictator in DC will grab all the power and send us all to his gulags.


4 posted on 04/09/2014 10:15:31 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Nachum
astounding work!!



no mattuh who censol...
5 posted on 04/09/2014 10:30:37 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: DManA
Sure they would. How about Duck Dynasty? How about pro-life messages? How about just about anything that isn't politically correct like being pro-marriage defined as between a man and a woman.
6 posted on 04/09/2014 10:31:15 AM PDT by rusty schucklefurd
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To: Nachum

Looks like the return from a FOIA request.


7 posted on 04/09/2014 10:49:15 AM PDT by Psalm 144 (FIGHT! FIGHT! SEVERE CONSERVATIVE AND THE WILD RIGHT!)
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To: Jeff Chandler
What?

8 posted on 04/09/2014 10:52:45 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Nachum
"Browsers heavily utilize Javascript to create an interactive internet; sites like YouTube, Facebook, and Gmail could be crippled without it. "

Brendan Eich created JavaScript so if gays hate him so much, they should go back to the 90's with "Website under construction" and fire animated gifs




Don't forget the BLINK tag for adding extra needed spice to their site.
9 posted on 04/09/2014 10:57:15 AM PDT by ari-freedom (Obama is the biggest joke. But I can't laugh.)
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To: DManA

Which is why I still use Firefox.

Until I find a comparable browser (that lets me block almost all ads), I will stick to what works. It is not like I paid them a lot for it.


10 posted on 04/09/2014 11:22:26 AM PDT by fireforeffect (A kind word and a 2x4, gets you more than just a kind word.)
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To: fireforeffect

I switched to Pale Moon and it blocks the ads

Many people will want to ditch Firefox anyway once mozilla forces the new uncustomizable UI on everyone.


11 posted on 04/09/2014 2:19:34 PM PDT by ari-freedom (Obama is the biggest joke. But I can't laugh.)
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