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Liberals Cry Censorship After YouTube Demonetizing Frenzy Hits SPLC Content
Conservative Daily News ^ | 06/07/2019 | Chris White

Posted on 06/07/2019 4:33:14 PM PDT by aimhigh

Liberal activists are crying foul after YouTube’s demonetizing frenzy slammed the Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization known for labeling conservative groups as hate groups.

A video SPLC published was among those nixed after YouTube announced plans Wednesday to remove videos and content that promote white supremacy. Journalist Max Blumenthal lashed out at the company after the video, which reports on Holocaust denialism, was pulled for violating the new policy.

“In YouTube’s political purge, my video report for the splcenter exposing Holocaust revisionist David Irving as a fascist and fraud historian was removed. This purge has already gone well beyond its stated aim. It is carpet bombing style censorship,” Blumenthal wrote on Twitter Friday.

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


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1 posted on 06/07/2019 4:33:14 PM PDT by aimhigh
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To: aimhigh; KC_Lion

The first You Tube rule about Holocaust revisionism is...NO ONE TALKS ABOUT HOLOCAUST REVISIONISM!!!!!

Now I wonder if the dumbasses at Google/You Tube will ban the Yad Vashem for talking about the Holocaust?

SMDH.


2 posted on 06/07/2019 4:36:15 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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BIGTIME SCHADENFREUD: YouTube slammed the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)
known for labeling conservative groups as hate groups. Liberals cry "censorship."
3 posted on 06/07/2019 4:37:15 PM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: aimhigh

So now the libs care.


4 posted on 06/07/2019 4:38:03 PM PDT by lurk
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To: aimhigh

I don’t see anything in the excerpt about SPLC being demonetized.

They had a video yanked.


5 posted on 06/07/2019 4:38:11 PM PDT by Windflier (Torches and pitchforks ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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A Liberal Bully Gets Smacked
Townhall.com ^ | April 19, 2019 | Robert Knight / FR Posted by Kaslin
It appears that the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is having a long overdue comeuppance. Seven years ago, inspired by SPLC’s “hate map,” a gunman walked into the Family Research Council (FRC) in Washington, intending to massacre the staff and then stuff Chick-fil-A sandwiches in their faces.

FRC is among many Christian organizations targeted by the SPLC for pro-family stances. During the 1990s, FRC helped draft the Defense of Marriage Act and defended the right of the military and the Boy Scouts to adhere to traditional morality. Over the years, FRC has produced a mountain of meta-research papers that debunk the many spurious studies fed to the media by the LGBTQ activist movement.

It was more than enough to get FRC placed on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s “hate map,” a profoundly defamatory instrument that inspired Floyd Lee Corkins II to try to commit mass murder that day in August 2012. The young gay activist would have succeeded and perhaps gone on to other Christian targets on his list if not for the heroics of building manager Leo Johnson, who was shot in the arm but managed to disarm Mr. Corkins and wrestle him to the ground.

Mr. Corkins pleaded guilty to three felonies, including an act of terrorism, and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. He told the FBI that the SPLC’s “hate map” led him to FRC’s door.

The SPLC is now ensnared in a scandal that has cost the group its leadership and, it is hoped, its misplaced credibility with law enforcement agencies and corporations.

In March, two groups of employees wrote letters to SPLC leadership, warning them that “allegations of mistreatment, sexual harassment, gender discrimination and racism threaten the moral authority of this organization and our integrity along with it” and that the SPLC leaders were complicit “in decades of racial discrimination, gender discrimination, and sexual harassment and/or assault.”

Sen. Tom Cotton, Arkansas Republican, has written to the Internal Revenue Service asking for an investigation into the tax-exempt status of the SPLC, which he described as a “racist and sexist slush fund devoted to defamation.” The senator’s action came on the heels of the firing of SPLC co-founder Morris Dees for misconduct and the resignation of Richard Cohen, who had been SPLC’s president since 2003. The Montgomery, Alabama-based SPLC, which earned a national reputation in the 1970s for taking on the Ku Klux Klan, had been the gold standard for determining what constitutes a “hate group.” From the U.S. Justice Department on down, the SPLC’s “hate” listings were widely used to identify violent extremists.

Housed in what’s nicknamed the “poverty palace,” the SPLC has an endowment exceeding $500 million, including $120 million in offshore accounts. After defeating the Klan, the group needed new enemies on which to raise millions of dollars via direct mail. To the delight of LGBTQ activists, the SPLC began placing Christian conservative groups alongside skinheads, Nazis and the Klan in its materials and on the “hate map.”

Soon, companies like Amazon began removing Christian groups like Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) from their charitable programs such as AmazonSmile. The charity index GuideStar USA affixed “hate” labels to ADF, Liberty Counsel, D. James Kennedy Ministries and other Christian groups, costing them support.

In an April 4 Wall Street Journal article, “We Were Smeared by the SPLC,” ADF Senior Vice President Kristen Waggoner relates how the “hate” designation is anything but harmless. She saw “the word ‘HATE’ plastered in red letters on a photo of my face” on a Google image-search. “Days after I argued the Masterpiece Cakeshop case in front the U.S. Supreme Court, I found the window of my car shot out in my church parking lot after a Sunday service.”

As the SPLC wallows in its own bile, it would be natural to take pleasure from their troubles, especially given the ruthless way they’ve treated their victims. As David wrote in Psalm 57:6: “They have prepared a net for my steps … they have dug a pit before me; Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen.” It’s not wrong to appreciate when a bully gets smacked and justice prevails. However, Psalm 24:17-18 also warns against schadenfreude: “Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles, lest the Lord see it and be displeased, and turn away his anger from him.”

While still insisting on justice, we might learn from Leo Johnson, who has metal rods in his shattered arm. At Floyd Corkins’ sentencing, Leo recalled that after disarming Mr. Corkins, he refrained from shooting him because, he said, God spoke to him, telling him not to. "I forgive you but I do not forget,” he told Mr. Corkins. “If you believe in God you should pray to Him every day because not only did God save my life that day – He saved yours, too."

All this said, the media and corporate America should refrain from using the SPLC as a source until it cleans up its hateful act and stops smearing people.

6 posted on 06/07/2019 4:40:55 PM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: aimhigh

This is simply a minor TOKEN effort to enable them to claim to be nonpartisan.


7 posted on 06/07/2019 4:42:06 PM PDT by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENTLY)
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To: aimhigh

A lot of SPLC content IS hate speech. They hate conservatives and fundamentalist Christians, and they label anything associated with those worldviews “hate” so it can be banned.


8 posted on 06/07/2019 4:43:18 PM PDT by tbw2
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Obama Declares War On ‘Extremism’ –
Obama list amazingly like SPLC hate groups list

FR Posted 1/13/15 by seekandfind

A list of 72 types of Americans that are considered to be “extremists” or “potential terrorists” in official U.S. government documents. This list will really give you a good idea of what Barack Obama means when he uses the word “extremist”. Each of these 72 items is linked (at web site). As you can see, this list potentially includes most of the country…

OBAMA'S LIST OF EXTREMISTS AS FOUND IN OBAMA-ERA OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS: Those that talk about “individual liberties,” that advocate for states’ rights, that want “to make the world a better place,” that are interested in “defeating the Communists”

Those that believe “that the interests of one’s own nation are separate from the interests of other nations or the common interest of all nations.” Anyone that holds a “political ideology that considers the state to be unnecessary, harmful,or undesirable.” Anyone that possesses an “intolerance toward other religions.” Those that “take action to fight against the exploitation of the environment and/or animals”

“Anti-Gay,” “Anti-Immigrant,” “Anti-Muslim,”“The Patriot Movement,” “Opposition to equal rights for gays and lesbians”

Members of the Family Research Council, the American Family Association, Members of the American Border Patrol/American Patrol, the Federation for American Immigration Reform, the Tennessee Freedom Coalition, the Christian Action Network, citizens networks.

Those “opposed to the New World Order,” engaged in “conspiracy theorizing”, those that believe that Mexico, Canada and the United States “are secretly planning to merge into a European Union-like entity that will be known as the ‘North American Union’”

Anyone opposed to Agenda 21, anyone concerned about FEMA camps, that “fears impending gun control or weapons confiscations,” the militia movement, sovereign citizen movement, that “don’t think they should have to pay taxes”

Anyone that “complains about bias,” that “believes in government conspiracies, that “is frustrated with mainstream ideologies,” that “visits extremist websites/blogs,” that “establishes website/blog to display extremist views," that “attends rallies for extremist causes,” that “exhibits extreme religious intolerance," that is personally connected with a grievance,” that “suddenly acquires weapons,” that “organizes protests inspired by extremist ideology”

“Militia or unorganized militia,” “General right-wing extremist,” Citizens that have “bumper stickers” that are patriotic or anti-U.N., those that refer to an “Army of God,” that are “fiercely nationalistic (as opposed to universal and international in orientation),” that are “anti-global,” that are “suspicious of centralized federal authority,” that “revere individual liberty,” that “believe in conspiracy theories”

Those that have “a belief that one’s personal and/or national ‘way of life’ is under attack,” that possess “a belief in the need to be prepared for an attack either by participating in paramilitary preparations and training or survivalism,” that would “impose strict religious tenets or laws on society (fundamentalists)” that would “insert religion into the political sphere,” that would “seek to politicize religion,” that have “supported political movements for autonomy.”

Anyone that is “anti-abortion.”

Anyone that is “Rightwing" including “Returning veterans,” those concerned about “illegal immigration,” those that “believe in the right to bear arms,” anyone that is engaged in “ammunition stockpiling”

Anyone that exhibits “fear of Communist regimes” “Anti-abortion activists" those against illegal immigration, those that talk about “the New World Order” in a “derogatory” manner

Those that have a negative view of the United Nations, that are opposed “to the collection of federal income taxes,” that supported former presidential candidates Ron Paul, Chuck Baldwin and Bob Barr, that display the Gadsden Flag (“Don’t Tread On Me”)

Those that believe in “end times” prophecies, including Evangelical Christians.

That is why alarm bells should go off whenever Barack Obama (or his Democrat minions) speaks of the need to crack down on “extremism”.

9 posted on 06/07/2019 4:43:42 PM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: aimhigh

There are two separate questions - demonetization, and censorship.

I think the platforms should censor nothing except overtly criminal content. People don’t have a right not to be offended, they can turn off videos at any time. But seeing as how Google inserts random ads into the videos, I can empathize with them being in the middle of the content and the advertisers. Advertisers don’t generally want to put their ads on offensive content.

I understand Google is a private company. But given their ubiquity in the search and video arenas I am quite concerned where all this ‘censorship of offensive content’ will take us. Some argue they should be regulated more like a utility - open access for all types of speech.


10 posted on 06/07/2019 4:44:19 PM PDT by monkeyshine
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To: aimhigh

[Journalist Max Blumenthal]

LOL

Blumenthal’s articles and video documentaries have appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Daily Beast, The Nation, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Independent Film Channel, Salon, The Real News, Al Jazeera English,[8] Sputnik,[17] and the Columbia Journalism Review

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

Oh, I forgot - “journalist” is the synonymous with “liberal activist”


11 posted on 06/07/2019 4:48:46 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: aimhigh

sounds like a charade designed to let them pretend there is a “both sides” component to Big Tech censorship


12 posted on 06/07/2019 4:51:19 PM PDT by thoughtomator (The Clinton Coup attempt was a worse attack on the USA than was 9/11)
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To: Liz; null and void; Roman_War_Criminal; Syncro; smvoice; SkyPilot
[Those that believe in “end times” prophecies, including Evangelical Christians.]

They probably believe in nut-job conspiracies, too! I'm working on my desk. Just about finished.


13 posted on 06/07/2019 4:51:51 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: aimhigh

De-Monetize the Young Turks and the collection of Antifa channels and I’ll know they’re serious.


14 posted on 06/07/2019 4:55:15 PM PDT by TADSLOS (You know why you can enjoy a day at the Zoo? Because walls work.)
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To: aimhigh

YouTube lost half a billion dollars last year. This has as much to do with cutting expenses, as it does with censorship


15 posted on 06/07/2019 4:55:38 PM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....ew)
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To: Liz; SeekAndFind

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3246444/posts


16 posted on 06/07/2019 4:55:47 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: aimhigh

Poetic justice, but a good example of how stupid the YouTube censorship has gotten. There was not a bit of thought in YouTube’s action.


17 posted on 06/07/2019 6:12:57 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Liz

“All this said, the media and corporate America should refrain from using the SPLC as a source until it cleans up its hateful act and stops smearing people.”

And that will be in , like, never?

If the SPLC is Ever given Any credit and influence back, it will return much like a supervirus.


18 posted on 06/07/2019 6:39:56 PM PDT by A strike (Import third world become third world)
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“See, we censor the Leftwing too“


19 posted on 06/07/2019 6:45:53 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: aimhigh

This lying commie prick will have his garbage reinstated immediately.


20 posted on 06/07/2019 6:47:11 PM PDT by The Toll
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