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‘Curmudgeonly Old Man’ Sues Facebook, Google Over ‘Woke’ Policies
IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH ^ | MAY 9, 2023 | Clark Kauffman

Posted on 05/09/2023 3:03:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway

An Iowan who describes himself as a “curmudgeonly old man” is suing Google, YouTube and Facebook, claiming the internet giants are stifling his right to voice opposition to their “left-wing, woke censorship and suppression of free speech.”

Timothy-Allen Albertson, 67, of Council Bluffs is suing the companies in state court for allegedly violating his First Amendment rights. In his court filings, Albertson says Google and YouTube’s terms of service and community standards are unenforceable and are against public policy, at least as they pertain to what he considers his First Amendment rights.

In his petition, Albertson he says he has “serious legal and political issues” with gay males and transgender people and LGBTQ organizations that he calls “the Ku Klux Trans.” He details his “very personal opposition to the housing of biological male prisoners, particularly those with functioning male genitalia, who identify as women in women’s correctional facilities,” saying the practice will result in the terrorizing of female prisoners.

In court papers, he also claims to be opposed to same-sex marriage for males and supportive of same-sex marriage for women, and he makes note of his own “strong assertions” that President Joe Biden is a pedophile, a claim that lacks any evidence. He calls himself a “person with an acerbic and caustic style and wit,” while acknowledging he has “often been described as a troll” – a term used to describe internet users who try to provoke others or create conflict.

“While he takes great pride in that description, plaintiff thinks of himself as a counter-troll,” the lawsuit states.

Albertson takes issue with the “Censorship Industrial Complex” and alleges YouTube has engaged in shadow banning, which is the practice of blocking a user’s content from some areas of the online community in a way that’s not readily apparent to the user. The effect of the shadow banning, Albertson alleges, is that his content is not visible to other YouTube users. The intent of the shadow banning, he argues, is to limit reactions to his comments so that he will become bored and discouraged from continuing to use the platform.

This has led to “humiliation, mortification, great pain and suffering of mind and body and other personal injury,” Albertson claims. In his lawsuit against Google and YouTube, he is seeking general damages of $100,000, plus special damages of $10,000 for medical expenses, plus punitive damages of $300,000.

In a separate lawsuit filed against Facebook, Albertson complains the company has prevented him from using an image of a rainbow flag with a swastika superimposed on it, and blocked him from using a doctored image of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wearing a Nazi uniform.

He also alleges Facebook has removed from his pages some of his written comments and has, usually for a period of 30 days, suspended his ability to post to Facebook.

Albertson told the Iowa Capital Dispatch he has issues with the federal government, in particular with the so-called “deep state” bureaucracies that he claims actually run the government.

In court filings, Albertson noted that he collects financial assistance from the government in the form of Supplemental Security Income for the disabled and aged; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding for food; the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program assistance; Section 42 housing tax credits for low-income people; the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program; Medicaid; the Medicaid Home and Community Based Services waiver program; the Medicare; the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program; and the Affordable Connectivity Program.

“That may seem self-serving,” Albertson told the Capital Dispatch. “But I have never had a problem with federal assistance programs.”

Albertson’s assets, which he listed for the court, include $100 worth of books and $700 worth of guns.


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1 posted on 05/09/2023 3:03:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

The Klu Klux Trans
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Stealing this


2 posted on 05/09/2023 3:06:32 PM PDT by struggle
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To: nickcarraway

DO NOT MESS WITH US OLD FARTS-—We don’t care about all your “Woke” ideas.


3 posted on 05/09/2023 3:07:40 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: nickcarraway

Seems Mr. Albertson has one more fan today...ME!!!


4 posted on 05/09/2023 3:08:41 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: nickcarraway

DO NOT MESS WITH US OLD FARTS-—We don’t care about all your “Woke” ideas.

Same thing with “White Supremacy”.

MY ancestors came thru ELLIS ISLAND-—from Norway to WISCONSIN.

We didn’t own ANY cotton fields.

We didn’t own ANY slaves.

WE DIDN’T OPPRESS ANYONE.

Farmed & took part in the community.

DON’T OWE A DIME TO ANYONE


5 posted on 05/09/2023 3:09:52 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: struggle

“Stealing this”

Me too.


6 posted on 05/09/2023 3:11:40 PM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: struggle
In his petition, Albertson he says he has “serious legal and political issues” with gay males and transgender people and LGBTQ organizations that he calls “the Ku Klux Trans.”

I like this guy. I do. I wonder if he needs $$$ for pursuing this suit?

7 posted on 05/09/2023 3:12:19 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Donald Trump is a setting sun. Ron DeSantis is a rising star.)
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To: nickcarraway
Every single thing this article states in describing this guy leads me to wonder one thing:
What is his FReep handle?

8 posted on 05/09/2023 3:14:24 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Donald Trump is a setting sun. Ron DeSantis is a rising star.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Lol! Yep!


9 posted on 05/09/2023 3:16:42 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: nickcarraway
“strong assertions” that President Joe Biden is a pedophile, a claim that lacks any evidence.

Lacks evidence?

If I had time I could post dozens of articles and pictures (and his daughter's diary) that provide all the evidence anyone needs.

Like this picture for example.


10 posted on 05/09/2023 3:18:48 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Donald Trump is a setting sun. Ron DeSantis is a rising star.)
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To: nickcarraway

“Ku Klux Trans”

I like it.


11 posted on 05/09/2023 3:46:42 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV.e)
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To: nickcarraway

Love the suit! Needs to add a few more zeros to the punitive damages, though.


12 posted on 05/09/2023 4:33:54 PM PDT by nicollo ("I said no!")
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To: nickcarraway

The 1st Amendment is about government limiting our right to free speech. Private corporations can censor as much as they want and limit the expression of private parties as much as they want. Free Republic isn’t here to give a voice to anyone one the left any more than Democratic Underground is there to provide a voice to those on the right.


13 posted on 05/09/2023 4:43:03 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (There are three kinds of rats: Rats, Damned Rats, and DemocRats.)
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To: AlaskaErik
Private corporations can censor as much as they want and limit the expression of private parties as much as they want.

No they can't. When they are so massive as to represent a significant portion of public speech, the first amendment must be made to apply to them.

And their communications channels cross state lines, making them subject to Federal regulation. Federal Regulation comes with the first amendment.

14 posted on 05/09/2023 5:01:00 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Responsibility2nd

Just got this one. I might be welcome here. Now woke trash treats me like a skunk at a garden party. So I decided to spray.


15 posted on 05/10/2023 2:15:46 PM PDT by Digitalcamotim
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To: AlaskaErik
Last I knew Free Republic was not taking direction from MINOR ATTRACTED PERVERT POTUS regime. But FBIBooKKK, google, and you tube do, Hell, even Suckeberg was so arrogant that he admitted it on air to Joe Rogan.

That makes these woke trash entities “State Actors”. If a private party lets the government farm out its censorship efforts to it the Free Speech Clause and Other Clauses of the First Amendment apply to it. If they are so stuck on stupid that they did not appreciate that then they did so at their own peril.

Of course, the Democrat Party longed farmed out its censorship efforts to the KU KLUX KLAN.

Now as to the Democrat SepticTank I would not doubt that they get marching orders from the MINOR ATTRACTED PERVERT POTUS regime.

BTW, I am the old man mentioned in that article. And I will not back down to a bunch of woke trash who support the KU KLUX TRANS especially its agenda of housing intact male members in women's prisons so that those sickos can use their transwomen penises to rape Lesbians and Other Women Prisoners.

16 posted on 05/10/2023 2:15:46 PM PDT by Digitalcamotim
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To: ridesthemiles

My Maternal Great-Great Grandfather was a Union Soldier who was in Sherman’s March to the Sea. He was discharged as disabled but not before in Texas on 19 June 1865 and watched and hear his CO tell those slaves that they had been free since the first GOP POTUS had freed them on 01 January 1863, I was born 90 years later to the day. Only damn thing MINOR ATTRACTED PERVERT POTUS has done right was to make my birthday a national holiday.


17 posted on 05/10/2023 2:15:46 PM PDT by Digitalcamotim
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To: struggle

I actually stole that from a You Tuber at https://www.youtube.com/@BlackConservativePerspective

Every time I had some woke trash tell me that I was being racist I told them that I got from a Black Man.


18 posted on 05/10/2023 2:16:35 PM PDT by Digitalcamotim
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To: Digitalcamotim

Welcome to Free Republic.

I must tell you, we have lots of customs and traditions here. If ever you have a WTF (What the FReep) was moment, let me know and I’ll talk you through it.

Happy FReeping.


19 posted on 05/10/2023 2:22:59 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Donald Trump is a setting sun. Ron DeSantis is a rising star.)
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To: Bikkuri

Not a zot ping, but a welcome ping.

Check out this article. I went and wondered what his FReep handle is. And now Mr. Albertsons is a new FReeper.

https://freerepublic.com/tag/by:digitalcamotim/index?tab=comments;brevity=full;options=no-change


20 posted on 05/10/2023 2:34:05 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Donald Trump is a setting sun. Ron DeSantis is a rising star.)
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