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Parler CEO Slams Facebook and Twitter: If free speech on social media is the enemy, ‘our country is already lost’
Life Site News ^ | 01/08/2021 | Raymond Wolfe

Posted on 01/08/2021 6:59:24 PM PST by SeekAndFind

The CEO of Twitter alternative Parler, John Matze, has condemned the censorship of President Trump by social media companies, after Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram announced bans of the president’s accounts yesterday.

“If free speech truly is the enemy and we must restrict and censor the voices of people to keep our country safe, then our country is already lost,” Matze said. “If one man’s voice is a threat to our nation but his holding of the presidential office is not, than [sic] it is apparent the powers of the presidency are less powerful than a single voice.”

“Why should any of us settle to giving up our rights to free speech?” he asked.

Matze slammed Facebook and Twitter in particular, saying that they “believe the ends justify the means. They believe the American people are weak. They insult our founding fathers by suggesting [Facebook CEO] Zuckerberg and [Twitter CEO] Dorsey know what is best for us.”

Mark Zuckerberg, who claimed on Thursday that Trump sought “to undermine the peaceful and lawful transition of power to his elected successor, Joe Biden,” has been criticized for massively influencing the 2020 election.

Last year, Zuckerberg poured $400 million into state election processes through a nonprofit that contracted overwhelmingly with Democratic officials and violated federally-mandated state election plans, according to the Amistad Project, an election integrity group.

Facebook, as well as Twitter, also temporarily blocked discussion of the New York Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story, which could have deflated Biden’s support among 17% of his voters, a recent poll showed.

“Parler is not an arbiter of truth,” Matze said. “We believe you are wise enough to decide for yourself and trust that given access to all information we can self govern.”

“The solution is clear. If you believe in free speech, and our founding principles of our republic, then we must liberate others by promoting free speech Parler,” he added.

Daily Parler users have increased by more than 800% after the November election, as Big Tech companies rush to de-platform Trump supporters like his former adviser Steve Bannon.

Liberal groups have repeatedly attacked Parler in recent weeks, some of them targeting the free speech platform after Trump supporters breached the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday.

LifeSiteNews’ Parler account currently has 20,000 followers. Readers may follow @LifeSiteNews.

“Our engagement is increasing, but we would love to see more, of course!” said Rebekah Roberts, LifeSite’s Director of Marketing. “I do believe that we’ll be using alternative social media platforms more and more — Parler, MeWe, Rumble — since I do anticipate us getting banned from Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube in the very near future.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: censorship; parler; purge2021; socialmedia; twitter
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1 posted on 01/08/2021 6:59:24 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

so apparently Wood is off Parler now.

At whose behest?


2 posted on 01/08/2021 7:01:30 PM PST by RummyChick (To President Trump: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3923111/posts)
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To: SeekAndFind

The left cannot win on an even, honest playing field with the right. They can only win with lies and fraudulent activities.


3 posted on 01/08/2021 7:02:38 PM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021)
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To: RummyChick

What’s the point of Parler then?


4 posted on 01/08/2021 7:02:42 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

H24
@H24News_
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Twitter said Friday evening that it took action against the four tweets that President Trump shared from the
@POTUS
account.

“As we’ve said, using another account to try to evade a suspension is against our rules,” said a Twitter spokesperson. “We have taken steps to enforce..


5 posted on 01/08/2021 7:03:28 PM PST by RummyChick (To President Trump: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3923111/posts)
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To: SeekAndFind

The left of course overplayed its hand.
That might save Trump and us to fight another day.


6 posted on 01/08/2021 7:03:35 PM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: SeekAndFind

If you are leaving Twitter or Facebook get banned first. Then leave. In fact everyone should try and get banned at the same time and overwhelm the leftist moron moderators.


7 posted on 01/08/2021 7:04:01 PM PST by frogjerk
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To: RummyChick

RE: so apparently Wood is off Parler now.

Why? Did Parler ban him?


8 posted on 01/08/2021 7:04:05 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Dont know...Wood could have done it himself and bugged out in his bug out mobile


9 posted on 01/08/2021 7:05:02 PM PST by RummyChick (To President Trump: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3923111/posts)
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To: SeekAndFind

To all the leftist, “progressive” lurkers: what are you afraid of? Afraid your fascist core will be exposed by the free exchange of ideas?


10 posted on 01/08/2021 7:06:01 PM PST by ThunderSleeps (Biden/Harris - illegitimate and everyone knows it.)
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To: RummyChick

As long as it is of his own volition, and not out of some Twitter-like fascistic censorship, then it’s up to him.


11 posted on 01/08/2021 7:06:52 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
It’s foolish to even make statements that appear to be an attempt to appeal to Jack Dorsey’s, or any other leftist’s sense of reason. They have none. If they had the capacity for rational thought, they wouldn’t be leftists.

We’re light years beyond the point at which well-reasoned debate might have resolved this or saved the country. It’s going to take force, figurative or real.

12 posted on 01/08/2021 7:08:12 PM PST by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.`)
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To: ThunderSleeps

RE: Afraid your fascist core will be exposed by the free exchange of ideas?

You got it right there - Free exchange of ideas. They can’t win with reason so they have to ban their opponents.


13 posted on 01/08/2021 7:08:21 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Trying to get on Parler and having a heck of a time


14 posted on 01/08/2021 7:08:35 PM PST by pangaea6
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To: SeekAndFind

Not able to get back in yet.


15 posted on 01/08/2021 7:09:59 PM PST by madison10 (Trump's greatest accomplishment is getting all the cockroaches to come into the light.)
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To: SeekAndFind

You see this behavior would never survive anti trust scrutiny but they know Biden will do nothing.


16 posted on 01/08/2021 7:10:49 PM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: SeekAndFind

Duh.

Funny how eveyone forgets that the masses left Myspace for Facebook when Newscorp bought Myspace (now owned by UsPeopleWeekly who deleated tens of thousands of home recorded musicians and claimed that it was merely a bad data backup problem. Kind of like when Universal let the Nirvana and Buddy Holly and Chess Records tapes burn and didn’t bother to tell anyone.


17 posted on 01/08/2021 7:12:55 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Who built the cages, Joe?)
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To: SeekAndFind

And as of now, Parler is unavailable....
Hmmm.


18 posted on 01/08/2021 7:13:52 PM PST by Senormechanico
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To: SeekAndFind

The most hilarious thing I’ve seen and heard recently is the celebration on New Year’s Eve of a good riddance to 2020. I’ll take 2020 back right now.


19 posted on 01/08/2021 7:14:13 PM PST by frogjerk
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To: frogjerk

I’ve been trying to get banned on Twitter all afternoon but it didn’t happen.

So I told @jack to go f—k himself and just deleted the account.


20 posted on 01/08/2021 7:14:50 PM PST by LizardQueen (The world is not out to get you, except in the sense that the world is out to get everyone.)
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