Posted on 01/20/2021 6:36:05 AM PST by SeekAndFind
After the coordinated takedown of Parler, the only viable Twitter alternative, by Big Tech, the site has resurfaced but is not yet functional. According to Reuters, Parler was able to partially restore its website with the help of Russians (gasp). It’s a weird day when Russians are more pro-free-speech than Americans.
On Monday, Parler’s website was reachable again, though only with a message from its chief executive saying he was working to restore functionality.
The internet protocol address it used is owned by DDos-Guard, which is controlled by two Russian men and provides services including protection from distributed denial of service attacks, infrastructure expert Ronald Guilmette told Reuters.
The only thing available on the site at the moment is this statement from Parler.
Now seems like the right time to remind you all — both lovers and haters — why we started this platform. We believe privacy is paramount and free speech essential, especially on social media. Our aim has always been to provide a nonpartisan public square where individuals can enjoy and exercise their rights to both.
We will resolve any challenge before us and plan to welcome all of you back soon. We will not let civil discourse perish!
The app is still unavailable on Apple and Google and no one can post anything to the platform yet. “I’m confident that by the end of the month, we’ll be back up,” CEO John Matze told Fox News on Sunday night.
Parler is suing Amazon for its role in deleting the website from the public domain. PJM’s Tyler O’Neil reported the details.
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
Mark Levin’s Parley:
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Mark Levin 01/19/2021
@MarkLevinShow
Those who continue to lie about the president by accusing him of igniting or being part of a violent insurrection, supported his impeachment, and now intend to pursue him in a bogus trial once he’s out of office, will be judged harshly by history. And the ideological and political purge now underway, striking at virtually all of the fundamental principles upon which this nation was founded, will be condemned as mob rule run amok. I just hope our republic can withstand this onslaught until sensible people and possible statesmen step forward and stem this tyranny.
Dan Bongino’s Parley:
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Dan Bongino 01/18/2021
@dbongino
We will NEVER stop fighting. NEVER. This fight is bigger than me, and it’s bigger than Parler. If they’re allowed to silence us, they can silence anyone. It stops now. Please stand with us in this fight for liberty, truth and freedom.
Corrupt leftist in our government are far more of a threat than Russia.
[Those who continue to lie about the president by accusing him of igniting or being part of a violent insurrection, supported his impeachment, and now intend to pursue him in a bogus trial once he’s out of office]
“After the coordinated takedown of Parler, the only viable Twitter alternative, by Big Tech...”
This is not true. Gab.com and Minds.com have been and still are up and running. Gab is a little slow due to massive numbers of new joiners since Parler’s demise, but it’s totally functional. Minds.com runs as fast ever.
https://www.minds.com/realmattbracken/
“404 Not Found”
It ain’t back.
From now on, during any nationally significant crisis or event and especially, during ANY political campaigning ... expect Parler to be taken down... AGAIN
It will be the ‘forever reminder’ of the stolen election. In the past, this kind of thing was called ‘fallout’.
RE: “404 Not Found”
Don’t know about you, but I got in just fine and am now viewing Mark Levin and Dan Bongino’s posts right now.
I went directly via the internet: Parler.com
404 Not Found
Only Parler home page is up for me on Internet. You cannot login. Mobile phone app still not working.
OK, I see your point. If I try to log in via my favorites “404” comes up. If I click on https://parler.com/ there are a couple of pinned posts, hopefully they’ll be back better than ever, sooner rather than later.
Not yet.
“@john
Mark Levin
01/19/2021
@MarkLevinShow
Those who continue to lie about the president by accusing him of igniting or being part of a violent insurrection, supported his impeachment, and now intend to pursue him in a bogus trial once he’s out of office, will be judged harshly by history. And the ideological and political purge now underway, striking at virtually all of the fundamental principles upon which this nation was founded, will be condemned as mob rule run amok. I just hope our republic can withstand this onslaught until sensible people and possible statesmen step forward and stem this tyranny”
“my Peikoff
01/18/2021
@AmyPeikoff
“But though I was initially disappointed at being categorized as an extremist, as I continued to think about the matter I gradually gained a measure of satisfaction from the label. Was not Jesus an extremist for love ... Was not Amos an extremist for justice: ‘Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.’ ... And John Bunyan: ‘I will stay in jail to the end of my days before I make a butchery of my conscience.’ And Abraham Lincoln: ‘This nation cannot survive half slave and half free.’ And Thomas Jefferson: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal....’ So the question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. Will we be extremists for hate or for love? Will we be extremists for preservation of injustice or for the extension of justice? In that dramatic scene on Calvary’s hill three men...were [all] crucified for the same crime—the crime of extremism. Two were extremists for immorality, and thus fell below their environment. The other, Jesus Christ, was an extremist for love, truth, and goodness, and thereby rose above his environment. Perhaps the South, the nation, and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.”
— Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
Might this be the year that all of us, regardless of political belief, become extremists for freedom of expression and privacy? Wouldn’t that turn 2021 on its head?”
RE: Not yet.
Hence the qualifier in the title - Sort of!
Use your browser and type in Parler.com directly on the URL.
I saw it last night. It’s a start, they will have it back full on soon.
After the coordinated takedown of Parler, the only viable Twitter alternative...
False. Gab is also an alternative. I have used both.
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