Suppression of speech: Favorite tool of the fascist.

[mutus_frutex]

"The best society, the best human existence, arrives when humans most closely determine the truth, and act on the truth, and separate it from superstition, falsity, or misinformation. And there is no better system for determining the truth than free speech: Testing the validity of an idea in the waters of public discussion and debate." --Dave Rodgers

What does say about us, liberals, when a site like this suppresses speech routinely and without recourse or appeal?

And not just suppression of the opposition, but suppression of other liberals. What can we expect for the future when both the right and the left suppress ideas?

(NOTE: this morning I sent a message asking to be completely erased from this site. Since apparently the admins are faster to remove my threads than to remove my presence, I'm forcing the hand.. :-))

Cheers.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

1. Here we go again

:nuke:

[mutus_frutex]

7. Don't you think this is a valid topic?

By the way, I edited the message because part of it wasn't visible..

[goodboy]

2. popcorn anyone?

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[shraby]

3. Maybe some soda with the popcorn?

:toast: :popcorn: :rofl:

[goodboy]

4. gotta beer?

[mutus_frutex]

9. I know this is a common topic but

don't you think it is important? After all, we are trying to be different from the other side. If we suppress our own peopel we are going in the wrong direction.

[Liberty Belle]

5. Agree. Why did a thread I posted earlier get locked?

Here's the link I posted to. I don't know if the problem was the link, my comments, or something someone else posted later.

I clearly identified the link as gossip from an unverifiable source, so what's the problem?

http://www.tbrnews.org/Archives/a1554.htm#001

[Jim Sagle]

6. TBR News is Nazi filth. THAT'S the problem. Duhhh!!!!!

[Liberty Belle]

8. Huh????

[Moderator]

10. Locking

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