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To: unkus
How long will Rush Limbaugh and Free Republic be allowed to stay “on air”?

If hussein steals the election (there is no way he'll be re-elected, but he could steal/rig it)... I would bet you just about anything you care to name that Conservative talk radio, guys like Rush, Levin, etc. and websites like FR are gone before the midpoint of his second occupation.

23 posted on 01/06/2012 7:04:04 AM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obama now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: unkus; ThunderSleeps

Note that “shutting down” opposition press won’t be blatant. The Left has learned well how to do such things in a “one-off” manner, obfuscating the same ends in a manner which is either socially palatable or requires an eye-glazing explanation to get at the offense. For example: FR wouldn’t be shut down outright, it could be subject to enhanced taxation for excessive “fair use” quotations or hotlinking (something akin to Canada’s tax on blank CD/DVD media on the presumption illegal copies will be made and thus the tax revenue is redistributed to registered musicians), and thus rendered financially unviable; Rush could be silenced by some Cain-like scandal.

Consider how many otherwise good conservative POTUS contenders are driven out of the race by right-wingers outraged at some small but intolerable defect. With careful choreography, such could be applied to much of the Right’s leadership and forums. Agent provocateurs may arise, slandering FR, Rush, and many others with the cumulative effect of silencing - done so from within.


39 posted on 01/06/2012 7:57:59 AM PST by ctdonath2 ($1 meals: http://abuckaplate.blogspot.com/)
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To: ThunderSleeps

Is anyone talking about alternate communication channels in case that happens? Set up mirror sites overseas, maintain email lists and construct ad-hoc networks if necessary. Make them play whack-a-mole ad nauseum (theirs, hopefully)


101 posted on 01/06/2012 11:30:18 PM PST by coydog (Time to feed the pigs!)
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