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Posted on 10/14/2018 6:16:58 PM PDT by Theo
Mark Zuckerberg must need money because he just robbed a triple-amputee Iraq War vet blind.
Brian Kolfage joined the Air Force just before 3000 Americans were killed in the September 11, 2001 terror attacks that also destroyed the Twin Towers in New York City. He wanted to serve. He wanted to keep what had happened to thousands of his fellow Americans from happening again. It was his duty, he believed.
During Brian's second tour in the Middle East, he volunteered for a dangerous mission in Iraq.
On September 11th, 2004, exactly 3 years to the day since the 9/11/01 attacks, a 107 mm rocket landed feet from Airman Kolfage. Instantly, he lost both of his legs just below the hip and his right hand.
Kolfage wasn't expected to survive, let alone walk again, but he did.
After almost a year recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Kolfage walked out of the facility.
Airman Kolfage continued overcoming the odds by going back to work for the Air Force as a base security manager. He also served on Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford’s Veterans Advisory Committee. Brian went on to enroll at the University of Arizona’s School of Architecture. He learned to draw with his left hand as his dominant right was gone. Kolfage graduated from university and was also awarded the prestigious Pat Tillman Scholar award.
In 2014 Brian was bestowed the George C. Lang Award for Courage, for his fearlessness and also his selfless actions taking care of other wounded veterans.
Today, Brian makes trips to Walter Reed Medical Center and travels the country motivating veterans & others.
In the midst of all this, Senior Airman Kolfage got married & has two wonderful kids.
Even with all of that, Kolfage wasn't done. He became interested in news publishing and began managing pages on Facebook for news websites. He also co-founded a coffee company, Military Grade Coffee, which donates 10% of all profits back to veteran organizations.
You might not have known it, but Airman Kolfage ran the Right Wing News Facebook page and had been involved with the brand for several years among starting others. That is, until a few days ago when Facebook decided they didn't agree with Brian's conservative views. The page had 3.6 million fans, and Brian was a major factor behind its new growth and revitalization.
Over the years, Kolfage invested $315,000 to grow brands on Facebook. Facebook requested admins of pages to invest tons of money to grow and reach larger audiences for the brands he managed. Zuckerberg had no problem taking Brian's money. But now Zuckerberg & Facebook decided they couldn't allow the popular conservative page to get in the way of the 2018 mid term elections after it became a pivotal part of President Trumps 2016 upset to Hillary Clinton. Facebook headed up by Zuckerberg used a well planned opportunity to take out actual bad pages and lumped in Airman Kolfage's conservative network.
They robbed him blind, they did him dirty. They took $315,000 from his company rolled it up and laughed at his sacrifice. This was purely political, they attacked his personally. But Facebook made one fatal flaw, they underestimated the power of a triple amputee veteran. The underestimated the huge PR mess they are about to be slapped with when trump has Airman Kolfage in his oval office in front of the media, they underestimated the will power of veteran who lost so much.
Airman Kolfage wrote that because of Facebook's actions:
"My income as a father and husband is threatened.
This isn’t the right to free speech I gave my legs and arm to defend. Three limbs wasn’t enough for some … now my livelihood is gone with it.
It is true: I have been managing the Right Wing News Facebook page, and have been involved with the brand for many years.
And just today, Facebook took down our Facebook page, cutting off all contact we had with the millions of people who signed up to follow us, the millions of people who liked what we were sharing online.
I took over managing the page when John Hawkins decided to step aside to pursue other endeavors. John and I have a great relationship and I was honored to have the torch passed down to me. We had a coveted, verified blue check mark 3.5 Million fans, and I invested over $300,000 in ads at Facebook’s own request, nearly begging us to spend spend spend just to reach our fans … whom they kept making more difficult to reach with every passing year.
Never once did Facebook come to us to say there was any issue with Right Wing News or our other pages. Never. But they sure loved taking our money.
We did run multiple Facebook pages; Facebook allows businesses to have more than one page, and we did own them and had them for years. We were not “spamming,” we were not using fake accounts, we were not doing anything “wrong” … except we supported President Trump, and apparently that’s not allowed.
Facebook also deleted my other business page. I own a coffee company called Military Grade Coffee company. We don’t post politics, we sell coffee and support veteran charities. Facebook is maliciously attacking my way of life because of my beliefs, and they don’t care.
What Facebook has done is illegal. It’s a malicious coordinated attacked on everything I fought for and everything generations of Americans fought for. And this is exactly why a Facebook Engineer making 6 figures a year walked out and quit his job today, over the assault on conservative beliefs within his former company.
The New York Times even stated that Facebook made this calculated move to silence thousands of voices (and millions of forwarded messages) because of the upcoming midterm elections."
I've known Brian for years and had the pleasure of working with him on several projects. As the editor of Right Wing News, I saw how hard he worked to manage the Facebook page, and to ensure it grew in popularity. He is a tireless worker, and extremely proud of what he has accomplished for others on social media. And now Zuckerberg & his company, Facebook, have robbed him of it & his investments. I mean, they even took down his coffee company page. That's some serious hatred for the man right there. Facebook is literally stripping him of his means to provide for his family. Didn't he give enough for his country, not to mention, to Facebook? He overcame odds most in this world will never experience, only to be ripped off by Zuckerberg????
That's a GD shame.
DON'T STOP SHARING THIS UNTIL BRIAN GETS JUSTICE!
Follow Brian on his personal verified page for updates on what happens next.
Brian Kolfage alive day from Brian on Vimeo.
To be clear, I encouraged “please don’t leave a comment” to the haters. I wasn’t demanding anything. I was imploring people to sympathize with Brian.
(In my last paragraph, I did write, “don’t comment here” — that was targeted toward just one humble FReeper whose “I hate blog pimps” commentary would be irrelevant in this discussion.)
Everyone on here ranting about how he should start his own site is ignoring the fact that either the site that HOSTS "your own" web site (or any of the larger digital pipes farther up the chain) can cut you off, slow you down or strangle your traffic – without notice. Internet access and reach don't come directly from God to your computer without anything in between.
This is why eventually the government will have to set down some basic regulations for "common carrier" status on sites that grow so large as FB.
The internet operates something like a municipal water system. "Your own" web site is like the spigots in your house; but they are connected to a main line from the street to your house, and that main is connected to a larger conduit, and that conduit is connected to an even larger conduit, and that is connected to a purification plant and that is connected to a water source. Many corruptions can break the pipes or the purification plant; other forces upstream can pollute or dam up the water source.
It's the same with internet traffic: there are lots of pipes and joints and places where the volume of flow can break down, or be interfered with, between your site and other users. The bigger and richer the digital giants get, the more control they have over the entire supply line.
But until ISPs and network providers start doing that, the benefit of a paid for website is that you now have an actual contract case to take to court. You’d be able to put them on the defensive to explain to a judge why you don’t meet their “acceptable use” criteria and have a chance to collect damages.
The threat of upstream interference is real, but by definition, a threat would be a future battle and only if the threat is realized.
When you mention a fellow Freeper here....you ping them.
When you post and right off...you say ..something like "Don't post..if you don't like this"...
You are going to get...blow back....
You are on a "Free" web site....which reminds me to send some money JimRob's way again....All Freeper's should....
You can just about say anything..here. Not like FB...
And anyone here that uses..FB...ought not to...IMO.
FB should no more be able to terminate a subscriber because it disagrees with the political views of its customer than the electric company or telephone company could cut off your power for the same reason.
Wow! Post #2. That didn’t take long.
Try reading the post and my response. I didn’t violate a single of the poster’s “rules”.
To be crystal clear, I didn’t mention a fellow FReeper here. Hence, no need to ping anyone. Sheesh.
So you love Zuckerberg and hate the triple amputee war vet whose business Zuck is attacking? Is that your point in being so critical toward me?
LOL!!
Of course you mentioned a FReeper....You think FReeper's are stupid...???
HAHA!!......Let me spell this out for you...No, I don't love Zuck. I don't FB..never have. I figure you probably do....maybe I'm wrong....but doubt it.
I'm in support of the Vet...suing the ass out of FB....
But you are lying...when you say you didn't mention a fellow FReeper......
It isn't for you to say who comments where, spunky.
... which is why I was hoping you wouldn’t comment. Since your voice adds nothing productive to this discussion.
Interesting.
If you hadn’t added your cute little admonition I’d likely never have seen the thread.
Now, because you were so cute, you’ve got me here.
Ain’t you smart?
They are already doing that.
"If you don't like this post...don't comment!!"
I'd gather...most here use FB....yet they rail against FB...and what FB has done to people...but continue to use FB. I don't get that.
Never used FB....never will.
And then there are the liars here..You know who you are.
It's "virtue signalling".
The same as those folks who claim not to have owned a TV since 1921.
Some of those folks might be in prison, though... so let's not judge.
Don’t use Facebook or Twitter; I do watch Youtube and use LinkedIn.
Here's your response after I said...you need to ping fellow FReeper's....
To be crystal clear, I didn’t mention a fellow FReeper here.
Lie much??
Then you go on....the attack...after lying..."So you love Zuckerberg and hate the triple amputee war vet whose business Zuck is attacking? Is that your point in being so critical toward me?"
Just don't like liars....What the hell are you doing..........???
I know nothing about the other...
I am about 3/4's Luddite....
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