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GoFundMe freezes donations for The Grayzone, sparking free speech debate
Aljazeera ^ | 09/01/2023 | Erin Hale

Posted on 09/01/2023 8:44:29 AM PDT by TexasKamaAina

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To: Jim W N

Exactly. But it helps to know who is what.


21 posted on 09/01/2023 9:32:37 AM PDT by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness )
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To: griswold3

This tragedy never ends.
I’d just like to go back to my community instead of being isolated in a strange place. But it’s never going to happen.


22 posted on 09/01/2023 9:35:26 AM PDT by AuntB (Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
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To: Alter Kaker

Maybe you can get your own echo chamber on eBay it Amazon. There’s usually more than one way protect yourself from other viewpoints.


23 posted on 09/01/2023 9:44:37 AM PDT by Palmetto State Conservative
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To: Palmetto State Conservative

Good answer.


24 posted on 09/01/2023 9:46:52 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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To: TexasKamaAina

What is the name of the other non woke funding site?


25 posted on 09/01/2023 9:51:27 AM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: Skywise

Well, they have to freeze leftist groups, that’s all that’s left using GoFundMe. All right leaning groups use GiveSendGo


26 posted on 09/01/2023 10:28:54 AM PDT by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore………)
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To: AuntB

Yeah. Sorry for your loss.


27 posted on 09/01/2023 11:56:01 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: Palmetto State Conservative

This website is supposed to be an echo chamber. If I wanted to read left wing garbage I’d sign up for DU and turn on MSDNC.


28 posted on 09/01/2023 12:16:40 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Alter Kaker

Posts from CNN and the WA compost are here pretty often, msn, even the new York slimes.

Your complaint is stupid.

You just don’t like it that the gray zone supports Russia.
I like some of their stuff and have been here over 20 years.
You are possibly a globohomo supporter?


29 posted on 09/01/2023 12:30:41 PM PDT by MarMema (Eat your bananas, enjoy the decline)
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To: Alter Kaker

If so, it is useless and I’m crazy to waste time here. I keep hoping otherwise, but you’d mentality is a bit too pervasive. I prefer to learn, to grow, to understand more, including understanding those who think differently. I’ve been misled before and no-doubt am deceived about some things I now believe are true. Without a willingness to listen to other viewpoints, I would be doomed to a kind of satisfied and comfortable confusion.


30 posted on 09/01/2023 12:45:32 PM PDT by Palmetto State Conservative
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To: Palmetto State Conservative

Sounds like you may be in the wrong place! FR is a website for American conservatives, plain and simple. There are a million places on the internet that welcome people across the political spectrum - absolutely nothing against that kind of rigorous debate, but that’s not what this website is.


31 posted on 09/01/2023 6:21:31 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Alter Kaker; Jim Robinson

I am an American conservative if that means I embrace Christ as my ultimate king, hold the Constitution to be the regulating blue print for our system of government, cherish our God-given liberties, and believe all men (even liberals) are my fellow creatures and deserve equal treatment under the law. I don’t view those who differ with me in politics as personal enemies or as threats to my convictions. Those who differ are worth talking to and listening to, because communication is one pathway to learning and intellectual growth. If Jim Robinson doesn’t want me or my kind here, all he has to do is say so.

To be clear, I am not defending or advocating all viewpoints expresses on the Grayzone, but I do applaud them for excellent reporting on some subjects and have recommended some of their reports to individuals outside this form. I do not advocate censoring entire content providers, or verbally consigning all their work to the trash bin, because they hold views different to mine.


32 posted on 09/02/2023 5:13:56 AM PDT by Palmetto State Conservative
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To: Jim W N
You are certainly correct about the 1st amendment applying only to government. The thing is that, if you are old enough (like me) you can remember when we embraced a culture of free speech. The spirit of the 1st amendment animated our social discourse. That spirit seems to have disappeared.
33 posted on 09/02/2023 11:40:56 AM PDT by TexasKamaAina (The time is out of joint. - Hamlet)
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To: Palmetto State Conservative; Alter Kaker; Jim Robinson
Palmetto State:

I appreciate your point of view. Sadly, I anticipated a response like Alter Kaker's when I submitted this post. It is unfortunate that FR harbors those who disparage information from anything other than an "approved" source.

I read from a wide variety of news sites. The reason I posted this article is because it is not just conservative views being shut out. I think the objective is to keep political discussion within a very narrow bandwidth so the establishment goes unopposed. Many say that the Constitution protects only government interference with speech, which is true. But if you are as old as I am you know that there was a time when this country had a culture of free speech that tolerated widely diverse viewpoints. Losing that culture is a big concern of mine.

Also, somewhat related, is that the old left/right, liberal/conservative, democrate/republican schema is on its way out, if not gone altogether. We all need to be a little more creative in the way we parse things out and not limit ourselves to that polarity.

34 posted on 09/02/2023 11:57:54 AM PDT by TexasKamaAina (The time is out of joint. - Hamlet)
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To: TexasKamaAina

The world is getting darker, but if your eyes are upon the Lord, you are getting brighter.

Freedom is in my and many others’ soul and ain’t going anywhere.

I think the Lying Losing Left is about to lose big time.

Can’t wait.

Get ready for VICTORY (and watch how you speak - words of victory, not defeat.)


35 posted on 09/02/2023 12:05:42 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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