Let the whining begin!

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Devin Nunes went on Fox to complain that— with no more Parler— he and his fellow Republicans no longer had a place to complain WHILE HE WAS COMPLAINING ON FOX NEWS.

Despite the set-back, propaganda superstar and Parler CEO Dan Bongino thinks Parler will be up and running again soon. Then again, Bongino’s first ingredient is lies, so who knows what he really thinks.

First Amendment Ignorance

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It’s very easy to learn about the first amendment that the right-wing snowflakes are convinced have been stolen away from them. Google is free.

No, your first amendment rights aren’t being taken away. That would happen if you stood on a corner and yelled that Donald Trump is an asshole (Spoiler Alert: He is!) and then you were arrested. You have the right to your opinion. You have the right to free speech. What you DON’T have is the right to free reach.

Parler, Twitter, Facebook, etc., are PRIVATE COMPANIES. They can set whatever guidelines they choose. Y’know, just like that bakery you supported that refused to sell gay couples wedding cakes.

Promoted is the opposite of silenced

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Conservative views are not being silenced. Far from it. Eight or nine of the top ten most popular posts on Facebook are generally occupied by the right from the likes of Bongino, Rush Limbaugh, and Ben Shapiro.

Cries over the censorship by big tech is laughable. The only reason it’s even FINALLY being brought up is that the Zuckerbergs and Jack Dorseys of the world saw the dissent and anger as a cash cow. And they were correct. That’s why they’re billionaires and not thousandaires. However, now they’ve calculated that insurrection and murder and instability and more murder aren’t ultimately good for their bottom lines.

Here are just a smattering of how Parler stayed in business.

The deadly insurrection that killed five (so far) has woken up the country as to the dangers of unmitigated, unfiltered, and unprecedented hate. It’s also a recruitment tool that makes shutting down the likes of a Parler a necessity.

Again, for the one zillionth time, if Parler deletes the violent posts and commits to thwarting similar posts in the future, they can have their servers and store access back. But their exec says they won’t and have no reason to.

— Ellen Carmichael (@ellencarmichael) January 10, 2021

Amazon Web Services had sent Parler a letter warning them of their failure to moderate, and Parler didn’t adapt. So, for now, Parler joins the scrap heap of tech. But don’t get too cocky. It will find another home at some point. Hate always does.