Censoring conservative voices.

[canuckamuck]

1 hour ago, LadyKay said:

Excuse me but you all seem to be reading the OP's original post as if he is talking about a country. And I think he is talking about Worthy. It is this site that he thinks is trying to silence his free speech. 

Here you are all going off accusing liberals  of taking away your freedom. 

No I am not talking about a country, I am talking about some forums I have been involved with. I am definitely not talking about Worthy though.

I don't think it matters what forums I have been talking about, One for example was a forum for expats. It used to be a place for interesting exchanges, and strong opinions now it is a progressive echo chamber.

The point is that i have noticed a marked intolerance of conservative opinions, and especially in the last 3 months.

[DSmith_TheHistorian]

12 hours ago, JohnD said:

How? you say...

Through the media, education system, political party, political correctness, the systematic removal of God, prayer, the Bible from not only public education but from the public square over several generations time.

As traditional American doctrine was neglected, the competing ideology of socialism had taken off. Karl Marx’s book, which was written in 1844, never had much influence in American society. That was until we had backslid from Christian principles of economics and dabbled in greed. Thus, monopolies would form and grow. Wealth was accumulated, instead of employing the extra wealth to meet the needs of the poor and society itself. Self-culture (or individual interest) began to replace the common good of the community.

Historian Marshall Foster writes that “in the loft restaurant above Peck’s restaurant at 140 Fulton Street in lower Manhattan, a group of young men met to plan the overthrow of the predominately Christian world-view that still pervaded America. At this first meeting five men were present: Upton Sinclair, 27, a writer and a socialist; Jack London, writer; Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a Unitarian minister; J.G. Phelps Stokes, husband of a socialist leader; and Clarence Darrow, a lawyer."

"Their organization was called the Intercollegiate Socialist Society. Their purpose was to ‘promote an intelligent interest in socialism among college men and women.’ These men were ready to become the exponents of an idea passed on to them by an obscure writer named Karl Marx—a man who never tried to be self-supporting but was supported by a wealthy industrialist who, inexplicably, believed in his theory of ‘the dictatorship of the proletariat.’ Although a small group in the beginning, these adherents of socialism more than succeeded in their task.”

“By using the proven method of gradualism, taken from the Roman general, Quintus Fabius Maximus, these men and others who joined with them slowly infiltrated” the public schools of our nation. By 1912 there were chapters in 44 colleges. By 1917 there were 61 chapters of student study groups of the League of Industrial Democracy. “At that time John Dewey, the godfather of progressive education, was the vice-president of the league. By 1941 Dewey had become president and Reinhold Niebuhr, the liberal socialist theologian, was the treasurer.”[1]

The beginning of the end of traditional America had become entrenched. Dr. Stephen K. McDowell mentions that “the loss Christian tradition, character, and responsibility led to the failure of many banks in the early 1900’s. To remedy this situation, power was granted to a centralized Federal Reserve Board in 1913. But this unbiblical economic structure and lack of character produced many more problems. Within 20 years, the Stock Market had crashed, and America was in the midst of the Great Depression.”[2] With the propagation of socialism, people were ready for Roosevelt's “New Deal,” such as Social Security and other welfare agencies, which ultimately set up the State as provider rather than God.

Blessings,

Daniel L. Smith,
 

Resources:

[1] Dr. Beliles, Mark A., and Stephen K. Dr. McDowell. America's Providential History: Including Biblical Principles of Education, Government, Politics, Economics, and Family Life, 250-251. 1989.
[2] Foster, Marshall, and Mary-Elaine Swanson. The American Covenant: The Untold Story, xvii. Mayflower Inst, 1983.

"American Culture's Hairline Fracture." Complex America. Accessed November 8, 2020. 

Edited November 9, 2020 by Alive
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[Tigger56]

10 hours ago, DSmith_TheHistorian said:

I am one of those who were silenced before the election. 

It is happening and we should always expect this to happen. In particular, my business account was restricted from communicating advertisements and messages to any audience outside of my current network. I'm still restricted as of today, however, there are lawyers fighting California State right now.

We have had it pretty good here in America as Christian's. And as such, the Lord has patiently given us time to allow for us to further spread His Gospel, that is, the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 

If you are interested in how I was censored, you can check it out here: https://www.complexamerica.org/censoredin2020.html

I donate to the ACLJ (aclj.org) - they are always fighting for religious rights on behalf of Christians everywhere. They are a God-send for those out there that do not have the resources to fight on their own behalf. 

Blessings,

Daniel L. Smith,
ComplexAmerica.org

I went to the site mentioned. I agree with what you posted. Censorship in Facebook is primarily for those who express Christian and conservative views, sad but true and getting worse. A group of my friends have gone over to Parler as an alternative.

[LadyKay]

8 hours ago, canuckamuck said:

No I am not talking about a country, I am talking about some forums I have been involved with. I am definitely not talking about Worthy though.

I don't think it matters what forums I have been talking about, One for example was a forum for expats. It used to be a place for interesting exchanges, and strong opinions now it is a progressive echo chamber.

The point is that i have noticed a marked intolerance of conservative opinions, and especially in the last 3 months.

Maybe you should take this up with them. Different fourm sites have rules and terms of services to follow. Even this one.  But this is not a violation of free speech. You don't really have free speech when it comes to posting on a site that is run by someone else. You are force to follow the term of service rules of the site. Just like we have here at Worthy. 

[DSmith_TheHistorian]

1 hour ago, LadyKay said:

"Maybe you should take this up with them. Different fourm sites have rules and terms of services to follow. Even this one.  But this is not a violation of free speech. You don't really have free speech when it comes to posting on a site that is run by someone else."

False. Not when you are clearly choosing one political idea over another. Especially since Zuckerburg created FB to be a "free speech platform." But isn't censoring one idea and not the other a violation of your constitutional right to free speech? Ponder this... 

If FB all of a sudden decided to stop hiring whites and hire purely by the tone of your skin (much like how liberal universities hand out their grant awards today), wouldn't that be a violation of their constitutional right to stop them from running their business in the way they seem fit? Or is it racism?

OR, are social media companies just wiping their rear ends with the constitution and being sided-with by their friendly, "locker-room buddy", liberal-leaning politicians and judges (to prop them up) because they have comfortably gotten away with it for so long?

Yeah right.

Facebook in particular shut my business account down within hours after I posted historically factual information that proves Christianity was the makeup of the United States Founding Documents. I was shut down for two reasons: Being a Christian and for being... uh oh... a Conservative.

Blessings,

Daniel L. Smith

 

Edited November 9, 2020 by DSmith_TheHistorian

[Starise]

I don't have much use for FB any more. I once was on it a lot more. All social media is a never ending trickle of some good but mostly time consuming junk.

I can see some saints standing before the throne....

Here you are on Facebook, Here you are on Twitter

...next day

Here you are on Facebook, Here you are on Twitter.

Next month, next year, 5 years later

Here you are on Facebook, Here you are on Twitter.

I give up. Just take a still of him on that phone.

If it were possible for the cellular mechanisms of the posterior to become a part of an actual office chair ( through an evolutionary process) Men will one day have built in seats on their *ahem* posteriors.

....Exibit A. Here we have a fine example of a Homoseatus. Notice how he has this chair attached to his..........

[DSmith_TheHistorian]

27 minutes ago, Starise said:

I give up. Just take a still of him on that phone.

If it were possible for the cellular mechanisms of the posterior to become a part of an actual office chair ( through an evolutionary process) Men will one day have built in seats on their *ahem* posteriors.

....Exibit A. Here we have a fine example of a Homoseatus. Notice how he has this chair attached to his..........

[LadyKay]

35 minutes ago, DSmith_TheHistorian said:

False. Not when you are clearly choosing one political idea over another. Especially since Zuckerburg created FB to be a "free speech platform." But isn't censoring one idea and not the other a violation of your constitutional right to free speech? Ponder this... 

If FB all of a sudden decided to stop hiring whites and hire purely by the tone of your skin (much like how liberal universities hand out their grant awards today), wouldn't that be a violation of their constitutional right to stop them from running their business in the way they seem fit? Or is it racism?

OR, are social media companies just wiping their rear ends with the constitution and being sided-with by their friendly, "locker-room buddy", liberal-leaning politicians and judges (to prop them up) because they have comfortably gotten away with it for so long?

Yeah right.

Facebook in particular shut my business account down within hours after I posted historically factual information that proves Christianity was the makeup of the United States Founding Documents. I was shut down for two reasons: Being a Christian and for being... uh oh... a Conservative.

Blessings,

Daniel L. Smith

 

If FB is violating free speech by deleting post. Than so is Worthy. I  explain these things before. About terms of service rules on sites. No one seems to understand it. Without knowing just what the OP posted that was deleted. It is hard to say if he is a victum of discrimination,or if he did indeed violate a site's Terms of service policy.

[LadyKay]

I don't know how you all manage to get deleted from FB. My post on there goes through just fine. All the Bible verse I post. All the testimonies I post about how God has worked in my life. All my conservative friends  share their conservative view post with me. My church post their sermons every Sunday without issue. Many prayer request are posted as well.  

Edited November 9, 2020 by LadyKay

[Henry_iain]

I use facebook mainly to post photos, watch sermons and get a few laughs. I never post any opinions if I can help it and I refuse to read negative posts or posts that have turned heated. These days I find myself blocking and snoozing people a lot more. But there is enough good news and funny stories to make it worth keeping.