How to fight back against leftist censorship
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
We all know about the leftist leanings of the so-called masters of the universe, the internet giants. We all know about the discriminatory treatment that many of us on the right are experiencing. The question is: How do we respond? Do we pick up our marbles and leave? Do we build our own platforms? Do we stand up and fight? Or perhaps it’s a combination of all of the above?
Recently, Lawrence Jones, editor-in-chief for Campus Reform, opined that conservatives are being lazy here. In his words , “Go create your own platforms.”
Jones, who is a libertarian, believes that the social media giants are free to run their companies however they want to, and if we don’t like it, we should go elsewhere.
In the end, we may have no choice but to do that very thing, and at this moment, millions of dollars are being invested in the development of new platforms.
As for Campus Reform, it is one of the most important voices today when it comes to exposing the radical leftist agenda on our college and university campuses.
That being said, I take issue with Jones’ assessment for a few reasons.
First, we helped build these very platforms. Conservatives like you and me helped build YouTube and Facebook and Twitter and Google.
Some of us have spent thousands of hours developing videos or posting blogs or making comments, getting our message out with regularity and interacting with millions of others in the process.
Why should we simply walk away without pushing back? Why should we concede defeat when we have hardly begun to stand?
Second, when we came on board, no one told us that these platforms would be biased against us. No one told us when we started searching on Google (remember when it was a strange sounding name?) that their searches would be weighted to favor the left.
No one told us that Facebook would be working with gay activist organizations or that YouTube would be working with the SPLC.
Had we known this up front, many of us would not have gotten involved in the first place.
Instead, what we understood was that these were neutral platforms. These were networks where we could connect with our friends. These were accessible places where we could share our videos. These were settings where we could intersect with people from all backgrounds.
It would be akin to a new bank opening in our city, offering the most attractive interest rates and the best customer options. So, we gladly switch our accounts to that bank.
It is only then, once the bank has our money, that we find out they are using the profits to fund radical, anti-Christian causes. And to add insult to injury, in the fine print, there’s a severe penalty for early withdrawal.
Obviously, the analogy is not meant to be exact. (So, please back off, dear critics.) But it is meant to convey a point: Had we known the facts at the outset, we would not have put our money in that bank.
At this point, having made substantial investments of time and energy, building our audiences and our platforms, we’re not ready simply to walk away.
Third, for some of us, the whole goal is reach and impact. In my case, AskDrBrown is a non-profit ministry, so we live and breathe to reach others with our message. We’re here to make the maximum impact on the maximum number of people, and that means not just preaching to the choir.
So, as long as YouTube allows us to post our videos, we will continue to use that platform, since we reach millions of people who otherwise would not know about us.
Day and night, we receive hateful, ugly comments from critics and bashers. Day and night, quite literally 24/7, we receive comments from dissenters and from seekers.
We are doing anything but preach to the choir on YouTube, and much of our audience is not coming to our website . Or our Facebook page. Or even our Twitter account.
So, since it is one of our goals to shine God’s light in dark places, we’re not prepared to walk away just because we are being unfairly treated.
I’m sure many other conservatives, be it for moral or spiritual or ideological reasons, feel the same way.
Fourth, there is something that everyone can do, and it’s quite simple.
Focusing on YouTube in particular, if you like the content you’re watching and the channel has been demonetized, then support that channel directly.
At present, the moment one of our videos goes live, it gets flagged by YouTube as not suitable for all advertisers, forcing us to request a manual review. In some cases, the videos are approved; in other cases, not. (So, to be clear, the videos are not being blocked or removed. They’re being demonetized.)
As much as possible, we are challenging YouTube to be fair and consistent. That’s all we’re asking for.
But we have also launched a Patreon account , and for 30 cents a day, our viewers can become full Patreon partners, getting some special benefits in the process as well.
The more partners we get, the more materials we can produce (again, we’re non-profit, so all the money that comes in goes right back out). And, with enough supporters, if YouTube decided to demonetize our entire channel, we would keep reaching people with our message, unfazed, undaunted, and unhindered.
Again, the day might come when these doors will close to us entirely. Or new and better platforms might be developed. Or the whole face of the internet might take a dramatic new turn.
But for now, let’s stand up and speak out and push back. The door is not yet slammed in our face.
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not a chance.
all the above and then some more. in the end, we will win.
no worries
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Exactly....why would these radical rightists want to go someplace where they are hated in the first place? I wonder how a conservative college would welcome someone from AntiFa to speak on their campus? Pretty sure they would whine and cry.
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Then you wouldn't mind if I showed you trump's base and all you have to fight with
You have no rights on private property, either a private website or a tangible property that you do not own, so there is nothing to fight for. You either obey the TOS or you can be banned. There are no exceptions.
You are a guest on those websites and you cannot claim that your free speech rights apply because they do not.
You should not use ideas that do not apply to you. Nobody is persecuting you.
Exactly. While we are at it, how are the other companies suppressing the radical rights voice? Showing support for a left wing organization is not suppressing a right wing voice. Unless they are actively banning people who have a right wing ideology, then this entire article is nothing but bullshit.
So? Do you want the government to force people to view 'your' website? If people aren't going to your website, maybe they don't share your radical views, or, your website is crap.
No one is suppressing the radical rights voice, it's just that most people don't want to hear what those idiots have to say.
Colleges are private companies in most cases. So, again, they can decide who they want to speak and who can't speak on their campus. I am sure this is linked to a college telling that neo-nazi scumbag being told to go pound sand. Tough shit. If a college doesn't want hate speech from a radical nutter, that's fine by me.
Since we are on the subject... Fox news censors their chat rooms, AND uses bots to swing conversations from left leaning to right leaning. Just about every radical right website that accepts comments, censors ANY and ALL negative comments about trump. Don't tell me they don't, I have seen it done for years.
true enough... unless they want federal money.
You can't force a private entity to allow people on their campus to speak. Also, that's called socialism. For trump hating socialism, he sure uses it a lot.
Do you think I should be able to come into your house and rant and rave for a few hours about how bad trump is? No? Why not? If you think it's ok for trump to force other private companies to accept hate speech, why can't I go on say....fox news, and run trump into the ground for a couple of hours?
if they want federal money? AKA: the people's money?
yes, we most certainly can.
No, you cannot. You cannot walk onto private property and claim freedom of speech. Doesn't work that way. And if someone tried it in my neighborhood? They'll get shot.
How shocking that trump would sign an EO so neo-nazi's can spew hate on a college campus. Surprsed? Not even a little bit since trump is an anti-semite neo-nazi himself.
yes we can. funny thing...
we already are doing just that. and it is working just fine.
So, everyone that applied for a VA loan, accepted welfare, or accepted any money at all from the feds, means their property is now a public place? Ownership gone? Wow, so all those people in the South that accepted federal aid to rebuild their homes...it all belongs to the government now. Sad.
So you are a socialist?
You may want to read up on that EO, it doesn't mean what you think it means.
As has been pointed out, PJ Media is a far right wing radicalized fake news/shitty opinion site. Most of what they post isn't based in fact.
try again.
But you said if they accept federal money, then anyone can speak on that property...
put your imagination away.... LOL
allowing someone to speak is not the same as forfeiting ownership of that college
and the eo had nothing to do with a veterans loan...
yer too funny
If it's already in the first amendment, why the fuck did he write the EO? That makes NO sense at all.
These do not exist. These rights you speak of were given by the founders, not God. I mean, unless you have specific proof that God handed down all these laws you speak of.
Didn't think so.
You weren't supposed to notice those pesky details.
If they bothered to read the founders words on this idea, our rights are guaranteed to us by group consent and not given to us by any god. Their God is claimed to be omniscient and omnipotent, so if they were given to us by the Abrahamic god we would all need to be Christians, which would violate the First Amendment's religious clauses and we would have no free will.
The US was not created as a Christian country, so if those rights stem from any god, it would be the absentee god of deism.
Kind of one and the same.
Oxymoron
Contradiction in terms.