Politicians who seek to censor individuals or the free exchange of information and ideas are not the kind of people you want in office.
Censorship. Silencing opposition. The LGBTQ+, radical democrats, the teachers union and @RepMarkMcBride joined forces to silence Oklahoma parents. Much like the efforts against President Trump, this is an unprecedented political attack. pic.twitter.com/NV58pfoy4v
— Superintendent Ryan Walters (@RyanWaltersSupt) May 31, 2024
By Gretchen Garrity
Very early this morning, my blog post titled "Stealth Groomer Books in the Library" was removed by Blogger.com. The post was flagged. Perhaps it was the word "groomer" or "gentle grooming" that Blogger objected to. Perhaps it was the American Library Association or one of its minions who complained. Perhaps it was Christian County library staff. Perhaps it was the authors of the two books I featured, or the folks at the COOLcat catalog.
Whoever was behind the censorship betrayed a great weakness. They cannot fight the truth, so they must suppress it. Exposing books that harm children is considered Hate Speech. And yet, here is Blogger's guidelines on content that is harmful to children:
"More broadly, Google prohibits the use of our products to endanger children. This includes but is not limited to predatory behavior towards children such as:
How does that square with Blogger's hate speech policy here:
"Hate speech is content that promotes or condones violence against or has the primary purpose of inciting hatred against an individual or group on the basis of their race or ethnic origin, religion, disability, age, nationality, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or any other characteristic that is associated with systemic discrimination or marginalization."
My article objected to the sexualization of children through books that push the LGBTQ agenda and are marketed to minors. Blogger is speaking out of both sides of its content policy.
But I have a mustard seed, and I know how to use it.
This post will be cross-posted at Hick Christian. Also, it is likely that Right to Win Ozarks will be deleted. However, we have contingency plans and you will be able to find us again soon if the blog is deleted.
"These outside forces use our political structure, corrupting our
political leaders to destroy our economy and take away our natural
rights." -- David Rice
This is an important article (which is getting attention outside Christian County) that tells the story of how Gov. Parson is allowing a One Health laboratory to be built in Missouri. Horrors will emerge from this lab eventually.
Rice spares no feelings, nor should he:
"Our benevolent and wise dictator Parson and his supermajority Republican politburo have decided that we’re not worth protecting. Parson already demonstrated his lack of care throughout his administration, and every voter who said, “He’s a nice guy. We shouldn’t criticize one of our own,” might as well have been wearing a Red Flag on their lapel."
Republicans in Missouri must wake up now. Read the ARTICLE. Then pay attention to who is running for governor in the August primaries. Another swamp creature will be catastrophic.
(MO) “Republican Reps & Senators have voted into their budget a WHO laboratory—they just decided to call it a different name so the voter doesn’t get upset as they design viruses to cull the population.”
— Lisa Logan (@iamlisalogan) May 26, 2024
Please read the article below and share it so people know to 👀 ONE HEALTH. https://t.co/F7N1DvBNtA
Deplatformed repeatedly from every platform, targeted by the WH and CDC and dragged into a UK court hearing by media ‘watchdog’ agency OfCom, all seeking to censor me and those who ‘platform’ me. And I just passed 400,000 followers on X. As I proved in my Oxford DPhil thesis:…
— Dr Naomi Wolf (@naomirwolf) May 26, 2024
“Occupants of public offices love power and are prone to abuse it." – George Washington, Farewell Address, September 17, 1796
By Gretchen Garrity
"Students who live under a regime of censorship are being taught that freedom of speech and government accountability are disposable values that must give way to 'making the school look good.' The lessons these students learn about the First Amendment--lessons they will carry with them into their adult lives--are that people with power get to control what is said about them, and that viewpoints should be suppressed by the government if they challenge prevailing beliefs. This is not only bad preparation for journalism, it is bad preparation for citizenship."
In the first chapter of the reference tool, "Law of the Student Press," the editors write about censorship. Their focus is high schools and colleges, but their words apply to the larger world, where censorship is alive and well on social media platforms.
While we tend to think censorship and suppression of free speech is something Google, Mark Zuckerberg and the old Twitter indulges in, the culture of censorship has trickled down to local platforms and activists who routinely suppress and delete articles and writers they find objectionable.
Often, there is back channel chatter that attempts to demean and discredit individuals who say or publish uncomfortable truths. Even elected officials indulge in this behavior. Instead of engaging the public in a spirited debate, or pointing out errors, these individuals subvert free speech in a stealthy background campaign to censor points of view with which they disagree or find inconvenient, and to discourage others from engaging in public discourse.
It points to the larger issue in the Republican Party right now. What is a conservative? What does it mean to be a Republican? What are the values of the individuals who make up the Party? How do those values, or lack of them, affect what happens on the local, state, and national level?
In a 1988 decision that was devastating to the free speech rights of students, the United States Supreme Court ruled that students at a St. Louis, MO high school did not have the right to publish articles the school administration deemed unacceptable. You can read about the ruling HERE.
The editors of the Law of the Student Press had this to say in reference to the ruling:
"A generation's worth of legalized Hazelwood censorship has damaged the learning environment in schools, discouraged young people from meaningfully engaging in civic life, and obstructed the public's access to truthful information. As the director of the University of Arizona's journalism program told a law-school symposium reflecting on the legacy of Hazelwood, 'We are raising a nation of sheep. I don't think it's extreme to say that we risk democracy."
Meanwhile, writers are being called extremist around the state of Missouri and in Christian County. David Rice interviewed Gail Griswold and myself the other day. Judge for yourself who the extremists are:
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From a timely article from Colonial Williamsburg.
"Here is a list of the States and how the law was written in their Constitutions or Bill of Rights going from north to south:
David Rice interviews 2024 GOP State Convention delegate, Tony Petrosino, for another perspective about the day. Naturally, more questions are raised.
For audio or to read, go HERE.
Go HERE to listen to Sunday's Missouri Liberty Radio show "Off the Cuff" with Sam Britton. Guests included Patrick Holland of the Missouri Freedom Initiative and Daniel Diaz of Citizens for Sound Money.
Some of the show notes:
"In the second hour of the show, we spent some time playing some audio from the HighWire show that we air earlier in the afternoon.
We need some cautious optimism once in a while, and it came from that show.
Here is the link to that show, and you can hear everything that we played in the first 30 minutes, as well as the rest of what was covered during that broadcast:
In the second hour Daniel Diaz with Citizens for Sound Money was with us during all of the second hour, as well as most of the third hour. We covered the latest on sound money legislation here in Missouri, as well as different places you can go to online, to get started building your wealth in gold and silver."
Talk will center on the status of SB735, the gold and silver bill, Sen. Mike Moon's campaign kick-off (it was inspiring), and whatever else!
