Professor Gets Probation For Bludgeoning Conservatives With Bike Lock https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-08-10/professor-gets-probation-bludgeoni... and Democracy ... it's not gone, fact is you never had it (no -where- have I heard -that- one before - surely not from Juan? :) Alexis de Tocqueville Was Wrong https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-08-10/alexis-de-tocqueville-was-wrong From inception, democracy in America was pure fantasy. No rule of the people ever existed – governance of, by, and for the privileged few alone at the expense of most others. … On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 09:42:13AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
Microsoft now piling onto the anti-semitic speech wagon:
Apparently Gab is centralised and currently runs on Microfascist's cloud service or something... evidently a decentralised service is needed. Golden opportunity for the inspired...
(BTW, ridiculously humorous Heather Heyer memes and comments elided to ensure this email does not get censored...)
Microsoft Threatens to Shut Down GAB Unless They Censor Anti-Jew Posts Adrian Sol Daily Stormer August 10, 2018 https://dailystormer.name/microsoft-threatens-to-shut-down-gab-unless-they-c...
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Microsoft pointed to two posts from Gab user Patrick Little, one that calls for the “complete eradication of all Jews” and the other which calls for their death by torture: “After an initial review, we have concluded that this content incites violence, is not protected by the First Amendment, and violates Microsoft Azure’s acceptable use policy,” a Microsoft spokesperson told Motherboard. “Microsoft notified Gab.ai of this substantial concern and advised that it remove this content or respond to Microsoft within 48 hours, or potentially risk suspension of its service on Azure.”
That, of course, is bullshit.
The First Amendment absolutely protects calls for violence, as long as no “specific and credible threat” is involved. Simply calling for the destruction of a race, even by torture, is protected speech.
Nevertheless, the two tweets (“gabs”) in question have already been removed by GAB. …