"You are banned"....

November 13, 2017, 09:53 AM

Reading an article in the Sacramento Bee about Jerry Brown and decided to comment. After assembling my thoughts, I hit 'post'. The page that returned read " you are banned". What the.....? I post there infrequently but with my usual polite conservatism. I guess that's all it takes at the Sac Bee. So much for a free exchange of ideas. Leftists cannot operate in a free environment.

November 13, 2017, 09:56 AM

Edmond

They only believe in free speech when they agree with what others say...

November 13, 2017, 09:58 AM

gearhounds

Typical leftist behavior; your opinion is respected until it clashes with theirs.

“Remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from a virus they got vaccinated against because you’re not vaccinated.” - author unknown

November 13, 2017, 10:07 AM

GWbiker

Anti-gun forums operate the same way. Post an opposing view on the forum and not only is it deleted but the poster is banned.

So much for the Left's opinion of free speech.

November 13, 2017, 10:35 AM

Rightwire

Socialism, plain and simple

Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys

343 - Never Forget

Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat

There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive.

November 13, 2017, 10:39 AM

Crom

I have been banned by CNN, ABC, and NBC.
I am very careful to never use obscenity or personal insults, so it is very clearly simply for "debunking the Liberal Narrative".

Many others have noted the same.

"Crom is strong! If I die, I have to go before him, and he will ask me, 'What is the riddle of steel?' If I don't know it, he will cast me out of Valhalla and laugh at me."

November 13, 2017, 10:39 AM

Scoutmaster

Goebbels lite. You can't let people hear the truth.

"Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it....While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it"
- Judge Learned Hand, May 1944

November 13, 2017, 10:42 AM

qxsoup

That's the Bee for you. It's my hometown newspaper and my sister in law works there. Ever since the McLatchy's stopped running it and after they bought out Knight-Ritter it has gotten real, real bad.

I miss the union.

November 13, 2017, 10:44 AM

46and2

There are some subfora/subreddits over at Reddit, commonly the leftist/snowflake ones, where the Mods of those communities will troll opposing subfora or run reports of those places membership lists (like those for Trump supporters and the like) and will proactively Ban these people from their forums even if said users have never even been to the Leftist ones before, just because they participate in opposing communities.

Then, one day, if you happen to visit one of these Leftist ones to make a comment - you've already been banned before ever having said a word.

It's such a bitch move, to put it mildly, and no small trend either, nor a new practice.

November 13, 2017, 10:45 AM

LimaCharlie

I was banned for life from Free Republic for being an agnostic.

November 13, 2017, 10:57 AM

Skins2881

quote:
Originally posted by GWbiker:
Anti-gun forums operate the same way. Post an opposing view on the forum and not only is it deleted but the poster is banned.

So much for the Left's opinion of free speech.

There are antigun forums? WTF?

In the pistols section is there a You won't buy a Glock thread?

November 13, 2017, 11:04 AM

sigmonkey

quote:
Originally posted by LimaCharlie:
I was banned for life from Free Republic for being an agnostic.

How do you know?

November 13, 2017, 11:08 AM

oldRoger

quote:
I have been banned by CNN, ABC, and NBC.

I would consider this a mark of honor and at least have tee shirts made.
There are probably graphic designers here who could do a fine job.

November 13, 2017, 11:29 AM

rduckwor

Good for you! Keep at it, there are millions of web sites awaiting your attention.

RMD

TL Davis: “The Second Amendment is special, not because it protects guns, but because its violation signals a government with the intention to oppress its people…”
Remember: After the first one, the rest are free.

November 13, 2017, 01:16 PM

darthfuster

I've seen Lefties get bammed here, but only because they can't behave themselves...

November 13, 2017, 02:29 PM

Sig2340

Someone is doing you a favor.

November 13, 2017, 03:31 PM

Mr.9mm

quote:
Originally posted by sigmonkey:
quote:
Originally posted by LimaCharlie:
I was banned for life from Free Republic for being an agnostic.

How do you know?

I see what you may or may not have done there