Hello everyone. This is my first thread on this board; so I thought I would say something about message boards in general.
Way back in 2011 the death of message boards was predicted. Admittedly, I do not now too much about the non-political message boards Heffernan cites:
The Old Internet Neighborhoods
By Virginia Heffernan
July 10, 2011 5:30 pm
https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/10/remembrance-of-message-boards-past/
I knew a little about political boards before and after they were given a big shove towards government control.
The attack on message boards has been endorsed by those stalwart defenders of the First Amendment in the government, “. . . or abridging the freedom of speech, . . .” and largely overlooked by public who sadly confuse freedom of speech with freedom of the press.
Obama’s guy engineered a preemptive strike on freedom of speech. His attack got no coverage by television’s talking head pundits:
Just prior to his appointment as President Obama’s so-called regulatory czar, Cass Sunstein wrote a lengthy academic paper suggesting the government should “infiltrate” social network websites, chat rooms and message boards. Such “cognitive infiltration,” Sunstein argued, should be used to enforce a U.S. government ban on “conspiracy theorizing.”
Such “cognitive infiltration,” Sunstein argued, should be used to enforce a U.S. government ban on “conspiracy theorizing.”
Obama czar proposed government ‘infiltrate’ social network sites
Sunstein wants agents to 'undermine' talk in chat rooms, message boards
Published: 01/12/2012 at 10:56 PM
by Aaron Klein
http://www.wnd.com/2012/01/obama-czar-proposed-government-infiltrate-social-network-sites/
Happily, Sunstein’s conspiracy theory accusation left town with Obama.
Unhappily, censorship in all of its forms is doing the job that . . . “conspiracy theorizing.” could not accomplish.
Incidentally, I saw poor taste cited as a reason censoring a message. Laughably, poor taste is the weakest excuse for censorship. It is nothing more than a sly way of saying my political belief is better than yours.
Liberals control most multiple-topic political message boards the same way print journalism and television control what the public thinks about every issue. Press barons make the rules. Owners of television’s transmitters make the rules. Message board proprietors make the rules. The owners of technology platforms make the rules. Every one of the four supports and encourages censorship. (The number of wealthy owners devoted to abolishing freedom of speech is miniscule.)
There is not one nor has there ever been a multiple-topic political message that permitted absolute political free speech.
Single-topic political message boards is the only way government and media can be reined in. That is boards dedicated to one issue —— immigration, the Supreme Court, the law, the Constitution, each constitutional amendment, the economy, war, the military, socialized medicine, global government and so on. In truth, the government will use every tool at its disposal to prevent conservative Americans from challenging collectivism issue by issue the same way the Left promote their conglomerate of garbage issue by issue —— and they do it with tax dollars.
The number of readers on each single-topic political message board cannot compete with the readership on the best-known multiple-topic boards. No matter. Taken in the aggregate they will be far more successful than the Democrat Party’s single-topic strategy television alternates the same way a hustling girl rotates her aphrodisiac working cloths to please the same customers.
NOTE: The first few message boards I joined were single-topic boards. Over the years multiple-topic political boards took control of format and rules. That speech-grab put most single-topic political boards out of business. I would post a message on 30 or 40 single-issue boards every week if they existed. I searched and could not one that I would join.
The demise of uncensored political message boards guaranties the death of the most powerful ally freedom of speech ever had. Listen to Tucker Carlson in the first four minutes of the video —— then listening closely to N.Y. State Senator Kevin Parker double-talk the Left’s justification for gun control censorship and you will see why message boards pose such a threat to the Left’s ideology. Basically, Gatling gun talkers go on and on about their “focus” regardless of the truth not to mention constitutional Rights; so they must censor thoughts because the written word will expose them for what they are on every topic on uncensored message boards:
NOTE: Tucker Carlson standing up for Social Media in the lion’s den deserves a lot of credit, while the man he replaced on the coveted 8:00 pm time slot, Bill O’Reilly, repeatedly blamed the Internet for all of society’s ills. That should tell you everything you have to know about O’Reilly. In short: O’Reilly topped himself since television did more harm to this country from within than all of its enemies can do if they ever find a way to attack freedom of speech militarily.
Finally, the government and the press are freedom of speech’s most powerful mortal enemies. C.E.O. censors on Facebook, Google, Twitter, etc. are James Madison incarnate when they are compared to a tax-dollar funded media and the government.
p.s. Americans rightfully care about freedom of speech not freedom of the press. Private sector freedoms can live very well without freedom of the press, but they will die without ABSOLUTE political freedom of speech.
If Americans want to protect the First Amendment start by eliminating these four words ——“or of the press” —— so that it reads:
Notice that the press would still enjoy freedom of speech like the rest of us, but they would have to defend freedom of speech as a matter of self-interest instead of only defending their constitutional privilege while they feed the rest us to Socialist/Communist wolves.
Way back in 2011 the death of message boards was predicted. Admittedly, I do not now too much about the non-political message boards Heffernan cites:
Not to get too misty, but the board format itself might deserve a nostalgic embrace. The Internet forum, that great old standby of Web 1.0., has become an endangered species.
Many boards are stagnant or in decline, if they even still exist.
Many boards are stagnant or in decline, if they even still exist.
The Old Internet Neighborhoods
By Virginia Heffernan
July 10, 2011 5:30 pm
https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/10/remembrance-of-message-boards-past/
I knew a little about political boards before and after they were given a big shove towards government control.
The attack on message boards has been endorsed by those stalwart defenders of the First Amendment in the government, “. . . or abridging the freedom of speech, . . .” and largely overlooked by public who sadly confuse freedom of speech with freedom of the press.
Obama’s guy engineered a preemptive strike on freedom of speech. His attack got no coverage by television’s talking head pundits:
Just prior to his appointment as President Obama’s so-called regulatory czar, Cass Sunstein wrote a lengthy academic paper suggesting the government should “infiltrate” social network websites, chat rooms and message boards. Such “cognitive infiltration,” Sunstein argued, should be used to enforce a U.S. government ban on “conspiracy theorizing.”
Such “cognitive infiltration,” Sunstein argued, should be used to enforce a U.S. government ban on “conspiracy theorizing.”
Obama czar proposed government ‘infiltrate’ social network sites
Sunstein wants agents to 'undermine' talk in chat rooms, message boards
Published: 01/12/2012 at 10:56 PM
by Aaron Klein
http://www.wnd.com/2012/01/obama-czar-proposed-government-infiltrate-social-network-sites/
Happily, Sunstein’s conspiracy theory accusation left town with Obama.
Unhappily, censorship in all of its forms is doing the job that . . . “conspiracy theorizing.” could not accomplish.
Incidentally, I saw poor taste cited as a reason censoring a message. Laughably, poor taste is the weakest excuse for censorship. It is nothing more than a sly way of saying my political belief is better than yours.
Liberals control most multiple-topic political message boards the same way print journalism and television control what the public thinks about every issue. Press barons make the rules. Owners of television’s transmitters make the rules. Message board proprietors make the rules. The owners of technology platforms make the rules. Every one of the four supports and encourages censorship. (The number of wealthy owners devoted to abolishing freedom of speech is miniscule.)
There is not one nor has there ever been a multiple-topic political message that permitted absolute political free speech.
Single-topic political message boards is the only way government and media can be reined in. That is boards dedicated to one issue —— immigration, the Supreme Court, the law, the Constitution, each constitutional amendment, the economy, war, the military, socialized medicine, global government and so on. In truth, the government will use every tool at its disposal to prevent conservative Americans from challenging collectivism issue by issue the same way the Left promote their conglomerate of garbage issue by issue —— and they do it with tax dollars.
The number of readers on each single-topic political message board cannot compete with the readership on the best-known multiple-topic boards. No matter. Taken in the aggregate they will be far more successful than the Democrat Party’s single-topic strategy television alternates the same way a hustling girl rotates her aphrodisiac working cloths to please the same customers.
NOTE: The first few message boards I joined were single-topic boards. Over the years multiple-topic political boards took control of format and rules. That speech-grab put most single-topic political boards out of business. I would post a message on 30 or 40 single-issue boards every week if they existed. I searched and could not one that I would join.
The demise of uncensored political message boards guaranties the death of the most powerful ally freedom of speech ever had. Listen to Tucker Carlson in the first four minutes of the video —— then listening closely to N.Y. State Senator Kevin Parker double-talk the Left’s justification for gun control censorship and you will see why message boards pose such a threat to the Left’s ideology. Basically, Gatling gun talkers go on and on about their “focus” regardless of the truth not to mention constitutional Rights; so they must censor thoughts because the written word will expose them for what they are on every topic on uncensored message boards:
NOTE: Tucker Carlson standing up for Social Media in the lion’s den deserves a lot of credit, while the man he replaced on the coveted 8:00 pm time slot, Bill O’Reilly, repeatedly blamed the Internet for all of society’s ills. That should tell you everything you have to know about O’Reilly. In short: O’Reilly topped himself since television did more harm to this country from within than all of its enemies can do if they ever find a way to attack freedom of speech militarily.
Finally, the government and the press are freedom of speech’s most powerful mortal enemies. C.E.O. censors on Facebook, Google, Twitter, etc. are James Madison incarnate when they are compared to a tax-dollar funded media and the government.
p.s. Americans rightfully care about freedom of speech not freedom of the press. Private sector freedoms can live very well without freedom of the press, but they will die without ABSOLUTE political freedom of speech.
If Americans want to protect the First Amendment start by eliminating these four words ——“or of the press” —— so that it reads:
First Amendment
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Notice that the press would still enjoy freedom of speech like the rest of us, but they would have to defend freedom of speech as a matter of self-interest instead of only defending their constitutional privilege while they feed the rest us to Socialist/Communist wolves.
