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Today’s Links

A modest collection of articles that you may wish to read.

Troogle?

Rich Logis proposes an elegant solution to the problem of censorship of some factions in social media:

Politicians aren’t saviors or messiahs, and this includes Trump. Devoutly secular worship of government––the belief that the State, capital S, is God––is inherent in the Democratic Party’s ideology and marketing. However, Trump could redefine what it means to be a man of the people.

https://thefederalist.com/2018/10/29/president-trump-makes-platform-hell-break-social-medias-stranglehold/

Logic

Angelo Codevilla on the logic of the current political revolution:

In 2010, Claremont Institute Senior Fellow Angelo Codevilla reintroduced the notion of “the ruling class” back into American popular discourse. In 2017, he described contemporary American politics as a “cold civil war.” Now he applies the “logic of revolution” to our current political scene.

Our Revolution’s Logic

“Caravan” Contradictions

Victor Davis Hanson examines an invading army a “refugee caravan” (proving even an ignorant carpetbagger can occasionally be right about some things):

For some reason, the caravan is a paradox, a contradiction and an irony of many thousands who are quite eager to violate U.S. law, to make claims upon their would-be host without serious reflection about why they are leaving one nation and demanding entrance into another—with the full expectation that their new home has no right to demand that all would-be guests fleeing lawlessness should first abide by laws.

https://amgreatness.com/2018/10/28/caravan-contradictions/

Proud Boys, Proud Boys, What’cha Gonna Do?

“The Derb”:

So the question arises: Are we moving into a zone where street fighting between political groups becomes normal?

https://vdare.com/articles/proud-boy-persecution-shows-street-fighting-has-arrived-in-america-next-the-military

This Cannot Stand

Whether you like Gab, dislike it, or have never heard of it, this should be your fight. If not now, it will be much worse later. Educate yourself while you still have the freedom to do so.

From gab.ai/home this morning:

Gab has spent the past 48 hours proudly working with the DOJ and FBI to bring justice to an alleged terrorist. Because of the data we provided, they now have plenty of evidence for their case. In the midst of this Gab has been no-platformed by essential internet infrastructure providers at every level. We are the most censored, smeared, and no-platformed startup in history, which means we are a threat to the media and to the Silicon Valley Oligarchy. 

Gab isn’t going anywhere. 

It doesn’t matter what you write. It doesn’t matter what the sophist talking heads say on TV. It doesn’t matter what verified nobodies say on Twitter. We have plenty of options, resources, and support. We will exercise every possible avenue to keep Gab online and defend free speech and individual liberty for all people. 

You have all just made Gab a nationally recognized brand as the home of free speech online at a time when Silicon Valley is stifling political speech they disagree with to interfere in a US election. 

The internet is not reality. TV is not reality. 80% of normal everyday people agree with Gab and support free expression and liberty. The online outrage mob and mainstream media spin machine are the minority opinion. People are waking up, so please keep pointing the finger at a social network instead of pointing the finger at the alleged shooter who holds sole responsibility for his actions.

No-platform us all you want. Ban us all you want. Smear us all you want. 

You can’t stop an idea. 

As we transition to a new hosting provider Gab will be inaccessible for a period of time. We are working around the clock to get Gab.com back online. Thank you and remember to speak freely. 

Andrew Torba, CEO Gab.com

See also Francis’ excellent take:

http://bastionofliberty.blogspot.com/2018/10/its-war-to-knife-time.html