We know suppression is real. We know that our #1A rights have no impact upon social media when they deem then "dangerous." So, what do we do?
2) One thing is, join up at CloutHub. I'm working diligently to learn that new platform's capabilities. If it has a single greatest value, I believe that censorship is not its objective. Should I learn I'm wrong, I'll drop it like it's hot.
3) Yet I keep mentioning Gene Sharp's principle:
Oppression may be probed.
Actually, anything can be probed. The greatest probers we know of were the 9/11 terrorists who probed every aspect of our legal and flight security systems. They knew how to probe.
4) Part of my own probing here at Twitter is the following soft theory:
* The VAST majority of Twitter censorship is done by bots. These bots are VERY weak at reading simple text. *
I keep probing that theory. So far, disconfirmation has simply not occurred.
5) Do please let me know if you too have decided to probe the power, to prove the oppressor. I won't poke them in the eye quite yet, far as I can prevent myself. But I would CERTAINLY never stop you!
Little thread over at #5.
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It was with sadness that I chose to stop doing my long-form threads here at Twitter, but I know those of you who follow my work understand why and I won't discuss that any further. I am sharing formally that there will be no more post here.
2) Strangely, as soon as I stopped posting my normal stuff here, my account not only stopped losing followers but began to gain a few, again. Now there's a go figure, eh? I take it from that that obedience is rewarded. I'm pretty sure about that, actually.
3) I learned a new rule. Power can be probed. It can be tested. So, not having anything to lose, my next decision as you can see right now, is to continue to play with the rules of power, here. I am posting over at Gab and have the same name there as here.
Life often gives us signs and signals, and no matter how wrongly we may interpret them - and we truly do often misinterpret - we must still listen anyway.
2) By nature I am the most disobedient man you'll ever meet. When given a command my true nature is to do the opposite. When asked, politely, I behave very differently. My inclination is to say yes, wherever I possibly may. Commands, different story.
3) But this newly born day - it's just after midnight by not quite an hour yet - I received a crystal clear command from the Big Tech overlords and I have obeyed. One of the signals is that I am down about 1,400 followers over the past 6 hours or so. How about that?
“If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.”
Yeah. I watched the original Star Wars movie in the theaters when it came out, and I can't tell you how many times I went.
2) I had no idea back then that I'd ever become a swordsman. Watching that scene today, I'm both impressed with the quality of the fighting, as well as cynical about filmed swordsmanship vs the real thing. Still, it's an awesome scene to be sure!
3) It was my greatest criticism of the film that they let Darth Vader strike a kill shot when Obi Wan simply holds up his saber in seeming surrender. But that line, “If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.” That blew my mind.
2) "Trump has a number of goals over the next couple of years … winning back the House and the Senate for Republicans in 2022 to make sure that we can stop the Democratic craziness,” said Miller."
3) "He also said that Trump will “emerge as the nation’s leader on ballot and voter integrity.”
"In the month leading up to the riot, Mr. Trump was devising his own plan: He and a Justice Department official plotted to oust the acting attorney general to try to advance baseless election claims, interviews showed...
2) "...and only backed down after top department officials threatened to resign."
Now you know, I don't believe for one second those claims were baseless. But, the information about the DOJ supporter is critical! So, where did this tidbit come from?
3) I get a daily email from the New York Times. The quote is from the email. Here is the article itself:
So, you're telling me 155,000,000 legal voters voted in 2020, are you? You really believe this, and it's the lawful truth? Uh huh. Tell you what, throw in a bridge to Manhattan and you've got a deal. I'm buying. Oh yeah.