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The point of the internet purge

Just remember the point of the internet purge isn’t to completely scrub the internet of any conservative ideas. That is impossible; nothing can be completely obliterated from the internet. The point of the purge is to merely remove right leaning ideas from mainstream view. Most people aren’t deeply politically engaged. They don’t seek out news or ideas, left or right. They just consume what comes their way. So long as BillWhittle.com and the many sites like it generate merely niche content that never makes it on to the first page of a Google search, trends on twitter, or becomes highly recommended on YouTube, our tech lords just don’t care. The point is to keep us away from the vast middle, and to keep them convinced that our opinions are not mainstream. Push the 30% of us that are conservative into an internet ghetto and the job is done. The average person will select from the left leaning views which they are presented.  

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A valuable insight, and why we need to do more than just retreat to our own comfortable enclaves. We need to continue to engage people in discussions of ideas in day to day life. I will quote member Daniel J. Mitchell again: “My spear has a short range. It is dulled from skirmishes and stained with blood. Much of it my own. Every year it knows a few victories and defeats. Every year I pick it up again. My spear is cunning and steadfast. It draws the enemy closer to my way of thinking by its very sight. When thrust into the heart it does not kill. It does not harm. It transforms. Its edge opens the mind. I hand a new spear to the changed. We march together in the sunlight.”

And that action creates a self-sustaining reaction. If you can censor most right-wing viewpoints, then whatever does make it out to the world is so infrequent, and the middle-of-the-road folks will deem it “fringe group” or “extreme”.

And like you said, with left-wing views the only thing available, the middles will believe what’s feeding them.

Exactly why we need a conservative mainstream outlet like Fox. I know I got to the party late, but I’m not sure what the outrage is about Fox? Why are people calling for a boycott of Fox when they have outspoken conservatives like Tucker, Hannity, and Levin? To me, those broadcasters have been doing a great job of pushing back against MSM and the Left’s agenda.

Fox is the reverse of the same coin, at a time when we need a completely new currency. They run with the same narratives, just on the other side. The left-controlled media puts out a narrative, and all Fox does is point and say, “That’s not right.” They’re an outrage machine, for MONEY. Nothing more.
Perhaps there was some semblance of integrity with them before Murdoch died, but since then, his kids have destroyed any value the network had to begin with.
Fox is a player for the other team, in a game that we can’t win. Please don’t cheer for them.

Hi Steve. Like I said I am relatively new to this and really only started watching Fox personalities since the last election. I understand that people were upset by election reporting that Fox did. Maybe the company makes mistakes but the individuals I mentioned, and others, DO deserve to be cheered and supported for their push back of all the wrongs the Left is committing. Maybe the outrage against Fox did some good because all I see now are great conservatives championing the constitution and those that support it. They have an enormous following of millions and have a national stage to speak the truth and should be supported for that. Without them we have no one at that level of viewership speaking out for what is right and showing what is wrong. They may just be pointing fingers at the Left but someone had to call them out. I appreciate their bravery to go up against powerful corporations and politicians. That isn’t an easy thing to do for anyone.

My issues with Fox didn’t start with this election. I recognized their motivations years ago.
They are NOT on our side. If I could point at a single thing and say, “See? That’s why,” I would, but it’s not like that.
They say and do the same things as those we call Fake News. THEY ARE ALSO FAKE NEWS.
Don’t ignore their actions because you like their words. They are not our friend.

Sorry, I know I’m butting in on a back and forth here, but I want to add a point of discussion. My observations over the last several years is that there is very little original reporting coming out of FOX (or any other outlet). It seems to me that FOX is just re-reporting reports that come out of leftist infected houses like AP, BBC, Reuters, etc. So, the hard news is a re-report, and the commentary on the reporting comes from the prime time opinion side that focuses on outrage. That’s a vicious cycle of misinformation commentary and regurgitation of bad reports.
We don’t need another FOX. We don’t need another anything of that formula. We need hard news reporting that come up with original stories that are fact-based and not slanted. As far as I can see, the only outlet out there that is making an attempt at doing that is the Epoch Times. If there are others, please reply with a list.
However, sensationalizing biased reports from biased sources isn’t productive. We are in sore need of real information. Not preaching to the choir, railing against the machine, or anything else. We are all missing INFORMATION. News needs to inform, not advocate.

I agree on the Epoch Times. I’m a paying subscriber. They have a unique editorial approach that comes out of the fact that they are not primarily a US-focused organization. The initial founders were Falun Gong, and they are viscerally anti-CCP (me, too) — the Chinese language publication is the original. ET supported Trump because he challenged the CCP, not because they are ‘republicans’. For me, understanding the editorial history gives some context to ET’s content — and they’re doing valuable, original work. A number of prominent conservative voices provide English-language opinion pieces there.*
“Just the News” is making an effort to be an objective news source. I don’t expect the MSM to consider them serious competition, though, because they don’t have the same level of resources and their opinion writers lean conservative. I hope they grow.
“Issues & Insights” is all opinion, and good. The founding core started I&I when IBD went under.

*Sort of a tangent: one of the better pieces I’ve seen about what makes the US election troublesome is https://www.theepochtimes.com/how-an-international-election-observer-sees-the-us-2020-election_3616907.html. (If you can’t get to that without a subscription, much of it has been reproduced at https://wentworthreport.com/2020/12/15/how-an-international-election-observer-sees-the-us-2020-election/.) Full disclosure, I might be biased because Bart was one of my older brother’s college friends, and we dated a few times, decades ago.

All the MSM are owned/operated by 6 mega corp’s. All far left leaning. Fox had millions of conservative followers until they betrayed their base on election night. They showed their true colors.
I think people should watch whatever they want.
Hannity used to wear a CIA pin on his lapel. I don’t know how many people actually saw it and knew what it was. (?)
Tucker shite on Sydney Powell when she didn’t want to give him confidential lawsuit info.
Judge Pirro NEVER calls out RINO’s for all the mess we’re in.
Watch Fox, but go somewhere else for a balance.

That isn’t enough for the left. One of the stories in The Gulag Archipelago is of a bunch of dissidents dumped in a Siberian wasteland, basically to die. Somehow they survived the first winter and then started to build a community, trading with local trappers etc, creating a life for themselves. Many years later, the Soviets found out about it and sent in troops and hauled them all off to work camps.

I have been saying this for years. We are preaching to the choir, not the masses. In the beginning, Fox News was doing a good job of spreading the word, but they are no longer in my good graces, if they exist at all. What’s left? Roadside billboards? I’ll bet there’s a problem even there.

BTW, I write “don’t panic” on my face masks.

I believe the term you’re looking for is “Moving the Overton Window”.
Only this is less like a simple move and more like an anfo explosive concussive blast.

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