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I referenced Elle's letter in the following piece, which is something of a thank-you card for standing up to the censorship bullies. People can add their own note of appreciation to the comments, and I will be re-presenting this to the Substack Founders to convey our gratitude for their strong stance against censorship

• "On Fearing Freedom—Plus Thanking Substack for Standing up to the Censorship Bullies": https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/on-fearing-freedomplus-thanking-substack

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I'm more worried about Stripe buckling to the pressure than Substack -- but I'm worried about them both.

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These websites need to ensure they have localised payment options.

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Yep. I export my subscriber list at least once a week, so even if Substack goes *poof*, I can still write an article about it and get that article out. If Stripe bows out I have to worry about how I'm going to pay the bills.....

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Okay honest question- what is Stripe? I’ve never heard of it.

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The online payment processor substack uses.

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The first amendment does not protect obscene speech and speech that would lead to harm of others. I think Pfizer's nonstop advertising of experimental mRNA clot shots is harming millions. Those ads need to be censored.

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Apparently those in corporate media, the centers for higher indoctrination universities, and the hard left Democrat Party believe in freedom of the press to censor all views but their own hard left made-up sCiEnCe concerning cLiMaTe ChAnGe, the WEF Plandemic and jab, and transition of biological facts (but not skin pigmentation) as it fancies their mental illnesses.

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It's distressing to know my own Government strives to filter / censor / block any information I might receive. Our recent pandemic experience alone dictates I would likely now be dead or injured, if I obediently followed my Government's narrative.

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Those who favor censorship are tyrants. Full stop. No effing exceptions. This isn't an etiquette issue. It's just tyranny under the guise of safety, misinformation, democracy, etc.. word association games galore.

The same folks who think that by censorship they can somehow prevent tyranny are the same folks who love to delude themselves into thinking they would have been the few heroic Germans who would have opposed the Reich. Fat chance of that. These are the same folks who went along with lockdowns, mandates for mRNA transfections and masks. Their track record is abysmal.

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Is there anyone other than those paid by the Deep State or nefarious influences -- in other words, any

independent journalists, or consumers of independent journalists calling out for censorship on Substack? No. This is a fascistic, anti-democratic attempt to permit the elites trying to control government, control health, control society, and control every human being to advance their totalitarian agenda. No one in their right mind would call for censorship of the kind of writing on substack. One would hope that by now most people have woken up to the fact that the censorship movement has nothing to do with protecting any of us, or defending democracy or any other virtue. That Its sole purpose is dark and harmful should be patently obviously to almost everyone by now. It certainly is to every substack reader, I'd wager.

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Here is what I think these attackers are up to:

Ever heard of U.N. Agenda 21 Communitarianism? The political philosophy is that individual rights are a threat to the global community. Substack is a HUGE problem to these attackers and thoughtful, rational, well written essays are NOT going to save us from their plans to destroy the stack.

Here's how it works: Create a problem and propose a solution that is a 'third way' (not from either side of the 'created' problem) that would never otherwise have been agreed upon, but it becomes the new normal we'd have to live with. The Third Way would involve rules no free thinking Substacker could abide, thereby insidiously destroying our lifeline to free speech.

The hideous tactic they use to MANUFACTURE this Third Way CONSENSUS is called the Delphi Technique. Substack Author's and Readers need to arm themselves with knowledge of how to successfully counter these totalitarian tactics ASAP

I'm reading a little book by Rosa Koire called 'Behind the Green Mask: U.N.Agenda 21' that really lays things out. The particular focus of the book is the U.N. Agenda 21 plan to eliminate individual property rights, but you'll see the direct connection immediately. There has been a war against us going on in America for some time that we are only just finding out about....

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Koire's book is good. Here are a couple of more recent books, both by Tom DeWeese:

Agenda 21 & How To Stop It Paperback (2019)

Agenda 21: The Wrenching Transformation of America Paperback (2018)

Good video with DeWeese. Start at the 2:25 mark:

What is a Freedom Pod?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBd2nlP8EjY

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Thanks Peggy. I started reading Koire's book two days ago and my jaw dropped. If only I had read it before an investor bought the home next door to ours - on a cul de sac on a short street in a lovely 44 home HOA on Cape Cod - and this predator turned it into an airbnb advertised on the world wide web! (It upended our lives and It was HORRIBLE.)

We were in the most residential of all zoning codes but were stunned at the response to our plight by Town Hall. I won't go into details but it was stunning, confusing, distressing, outrageous, etc., etc. We finally understood something larger was behind it, but never got as far as what was revealed in Koire's book,

Those of us who joined together to fight town hall felt the impact of the Delphi Technique used on us, but didn't realize it was an actual thing, which was laid out so clearly in The Green Mask.

We didn't solve the problem at town hall - it's still a huge problem - but we did run the investor out of the neighborhood after a few years and a wonderful family lives next door now, so I'll stop there on the zoning thing.

Now I'm an unvaccinated person who has lived through yet another upending experience I didn't see coming and 'they' are trying to rob me of the solace I've found connecting with intelligent logical people on substack.

NOT HAPPENING. SUBSTACK AUTHORS AND READERS WAKE UP!!!! We need to fight back all at once from every angle full force non stop.

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You would be surprised at how many places "the Delphi method" is turning up. It's in the universities, too. During the lockdowns at one local university, the administration urged professors to turn over the course materials they had developed (sometimes over many years) to the third parties that administered the online courses. Many, but not all, professors complied.

Now the administration wants to reuse this same content, but allow lower-paid employees to deliver the courses, without permission of the professors who originally created the content.

All this is causing quite a stir.

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We'll hope Rav is reading our threads and knows what to do with this info. After all, the Delphi Technique is all about creating the "Illusion of Consensus'....

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What is the alternative to Free Speech, exactly?

Lack of free speech, I assume.

And who exactly has the temerity to assume that their speech is valid, whilst yours, or mine, is not?

Anyway, please sign up to my own substack: its all about nice Scottish things and to date, I don't think I've offended anyone!

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KFH YOU NAILED IT IN MY OPINION!

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Thanks for bringing this to our attention Rav

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Uncensored: The National Security State & the Inversion of Democracy

https://tuckercarlson.com/uncensored-the-national-security-state-the-inversion-of-democracy/

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Hi Rav. Is this just you catching up on old stuff or was their something this week that prompted this?

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As more and more people abandon their daily brainwashing session with Legacy MSM they are left with a significant problem. … WHAT SHOULD THEY PAY ATTENTION TO?

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One approach to that issue would be to have a standardized way of deciding what not to listen to. Yes, this suggestion would require fine tuning by Alternate Media sources, but it could be turned into something incredibly useful. Here’s the general idea …

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Dear ChatGPT

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Find articles published within the past 48 hours by CBC, CTV, and Global TV that appear to be PROPAGANDA, and list the 20 that are most offensive.

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Thank You

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