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"Musk Is In Over His Head

Written By: Andrew Torba

Elon Musk is in over his head when it comes to free speech.

Musk is quickly learning that in order to run a free speech platform you need two things: thick skin and a fanatical commitment to free speech, even when being pro free speech is bad for business, and even when being pro free speech means tolerating the most excoriating criticism of yourself.

Elon’s “free speech” saga at Twitter is really nothing of the sort. He’s treating the product, and his users, as his playthings. Flailing, hyper-feminine emotional outbursts are a substitute for a “leadership style.” All told, he has revealed that he has no interest whatsoever in bringing actual free speech to Twitter.

Twitter was, ironically, more measured and free when there were thousands of mentally ill blue-haired Communists with their fingers on the ban hammer. At least the Communists tried to come up with an objective and consistent rationale for their actions. Contrast with Elon, who waved the flag of free speech as soon as he took over but immediately began compromising on that promise for the sake of business expediency.

When it came to Alex Jones being reinstated, Elon had an emotional reaction and invoked the loss of his child. When it came to Kathy Griffin impersonating him, Elon had an emotional reaction and swung the ban hammer on anyone in his way. When it came to Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, posting a symbol of a French UFO cult which combined a swastika and a Star of David, Elon had an emotional reaction and banned him so as to be hip with all of the other California types who were throwing Ye to the wolves.

Now with the ElonJet and journalist ban situation, where constitutionally protected information which is publicly available is being removed from the site (despite being massively available practically everywhere else on the Internet) Elon is once again “leading” with his emotions and treating Twitter not as a product, not as an essential and vital publication utility for the entire world, but as a toy, and one controlled by a petulant child at that.

Men who lead do not make decisions and dictate on the whims of their emotions. Weak, hyper-effete men “leading” with emotions instead of reason and logic is a big reason Western society is crumbling. Given Elon’s Reddit-tier political takes and patchy soy beard, it wouldn’t surprise me at all to find out that he is low on the testosterone side. But I digress.

Gab is for free speech. The lefty journalists recently banned from Twitter might not believe it but when they find that they get zero engagement on Mastodon and are looking to join a serious social media platform again, but Gab will be here waiting for them – and we will protect them from all censors, foreign and domestic, to the greatest extent possible, as long as their speech is lawful.

Some of these journalists who were banned last night, like Matt Binder, have been extremely critical of Gab and our users in the past. I don’t like Matt. He’s been unfair to Gab in the past. But Gab exists for him. Gab exists to provide a home and a megaphone for viewpoints that don’t have a home anywhere else. Until Elon took over Twitter, that meant we were a home for the right and center-right. After Elon took over, we are ready, willing, and able to provide that home for the left and center-left, just as we are prepared to host anyone who agrees that they will not violate U.S. law in the use of our service.

We can no longer afford to give any power whatsoever to petty tyrants who think themselves to be god-kings. This is the outcome when emasculated emotional losers “lead” our society: chaos, hypocrisy, destruction, and censorship.

Twitter is a big corporation and it has big corporate baggage. It needs huge quantities of advertising dollars from all over the world, including the most censorial European countries, just to survive. When EU bureaucrats tell him to censor Americans he has to obey. Last week the EU asked us to censor some Americans – citing no law that had been broken, simply saying that certain users were posting “propaganda” – and we told them to pound sand. No US court will ever enforce an unconstitutional European rule. If we never sell a dollar of ads in the European Union, that’s perfectly fine with us.

The reason I run Gab because I believe that protecting freedom of speech is a divine command. We must refuse to be “led” by anyone who is not themselves led by Jesus Christ. We deserve strong God-fearing Christian leaders in media, business, technology, culture, education, and government.

I may not agree with your beliefs. You may not agree with mine. You may think my belief in God is a backward superstition. I may think your atheism is corrosive. None of that matters. Whoever you are, wherever you are, I, and this company, will defend your right to speak freely on the Internet as long as we are able to do so.

Andrew Torba
CEO, Gab.com
Jesus Christ is King of kings"

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“Father Isaac Achi was burned alive after a gunman failed to gain entry into the priest’s home.
Since the gunman was unable to gain entry, he decided to light the home on fire with people still inside.
Father Achi burned to death while another priest staying at the house, Father Collins, was shot while fleeing but survived and is currently recovering at a local hospital.
Father Achi belonged to the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in the Paikoro Local Government Area. Nigeria.”

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Funeral of Cardinal Pell.. I would have been there if I had been able to be in Sydney.

A top adviser to Pope Francis and one of the most powerful figures in the Vatican.

His brother David Pell said the late Cardinal was "a Prince of the Church, a good and Holy man and a proud Australian.
"He believed in the rule of law, a fair go to all, and in Aussie rules parlance, he played the ball and not the man.”

Several Australian leaders were in attendance, including opposition leader Peter Dutton, former Prime Ministers John Howard and Tony Abbott.. who described Pell as "the greatest Catholic Australia has ever produced and one of our country's greatest sons, this funeral is less a sad farewell to a great friend, and more a joyous tribute to a great hero, George Pell was the greatest man I've ever known," he said.

The late Cardinal was buried in the Cathedral's crypt alongside seven other former Archbishops.

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Elizabeth wrote: September 6th, 2022, 5:33 pm "I WILL NEVER RETREAT. I WILL ALWAYS RELOAD.

Ranked-choice voting was sold as a way to make elections better reflect the will of the people. It's clear that the opposite is true.

60% of Alaskans voted Republican, yet a Democrat won.

The people of Alaska didn't vote to enact the destructive Democrat agenda, but unfortunately, that's where this convoluted experiment has led us. I am deeply disappointed, but Alaskans know I will NEVER RETREAT. I will ALWAYS RELOAD.

The fight isn't over. I need YOUR help to win the November general election. It'll be our last chance to save Alaska from the Left's socialist politics. I'm asking YOU to rush in a donation to help me fight this convoluted system and take down Biden's rotten agenda.

Now more than ever, we need to ensure Alaska sends an America First conservative to Washington in November. It is the only way to clean up the mess that Joe Biden and the radical Democrats have made.

I thank every supporter for joining me in this endeavor. I hope you feel as blessed as I do to live in this great country and are as fired up to right the wrongs that are being done.

These next two months will be crucial for the future of Alaska. I need YOU to stand with me for freedom and election integrity. It's our last chance to save our beautiful state.

God bless you,


Sarah Palin."

Ranked Choice Voting passed Utah House and is heading for the Senate. You need to cally our Utah State Senators and tell them to vote NO

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