Yes, here we are...with him weeping at a press conference over the fact that he hasn't been able to do ONE DAMNED THING in 8 years to make gun control happen.What's embarrassing is the apologists on our side.
When obama was running for president, many here said he cant / wont do anything with guns...
We'll here we are. He's making very dubious executive actions (Not just in regards to 2A), and "We" just keep taking it. Why.... Because they havent outright banned them YET. One more step, just one more, then another....
So ... YouTube is being threatened by the EPA, IRS, and ATF to restrict the content of their users' videos. You realize there's more gun content on the 'net now than there was last year, and tons more than the year before, and mountains more than 5 years ago, and so on?YES the federal government exerts pressure on groups to influence their policies. Is there a memo telling them to take down Hickok45.... NO, but they use the Agencies of this government to make it clear that you need to care what they think and what you do or you'll run the risk of a costly run in with one of the many agencies... EPA, ATF, IRS....
Hickok45 was the only reason I ever went to Youtube.
Ditto that Bro, and I don't face or twit either.
Well so much for this being The High Road, when people with their own opinions are belittled because it doesn't meet with others.
Sorry, the bothers me:
Some specific examples:
IRS, Targeting of Conservative Groups
EPA – Closure of Lead Smelting, Closure Coal Generators
ATF – Redefinition of “In the Business”, Stag Arms, Fast & Furious,
Wow, this is like the third time I've posted almost the same thing today...
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? Where does this kind of stuff come from? Is there a dumb joke I'm not getting?
The FEDS enforce YouTube's policies now? He's posting about the issue on Facebook and talking to his fans, but he's in federal custody?
We are not our own worst enemy, but some of the vacuous things we post, right out loud for all to see, are just embarrassing. Nope, no paranoid anti-government gun nut kooks here!
Sam1911 said:If the government is trying to stifle pro-gun speech, they're doing a TERRIBLE job of it.
Well so much for this being The High Road, when people with their own opinions are belittled because it doesn't meet with others.
HSO
TheHighRoad exists to provide a higher grade of discussion than is found on some other gun forums so antis and undecideds can see that gun owners and RKBA advocates are not the reckless misanthropes* they tell everyone we are.
psyopspec
People are welcome to their own opinions, but not their own facts. Conflating the two shouldn't come with special safe space protections.
Ok, but it doesn't have anything to do with this case -- unless you have any shred of evidence to the contrary.Sam, while I don't think that the dotgov is "enforcing" any policy on YouTube, I do think that very often, organizations will often go along with a philosophy or agenda that the government clearly endorses in order to "go along to get along." This is especially so when the aforesaid "organization" (in this case YouTube) is in agreement with the government agenda.
Ok. Not related to YouTube.IRS, Targeting of Conservative Groups
Proved to be a false, non-issue. And not related to YouTube or Hickock45EPA – Closure of Lead Smelting,
You have coal-fired guns?Closure Coal Generators
Except, they DIDN'T. Read the document released, not what CNN or MSNBC is saying.ATF – Redefinition of “In the Business”,
Few details yet, but 3,000 blatant violations does not indicate the ATF is doing their job wrong. "Our" guys can totally screw up TOO.Stag Arms
Yeah.... but...again...YouTube? Hickock45?Fast & Furious
Oy vey.Also, your only responses were to the straw men you created, not to comments I made. Trolling by a Moderator?
Not "opinions."Well so much for this being The High Road, when people with their own opinions are belittled because it doesn't meet with others.
If I've used a word that violates our policies I am unaware of it. "Damn" or "damned" does not, and is not censored here.The last time I put a swear word in a comment I got a warning, I guess only certain people can get away with that.
Ok, then.This is why I prefer GRM.
Yes, here we are...with him weeping at a press conference over the fact that he hasn't been able to do ONE DAMNED THING in 8 years to make gun control happen.
Again youre asking me to defend a position you made,
I didn't directly link this to youtube.
Folks, This demonstrates the amount of control the government is increasingly getting over media and social media!
This is not what Freedom loving governments do!