Gentle Readers, this is not unexpected, but it’s a very, very bad sign for the survival of our Republic. From Sundance At The Conservative Treehouse:
Most CTH readers are likely aware of the term ‘deplatforming.’ Unfortunately, the big tech control mechanism to shut down speech & assembly has now arrived on our doorstep.
One week after the 2020 presidential election, The Conservative Treehouse received the following notification:
…’given the incompatibility between your site’s content and our terms, you need to find a new hosting provider and must migrate the site by Wednesday, December 2nd’.
What does this mean? It means CTH is being kicked-off the WordPress website hosting platform because the content of our research and discussion does not align with the ideology of those who define what is acceptable speech and what is not.
What was our violation? After ten years of brutally honest discussion, opinion, deep research and crowdsourcing work -with undeniable citations on the events we outline- there is no cited violation of any term of service because CTH has never violated one.
The WordPress company is not explaining the reason for deplatforming because there is no justifiable reason for it. At the same time, they are bold in their position. Perhaps this is the most alarming part; and everyone should pay attention. They don’t care.
Truthful assembly is now the risk. CTH is now too big; with a site reach of 500,000 to a million unique readers each day; and with well over 200,000 subscribers; our assembly is too large, too influential, and presents a risk… we guard the flickering flame.
Take the link and read the rest while you can. This scruffy little blog is certainly not nearly as large, but the content is, in many respects, similar. Perhaps I’m small enough to run under the radar, but I wanted to get this out, just in case SMM should suddenly, and without notice, disappear…
CTH has been on WordPress for ten years. No issues have arisen within that time. What has changed? Joe Biden’s putative electoral victory. That has either emboldened the tech platforms to move against Conservative Wrongthink, or possibly, has spooked them into rushing to conform before the “Truth and Reconciliation” Commissars come sniffing around to certify compliance. ='[.]’=
Dear Raysheetah:
That may be the case. Perhaps they are trying to roll over and expose their belly in the hope the monster will eat them last.
I am saddened but not surprised by this. I have watched over the last four years as conservative voices have been marginalized, censored, and deleted wholesale for the crime of wrongthink. Our silicon valley overlords made it clear in 2016 that they intended to make sure Donald Trump never happened again.. which means silencing anyone who does not espouse the orthodoxy of the left. Unfortunately Trump and the Republicans failed to do anything to combat the partisan censorship big tech employs.
I have been reading your blog for several years now Mike, ever since I first discovered you from your guest posts on TheTruthAboutGuns, and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed your work. Just in case you’re next on the chopping block I wanted to let you know that your work has been appreciated.
Alternate forums where you might consider setting up an additional presence in case the commissars come for you here on wordpress are minds.com (the best choice for you I think) and parler.com
Dear optimisticallypessimistic:
I’ve kept copies of every article I’ve ever written, so there’s that. I’ll hang out here and see what happens, but there will be other options. Thanks too for your kind comments.
I would rather face a firing squad than learn the new-new lefts
Newspeak dictionary. I will not go gently into that good night.
The D/S/C has started a revolution when they lack the numbers
to win. If they hit the streets it will make the Six-Day War look
like the Hundred Years War!
The militia our Founding Fathers envisioned is us, an armed citizen
militia. The Second Amendment saw us as the last line of defense
against tyranny. After reading several posts by elected Democrats
promising retribution against Republicans, Trump donors, cabinet
officers, and Trump himself, I attempted to post this info on Fake-
book. It was deleted in real-time. Goodbye Fakebook, hello
Parler. They cannot stop us!
Dear Leonard:
As I’ve often written, the fools that imagine they’ll be able to seize and exercise totalitarian control have no knowledge of history and even less of the resolve of Americans.
All you have to do is believe that 2 + 2 = 5
Dear LK:
No. 2 + 2 = racism!