On Freedom of Speech
589 upvotes | March 22, 2018 | by redpillschool
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Recently reddit's admin made another blindly stupid decision to piss
off their userbase with little to no actual payoff to the company,
which they have yet to figure out how to properly monetize so they're
experimenting with simply alienating the userbase by banning numerous
subreddits absent any justification or understandable policy.

During times like this I tend to get a lot of requests for help with
projects to protect free speech or archiving subreddits that believe
they may be on the future receiving end of trouble.

Many here will note that years ago I foresaw a possible shuttering of
our discussion and undertook measures I believed to be prudent to
prevent a complete loss if the SJW crowd was able to finally try to
wipe us out.

I designed software dedicated to archiving our subreddits' most
popular posts, identify reddit users on a secondary forum
(https://forums.red) where we could verify our identities in case of
emergency, and a micro-blogging / full blogging platform that gave us
some breathing room outside of reddit (https://trp.red).

It's funny that we were the big bad guy not too many years ago, users
begged for us to be silenced. But now are being approached by people
whose speech you wouldn't consider to be controversial now asking us
for help in protecting their freedom of speech.

In the spirit of freedom and the free dissemination of information I
have always had a soft spot for groups and people I've believed are at
risk for censorship.

I'm reminded of the old quote "First they came for the Socialists, and
I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist... "

So, I am posting this here for anybody who may be involved in these
groups. Get in touch with me if you think you've got an idea or need
help with an idea that you believe will combat censorship. I have a
lot of resources that may be of use. In some cases (not guaranteed) I
have been and am willing to offer web hosting, software tools /
development, or other useful things. Get in touch with me and we can
work something out.

I believe the community is strongest when we have a network to build
our own power. This begins with ensuring we have freedom of speech.

I have a little experience in this arena. I am a master shitlord after
all.
 
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