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Steven Crowder Is Suing YouTube Over Vague Rules, but It’s Not Just About Him – Heritage.org

Conservative comedian Steven Crowder filed notice last week of a lawsuit against YouTube, claiming, This is the big one, boys and girls.

Crowders May 14 filing follows his second strike in as many months. In March, YouTube demonetized Crowders channel and issued hisfirst demerit of 2021on grounds that one of his videos contained COVID-19misinformation. In April, Crowderearned strike two under the pretext ofharassment and cyberbullying.

One more infraction in the designated 90-day window and he will be permanently cut off from his 5 million YouTube followers.

Crowder is polemicalhe is, after all, a comedianbut hisundue scrutinyignores a morass of unpunished violations that proliferate on YouTube all around him.

If the coronavirus misinformation standard were applied consistently, Dr. Anthony Faucisannouncementin March 2020 that there is no reason to [walk] around with a mask would have been struck from the platform during the height of the pandemic.

If the harassment and cyberbullying standard were applied uniformly to comparable accounts, left-of-center comedian Bill Mahersgleeover billionaire businessman David Kochs death would no longer be searchable on Mahers shows channel.

Other platforms are just as guilty.

Thetweetsof Irans supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, remain active despite Twitterssuppression of informationon the New York Posts Hunter Biden-Ukrainestory.

Drug cartels advertiseon Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. Chinese Communist Partly spokesmen churn outwokeandcritical race theory-infused propagandaon a regular basis.AntifaandBlack Lives Matterglorify political violence, andfigureheadswhodelegitimizefree and fair elections, such as Stacey Abrams, retain blue-check status.

As such, conservative voices like Crowders should not besacrificed on the altar of Big Tech.

Yet, the fight is not about Crowder. Instead, itsa crisis of the tech titans own making. Inconsistent enforcement of vague rules, the opacity of content-moderation practices, and a lack of recourse are the hallmarks of Big Tech today.

Crowders latest legal move points to a broader, more pernicious trend taking hold in Silicon Valley and beyond. (Hes threatened tofilesuit against Big Tech before, as recently as February.)

The evolution proceeded slowly at first. When platformsbannedgratuitous-chaos agents, such as Alex Jones and Milo Yiannopoulos, many conservatives were reluctant to defend them, even on principle. Now, social media companies are sprinting away with the goal posts.

What began as an effort to ban fringe outlets such as Jones Infowars has rapidly expanded to the restriction of traditional, conservative views.

Can pro-life group Live Action post onPinterest? No. What of Ryan Andersons conservative take on gender identity in his 2019 book When Harry Became Sally?Bootedfrom Amazon. The Northern Virginia Tea Party was even acasualtyof email delivery service Mailchimps misinformation policy early this year.

Similarly, non-conservatives such asCanadian free speech activist Lindsay Shepherd, who refused to conform to todays woke litmus tests, are in many tech companies crosshairs.

Such censorship of mainstream voices reveals the pitfalls of allowing these platforms to determine what is legitimately fringe, not to mention truth itself.

Its clear that if left unchecked, these companies and their employees will continue to narrow the bounds of acceptable discourseon one side of the political spectrum only.

Americans can and should hit back. Its past time for concrete, actionable solutions.

Proposals, likethoseworking their way through state legislatures across the country, must empower the public to hold these companies accountable for their disproportionate application of their own standards.

In tandem, Congress should address sweeping Section 230 protections through focusedreform.

But most importantly, conservatives should amplify efforts to invigorate a genuinely competitive market withalternativesandtechnical solutionsat all levels of the tech stack.

Restoring the balance of power between the tech companies and their users is an experiment worth conducting. Its only our culture of free expression thats at stake.

This piece originally appeared in The Daily Signal.

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May 23rd, 2021

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Freedom is part of our civic religion – The Fulcrum

Johnson is a United Methodist pastor, the author of "Holding Up Your Corner: Talking About Race in Your Community" (Abingdon Press, 2017) and vice president of the Bridge Alliance, which houses The Fulcrum.

Some months ago, I accepted the challenge posed by Eric Liu to wrestle with the question: "What does it mean to be an engaged American in today's divided political landscape, and how do we restore hope in our country?" Through Liu's Citizen University Civic Seminary I was introduced to civic sermons. These thoughtful proclamations weave together historical texts, current events, and reflections of democracy, patriotism, citizenship and love. This is one in a series of reflections on the evolving of the nation's "civic religion."

For many, who are other-ed, it is difficult to see ourselves in this nation's founding figures like Franklin, Jay, Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison and Washington. We, who are other-ed, must strain to discern our voice and our respective stories in this nation's founding documents. The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights speak of inalienable rights, shared socio-ethical principles and promise of liberation entitled to us all such is "freedom." The suppression of one's inalienable nature or suspension of constitutional rights forfeits our humanity and is in effect "unfreedom."

Given our nation's current socio-political climate, the time invites each of us to reimagine our responsibility to freedom as choice, cause and covenant because "it's our duty."

Freedom is a choice that emanates from within.

Samuel Adams in 1776 affirmed, "Our unalterable resolution should be to be free."

Freedom is a condition in which people have the opportunity to speak, act and pursue happiness without unnecessary external restrictions. It means the possibility of contrary choices. Choices like to love or hate vote or abstain ... agree or disagree vehemently. Freedoms such as to assemble or associate are not unconditional, rather they are conditioned by individual choice.

C. Wright Mills provides further elaboration: "Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them and then, the opportunity to choose."

Our choices speak to our earnest commitments. They are in response and obedience to deepest values, greatest expectations and pressing demands revealing our individual and collective character. I concur with the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who said, "Fight for things you care about but do it in a way that will lead others to join you."

Freedom is a cause that gives rise to action acts of commitment, defense and advocacy. While the gift of freedom is inalienable, the want of freedom is instinctive. Freedom requires each of us to do something and when injustices exist that could mean fighting. We should fight not merely to be contentious or oppositional, but rather as an imperative to take part; to engage; and struggle with and for. Freedom oftentimes is not to be free, but it's what this country is about.

Of course freedom is at the forefront of the history of our country. The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred in December 1773 at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, where frustrated and angry American colonists felt justified in opposing their experienced oppression. Their protest and looting is revered as the first major act of defiance to British rule over the colonists. It gave rise to a greater cause of resistance against the threat of tyranny and rallied American patriots across the 13 colonies to fight for independence.

And today the fight for freedom continues. Every injustice has awakened more people from their dream of "it's all okay." Each new death at the hand of system enforcers violates our social contract. These unjust fatalities incite a distinctly different visceral reaction. For some people, it was Trayvon Martin. For others Eric Garner or Sandra Bland. Or Charlottesville. Or Ahmaud Arbery. Or George Floyd. Or Bernie Taylor.

For me and countless others, it was Michael Brown. The streets of Ferguson, not unlike Boston, became our civic laboratory, our front lines and sanctuaries in the fight for freedom. Freedom as a cause lit up the minds and hands of founding figures, chattel slaves, abolitionists, suffragists, the civil rights and Black Power resistance fighters and activists, refugees, Dreamers and Black Lives Matter champions.

Current events remind us that democracy is fragile a volatile experiment. Also, this electoral and legislative climate reveals a democratic hallmark the vote is neither fully free or accessible to all. Expressions of political protest signal that many persons and communities are continually disregarded, dehumanized and damned by systems and practices that espouse to protect and to perpetuate liberty; yet do the opposite. Civil rights leader Howard Thurman once directed: "Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive." And that statement deserves to be followed by another Thurman quote. "Often, to be free means the ability to deal with realities of one's own situation so as not to be overcome by them." Freedom is a cause worth fighting for!

Freedom is a covenant, a binding promise of far-reaching importance to relations between individuals, groups and nations. It has social, legal, religious and other aspects. Freedom is a divine imperative and cornerstone of our social contract that draws each of us into reflection, service, and account with and for one another. Martin Luther King Jr. said, "We ought to access our own bias, partisan politics, systemic participation and privileged patronage that we often note in others." In other words, "Every issue that threatens freedom is not our fault, but they remain our fight!"

Freedom is a covenant that invites collective embodiment and agreement requiring mutual sacrifice. An understanding that it's each of our duties. "It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains."

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79 Percent of Government Employees Voted in Election 2020 | News Talk WBAP-AM – WBAP News/Talk

May 21, 2021: Seventy-nine percent (79%) of government workers voted in the 2020 presidential election. According to Census Bureau figures, thats higher than the total for those who work in the private sector or are not working.[1]

Among the self-employed, 69% cast a ballot. Thats similar to the 68% who work for a private-sector company. As for those retired or not in the workforce for other reasons, 64% voted. Just 58% of the unemployed cast a ballot.[1]

Each weekday, Scott Rasmussens Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics and technology. Columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author. Scott Rasmussens Number of the Day is published by Ballotpedia weekdays at 9 a.m. Eastern. Columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author. Scott Rasmussen is founder and president of the Rasmussen Media Group. He is the author of Mad as Hell: How the Tea Party Movement Is Fundamentally Remaking Our Two-Party System, In Search of Self-Governance, and The Peoples Money: How Voters Will Balance the Budget and Eliminate the Federal Debt. Read Scott Rasmussens Reports More Here.

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May 23rd, 2021

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Baby Debate: Lily Allen ‘Reluctant’ To Expand Her Family While Husband David Harbour Is Ready To Be A Dad, Reveals Friend – OK!

At 46, David Harbour is itching to become a first-time dad. But his new wife, Lily Allen, is already a mom of two and a friend says she's not quite ready to grow their family just yet.