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A few days ago on www.indymedia.org, someone posted information (under the title "people who hate") about a hate-fomenting anti-immigrant website and their on-line discussion group. I visited the website, read their stuff and let them know what I think about their paranoid calls for a "race war," etc. Suddenly, without advance warning or discussion, the webmaster of this "free discussion" site BANNED my ID Number, so I can read, but not write! Just goes to show I was getting to them ... Now its your turn!

Now its your turn! Go there and let them know what you think about their censorship and the insecurity it reveals in their own beliefs.

Ask them, for me, "What's the point of a discussion forum when people are censored if they disagree?" And ask them why they DON'T censor other material, such as the people on the site who continually refer to Mexicans and other immigrants as "vermin." (I'm the writer who was using the name "Zapatista," not because I really claim to be one, but I wanted to see if any of the right-wingers had even heard of the Zaps.)

I will be really appreciative if even a few Indymedia folks take a few minutes to go to the CCIR site and put your voice in -- at least until they ban you also. I can still LOOK at the page (I've been muted, but not yet blinded), so I'll check in later and see how long you folks last in this "free discussion" before they censor you too!

Its rhetorical warfare, so GO GIVE 'EM HELL -- Go to:

http://www.ccir.net/webcgibin/index.cgi

Thanks!!!

www.ccir.net/webcgibin/index.cgi

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re banning at the racist website

by Bert Tuesday, Feb. 06, 2001 at 6:01 AM

I went to the racist website and tried to say something simple that might have a chance of making them think.

However, I had to laugh at the tradgic comedy of the whole thing. Not only of their site, but also of ours. Their site showed considerable intolerance for dissenting opinions, ultimately banning people that dissented too much. We don't ban people (although I have heard participants suggest that we should), but I see very little respect for differing opinions between people at our site. May be it's just that this impersonal forum makes it easy for people to let out their anger, but I really wish that those of us on the radical left could show more respect for each other and have real dialogues where we are actually willing to learn from one another.

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Site will be shut down temporarily

by GJoe Tuesday, Feb. 06, 2001 at 6:41 AM
Beantown,Ma$$

Apparently, the site will be shut down due to "flaming" on Tuesday. I guess they don't like it when their site is over run by progressives.

SMASH RACISM!!!

GJoe

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re the racist website

by Bert Wednesday, Feb. 07, 2001 at 4:52 AM

Could someone tell me what "flaming" is anyway.

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censorship

by mac Thursday, Feb. 08, 2001 at 1:20 PM
graydog@optusnet.com.au 455556777777 nnnnnnnnn

all new humans reject censorship and religion why do you cling to a any minority u aint

gggg

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