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Englewood NJ, Four people were arrested at a Black Lives Matter rally in Englewood on Saturday. The BLM protest was a small crowd of 15 or so. There did seem to be as many police cars as protesters .
Many communities and police departments are on edge over BLM protests and tempers and patients seem to be very short. The protesters engaged the police in an altercation and police responded by making arrests.
photo by Boyd Loving
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Ridgewood NJ, Attorney General William Barr on Sunday voiced scathing criticism of the Democratic Party, claiming the left is trying to tear down U.S. institutions in a pursuit for “total victory.” The Attorney General said the protesters’ tactics were “fascistic” for all to see and that their behavior amounted to a “revolutionary group that is interested in some form of socialism communism.”
Dear A.G.,
It is with sadness that I write to tell you that I am resigning from The New York Times.
I joined the paper with gratitude and optimism three years ago. I was hired with the goal of bringing in voices that would not otherwise appear in your pages: first-time writers, centrists, conservatives and others who would not naturally think of The Times as their home. The reason for this effort was clear: The paper’s failure to anticipate the outcome of the 2016 election meant that it didn’t have a firm grasp of the country it covers. Dean Baquet and others have admitted as much on various occasions. The priority in Opinion was to help redress that critical shortcoming.
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Old Bridge NJ, Mark Razzoli, candidate for Congress in New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District released the following statement after calls for statues of Jesus to be torn down:
“Where has our country gone? Statues toppled, parts of cities destroyed or taken over. The mob mentality of those who are shaming us for loving our country and guilting us into silence have but one agenda – destroy democracy and capitalism. What started as a call for equality and to hold rogue police officers accountable has become something very different – anarchy. The goal – usher in a socialist society and destroy America. Whether you’re a Democrat or Republican, WE have always cherished our freedom and come together thru love of country. Destroying monuments and now calls to destroy statues of Jesus are not based on fighting for black people to achieve equality. It’s based on destroying the fabric of our country. We cannot remain silent. Whether you are Black or White. Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu or any other religion – we all lose if socialism grow
“This country was successful and the envy of the world because of the rule of law. Now that the hordes have taken control and they can literally destroy a life in minutes through social media attacks, law only applies to certain groups of peaceful people we are headed for turmoil. The transformation of this country into some unrecognizable mix of socialism, humiliating and destroy white people, creating artificial divide between Americans of different colors and backgrounds and inciting them against each other is an experiment that will really destroy the world as we know it. Conflict after conflict, division after division is the path to self destruction. We are under the siege of extreme ideologies that nobody seems to be able to stand against.
I feel so bad for the children and I sympathize with the new couples who would rather raise dogs than kids.”
“This landmark settlement agreement will give working families, particularly people of color, the chance to move into one of America’s wealthiest towns,” – this my friends is how socialism works. That’s how many eastern countries were ruined during 30-40 years of communism after WWII. The rich must quit their hard earned privilege of living in nice areas and must make way and share their wealth with the poor. The gap must disappear and all should should come down to leaving the same quality of life. Look at their language also. They purposely promote division by mentioning people of color. This is pure Marxist ideology . FSHA is a scary organization and NJ is under their heel. To me it feels like Fair Share Housing Center hates the suburbs and is on a mission to destroy them. Bolsheviks were not much different.
Posted by Jonathan Levin Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 11:05am
Twitter, an invaluable news aggregator when properly run and used, has seemingly taken aim at conservatives and those advocating conservative causes.
In early January, Twitter stripped Breitbart Tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos (@Nero on Twitter) of his “verification,” saying he violated the anti-harassment Terms of Service.
A verified account means the user has a little blue checkmark next to his or her user name. It is Twitter’s way of affirming to all other users that this is, in fact, the person he or she claims to be. It sounds like a small thing, but Twitter, like so much social media, is rife with accounts purporting to be or that just look like a real public figure.
That verification checkmark tells all the other users that a particular account is the real thing. Having a verified account can be a big draw and boost followers who are otherwise reluctant to be suckered or drawn in by fakes. Stripping verification takes that mark of legitimacy away. It is also a sort of peculiar way to punish violations of terms of service. Assuming @Nero actually violated the terms of service, is the account somehow no longer Yiannopoulos’s?
Of course not. More important, it is not at all obvious that @Nero violated the terms of service at all. Stipulate that he is a troll who relishes destroying the Left’s sacred cows and laughs at the resulting discomfiture. Stipulate even that it’s really not nice and consciously deprives people of their “safe spaces.” So what? Five minutes on twitter reveals death threats by and against every possible demographic. Terror accounts proliferate. Anti-Semitism is rampant.
Leaving these accounts untouched but de-verifying a public figure like @Nero for violating the Terms of Service in the course of his public persona is nonsensical. Other Twitter methods for stifling anti-PC thought have come to light.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2016/02/is-twitter-silencing-conservatives/
