Fellow Patriots, this B2 Stealth bomber is just about out of fuel for this day's mission. I thank you ALL for the help and encouragement on this, my debut night on Discord -- and very much look forward to seeing if I can find my way back again upon the 'morrow. Good night and godspeed!

(Psst! Um... Now, how do I get out of here?)

Popping in to say hello, and prove that I could find my way back onto discord.... Hello! I found my way back!

yep! Just flexin' my discord skills -- you know, DM-in', emoji-ing... like that

Hey everyone! I'm ba-a-a-a-ck! Don't be scared. I've been fighting with electronics all day and I'm just whooped. So I wonder: could it possibly be DISCORD that is causing the horrible discord on my computer now? I just installed it the other day, and suddenly my laptop is not cooperating!

Wow. There is SO MUCH news to digest each morning-!

@Groot *burp!* Oh! Excuse me! (indigestion) Yes. WAY too much to grasp it all... I'm trying to find a workable routine to get me up to speed each morning. But even going to bed in the wee hours, I wake to so much new info-!

I'm feeling my way into that -- asking myself "what is most critical to ME", trying to determine what areas get me most riled up, where my interests lie. But I don't want to end up following "politics" the way some people follow "celebrities", and -- like that. I do know that CENSORSHIP is top of the list for me, tho!

About these Republicans.... I'm wondering which organization is the "best" to support in an effort to support a Republican ticket. Usually, if POTUS mentions a group favorably, I feel I can support it. But which is the "correct" Repub org?

Yes, I get that on a local level. But what about a candidate like say, Dan Bishop, who POTUS recommends, but who is not anywhere near me? I thought the big party orgs were designed to get our financial support to candidates in other areas (which we really shouldn't even be allowed to do, but are).

@Groot Local: As it should be. 💯

Yeah. We're against it.

"Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;"

@Groot -- maybe the rationale is that social media is NOT government and is therefore not bound by the specificity of the Constitution.

well, if you're a leftie, nothing happens

@woodsracer544 Wow. I was JUST thinking about that -! I only heard it was "closed door" and nothing was seeping out...

Hm. Thinking thusly: When you walk out of your house, into the vast "marketplace", you are guaranteed the right to speak freely. However, social media today has managed to throw a net (pun intended) over huge swaths of the "marketplace," and so can impose restrictions on speech within those areas... So we say, "Wait! I want my free speech!" And they say, "Then go to another platform and speak freely -- but not here!" Of course, that's where 8chan comes in. We create a free platform where we can, once again, enjoy our right of free speech... And they shut it down.

@Groot I believe that's the issue that is coming to a head now -- publisher or platform? But we are in completely new territory these days; such a situation has never occurred before. Without precedent, we have to find the answer through careful deliberation and... CRITICAL THINKING -- Good luck to us with THAT! Anyway, I'm going to turn this over in my head for awhile... "bake my noodle" and see what comes up.

@Groot To your comment that "social media companies violating natural right by censor of free speech should be held accountable", see my earlier post. I point out that because social media aren't govt (or "Congress"), then their excuse is that the Constitution says, specifically, "CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW..." "We're not Congress! We're Twitter! We can make any 'laws' or rules we want!" <-- And so far, that seems to be the case. If they are legally determined to be "PUBLISHERS", they will in fact, be allowed to do whatever they want. As "PLATFORMS", they cannot abridge anyone's right to free speech. Which will it be?

@monkeywoman Okay. I figured that out all by myself

Excuse me... I'd like to weigh in