Comments on: Hate-Based Violence Is Overtaking The US https://www.okwassup.com/hate-based-violence-overtaking-us/ News, Entertainment, Lifestyle and more! Mon, 05 Nov 2018 04:48:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Wil https://www.okwassup.com/hate-based-violence-overtaking-us/#comment-11303 Mon, 29 Oct 2018 19:59:47 +0000 https://www.okwassup.com/?p=19467#comment-11303 AP:
Gab.ai is down on Monday after services including GoDaddy and PayPal cut ties with the social network following reports that the suspect in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting had published a number of anti-Semitic posts on the site.

Gab, which is popular with conservatives and the white nationalist “alt-right,” posted a statement on its site from CEO Andrew Torba says the service “isn’t going anywhere.”

“Gab has spent the past 48 hours proudly working with the DOJ and FBI to bring justice to an alleged terrorist. Because of the data we provided, they now have plenty of evidence for their case,” reads the statement. “In the midst of this Gab has been no-platformed by essential internet infrastructure providers at every level.”

The statement, which was also posted to Twitter, says the company will “exercise every possible avenue to keep Gab online and defend free speech and individual liberty for all people.”

GoDaddy, a domain registry and web-hosting company, confirmed on Monday it was dropping Gab from its service.

“We have informed Gab.com that they have 24 hours to move the domain to another registrar, as they have violated our terms of service,” said GoDaddy’s Dan Race in an emailed statement. “In response to complaints received over the weekend, GoDaddy investigated and discovered numerous instances of content on the site that both promotes and encourages violence against people.”

PayPal banned Gab on Saturday and said it had been in the process of canceling the site’s account before the mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue.

“When a site is explicitly allowing the perpetuation of hate, violence or discriminatory intolerance, we take immediate and decisive action,” a PayPal spokesperson said in an email on Saturday. “PayPal has been closely monitoring Gab.Ai and was in the process of canceling the site’s account before today’s tragic events occurred.”

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By: Wil https://www.okwassup.com/hate-based-violence-overtaking-us/#comment-11302 Mon, 29 Oct 2018 19:55:56 +0000 https://www.okwassup.com/?p=19467#comment-11302 USA Today:
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – A white North Carolina woman filmed going on a racist rant at her black neighbor has been fired from her job.

News outlets report the video shows Susan Westwood approaching sisters Leisa and Mary Garris this month and saying “I am white and hot. So what are you doing here?”

Charter Communications spokesman Patrick Paterno said Sunday that Westwood has been fired from her $125,000-per-year job referenced in the video.

An apparently drunk Westwood is heard asking where the sisters live, if they’re visiting their “baby daddy” and if she needs to reveal her concealed weapon. The sisters ask Westwood to leave them alone as they’re waiting for AAA. They eventually call 911.

Westwood has been issued criminal summons of communicating threats and simple assault. She wasn’t reached for comment.

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By: Mr.BD https://www.okwassup.com/hate-based-violence-overtaking-us/#comment-11301 Mon, 29 Oct 2018 19:22:41 +0000 https://www.okwassup.com/?p=19467#comment-11301 The fact all this happened over three days is hard to believe. The state of this country is a mess and what’s worse is Trump and his fools think everything is alright. I am going to go with what Truth said and agree I hope next week’s election starts the process of cleaning house. It all starts at the top and if we can put in good leaders who care about people maybe all this hate can go back in the cave it came out of.

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By: Truthiz1 https://www.okwassup.com/hate-based-violence-overtaking-us/#comment-11300 Mon, 29 Oct 2018 13:32:52 +0000 https://www.okwassup.com/?p=19467#comment-11300 NYTimes Reader:
May the Source of Peace send Peace to all who mourn, and Comfort to all who are bereaved. Amen.

O-seh sha-lom bi-m’ro-mav, hu ya-a-seh sha-lom a-lei-nu v’al kol Yis-ra-eil, v’im-ru: A-mein. […]

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By: Truthiz1 https://www.okwassup.com/hate-based-violence-overtaking-us/#comment-11299 Mon, 29 Oct 2018 13:23:58 +0000 https://www.okwassup.com/?p=19467#comment-11299 Just a little history on John Adams………

John Adams (October 30 [O.S. October 19] 1735 – July 4, 1826) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, who served as the first Vice President (1789–1797) and as the second President of the United States (1797–1801). He was a notable lawyer, diplomat, and leader of American independence from Great Britain. As a dedicated diarist, and correspondent with his wife and adviser Abigail, Adams recorded important historical information on the era. Adams was a political activist prior to the American Revolution and was devoted to the right to counsel and presumption of innocence. [….]- Wikipedia, Britannica.com

“No Slaves on the Adams’ White House Staff”

Washington had brought slaves to Philadelphia from Mount Vernon, his Virginia home. President Adams and Mrs. Adams were opposed to slavery. John Adams wrote in 1801, “[M]y opinion against it has always been known… [N]ever in my life did I own a slave.”

A letter from Abigail Adams to her husband, written in 1776, gives her views: “I have sometimes been ready to think that the passion for Liberty cannot be Equally Strong in the Breasts of those who have been accustomed to deprive their fellow Creatures of theirs.” – WhiteHouseHistory.org

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