I grew up believing that freedom of speech is one of the fundamental values America has defended and promoted around the world. Today, in Romania, I received a TikTok strike for "Violent and Criminal Behavior" after asking a legitimate question about the security of a military port and criticizing the way a media outlet chose to label me.
I did not threaten anyone. I did not encourage violence. I did not promote criminal activity. I asked questions and expressed an opinion.
When citizens are punished by algorithms for asking uncomfortable questions, when labels replace arguments, and when fear of speaking freely starts to become normal, we are no longer discussing the rules of a social media platform. We are discussing the health of a democracy.
I am not asking you to agree with me. I am simply asking you to pay attention to what happens when freedom of expression becomes selective and technology begins deciding which questions are acceptable and which ones should be silenced.
A genuine democracy is not afraid of questions. It is afraid of the moment when people stop asking them.
Bogdan Dumitru
Independent Journalist
Irish Police are using WATER CANNONS on their OWN people for protesting the Violent Migrant Invasion…
This IS NOT policing…it’s a Government DECLARING WAR on their OWN CITIZENS…
Last week, they tried to hide video of the police cuffing a White man a Sikh had stabbed to death.
This week, they’re trying to hide the video of an African migrant cutting a White man’s head off.
The white victim did not lose an eye.
He did not inadvertently leave it somewhere.
The standby bastard illegal gouged it out with a f*cking Stanley knife.
@BBC YOUR LIES ARE FUELLING FIRES.
British Establishment media are torching white Brits.
Bill Gates shows up to testify about his direct connections to Jeffrey Epstein's child trafficking network with a big smirk on his face.
The testimony will be behind closed doors with no cameras.
Gates knows he will get away with his crimes against children.
Our entire government is a joke.
Poszedłem rano do spożywczaka.
Chleb, mleko, jajka.
Rachunek: 150 zł.
Na ekranie terminala wyskoczyło pytanie, czy chcę zaokrąglić kwotę na wsparcie szpitala dziecięcego.
Kliknąłem: NIE.
Kasjerka zmierzyła mnie wzrokiem.
Kobieta za mną zmierzyła mnie wzrokiem.
Moja żona westchnęła i spojrzała w sufit.
Znowu to samo.
Ta korporacja zarobiła w zeszłym roku 14 miliardów. Sami mogą sobie zaokrąglić.
Potem pojechałem zatankować.
Terminal pyta, czy chcę dorzucić piątkę na schronisko dla bezdomnych zwierząt.
Uwielbiam zwierzaki.
Kliknąłem: NIE.
Koncern naftowy wart 166 miliardów prosi mnie o finansowanie ich fundacji, podczas gdy ja płacę ponad 6 ziko za litr.
To nie jest filantropia. To jest outsourcing.
Wpadłem na szybki lunch do fast foodu.
Ekran.
Na ekranie cyfrowego kiosku: „Zaokrąglij na stypendia dla młodzieży”.
Sieć fast foodów prosi mnie o fundowanie stypendiów, a swoim pracownikom płaci minimalną krajową.
Kliknąłem: NIE.
Żona mówi: „Wiesz, że od samego rana kłócisz się z ekranami?”.
Miała rację. Ale to ekrany pierwsze zaczęły.
Na koniec apteka.
Odbieram leki.
340 zł, już po zniżkach.
Terminal pyta, czy chcę przekazać 2 złote na pomoc potrzebującym rodzinom.
Właśnie zostawiłem 340 zł za lek, którego produkcja kosztuje pewnie z pięć zeta.
I wy chcecie ode mnie jeszcze dwa złote?
Kliknąłem: NIE.
Farmaceutka mówi: „To tylko dwa złote”.
Odpowiedziałem: „To nigdy nie są tylko dwa złote”.
Nic nie powiedziała.
Wracamy do domu.
Żona mówi: „Odmówiłeś dzisiaj szpitalowi dziecięcemu, schronisku, edukacji i biednym rodzinom”.
Odparłem: „Nie. Odmówiłem czterem wielkim korporacjom, które chcą, żebym sfinansował ich rzekomą dobroczynność, żeby potem mogły to wpisać do swojego raportu rocznego”.
Milczała przez chwilę.
W końcu mówi: „W sumie masz rację”.
„Wiem” – odpowiedziałem.
„Ale i tak wychodzisz na potwora”.
„Wolę wyjść na potwora, niż przy kasie potulnie sponsorować strategię PR-ową miliardowych firm”.
Nie zaprzeczyła.
Disgusting scenes out of the French city of Saint-Etienne.
CCTV from inside St Charles Borromeo Cathedral shows a disabled elderly lady entering on Monday evening for mass, only to be followed in by an invader who attacks and robs her of a necklace.
Get them out!
The Belfast victim has lost his left eye and has severe damage to his right eye.
Hacked at the neck, with his eyes gouged.
Men who inflict this brutal evil on others do not deserve to live.
CSM sesizează toate organismele europene împotriva Guvernului Bolojan.
Adică până și judecătorii, care nu sunt tocmai cunoscuți pentru curaj civic, au zis: ajunge.
Când îți pierzi și magistratura, poate e semn că ceva nu merge. Sau poate nu. Depinde cui îi explici.
Poezia zilei
Vin rușii!
Doar dronele rusești sunt foarte rele,
cele ucrainiene-s dulci și bune
iar Nicușor crezînd că sunt bezele
ar face-n fața lor o plecăciune.
Dacă s-ar fi născut în neolitic
chiar Tata Noe l-ar fi luat în arcă,
fiindcă-i așa un animal politic
că și Zelenki l-ar dresa c-o barcă,
pîndită cu nesaț din dosul ușii
pînă cînd portul va sări în aer,
că Nicușor e angajat ca fraier
să strige din pătuțul lui: vin rușii!
Mircea Dinescu
Bulgaria a oprit ajutorul militar pentru Ucraina.
Nicio grijă – România compensează cu drag.
Sperăm doar că și Ucraina compensează prin a nu ne mai trimite drone.
🇦🇲🇪🇺 EU has spent 50 million to make sure the Armenians “elect” their guy, and they even don’t hide it 🤷♂️
Good bye, Armenia 👋
It's been nice knowing you. Now you can count on EU like Ukraine did. The consequences you know, but in your case you are already surrounded by enemies.