Every since Trump signed that new music bill into law I have noticed some very disturbing trends almost overnight!
First and foremost is with Robert De Niro's little outburst with Alec Baldwin during his first ever talk show, while the video was available for broadcast thru select media outlets, not a single copy existed for the purposes of embedding or linking thru YouTube nearly 48 hours after the release! For Robert De Niro to make the kinds of threats as he did to ALL Republicans and not get more coverage is disturbing to say the least! While I happen to think Baldwin and De Niro are both a couple of douche bags I still feel my fair use rights are being trampled by not being able to share and discuss this with others. At first I thought this might just be a fluke, however....
Recently I seen a great deal of media articles about a new video released by rapper TI where he parodies Melania Trump in the oval office wearing a I dont care do you jacket before stripping down and allegedly dancing on the resolute desk! Of course this sparked my curiosity so I went on over to YouTube and wouldnt you know it? NOT A SINGLE COPY for me to view! Yet there were a few new songs released by TI that were available, but none of them this infamous Melania Trump video. News outlets claim that the video has been viewed over a million times and one would think with ratings that strong in such a short time that it would be easy enough to view and draw your own conclusions, yet that does not seem to be the case. I can not find this video in its entirety anywhere on the internet!
So what it feels like to me is censorship. Are we getting a look at how things are soon going to be? Will people who disagree with politicians now get taken off to US consulates and get hacked into pieces for reporting their feelings on any given topic? I do not like what I see! What I see is President Trump brining an idiot like Kanye West into the Oval Office and him using profanities without any kind of reprimand by Trump or anyone else present, yet Trump is very upset about this new TI video parody of his wife? I see a double standard here and it is not sitting well with me. If Trump is going to dish it out, he aught to be able to take it!
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I wouldn't quite say it's censorship, but rather, if you want to see it, then you can pay for it lol !
In other words, greed...
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"Only an alert & knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial & military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods & goals, so that security & liberty may prosper together". Dwight D.Eisenhower.
Freedom is not free, therefore we are now charging for the Free Press..
True !!! But everything costs I suppose...
(At least my music is free lol ! And that's the way I like it too).
But we may be getting "free-press" & its meaning confused here...Freedom meaning the ability to print whatever content you want, but not necessarily giving a news-paper away or its information for free...
People have to make a living to pay bills & taxes...
-- Edited by Rastus on Friday 19th of October 2018 05:08:17 AM
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"Only an alert & knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial & military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods & goals, so that security & liberty may prosper together". Dwight D.Eisenhower.
