Thanks to photog for informing me about this one: legendary conservative blog Conservative Treehouse is being deplatformed. WordPress has given them to 2 December 2020 to find a new host.
It’s another sad casualty in the never-ending pogroms of Big Tech. I am not a regular Conservative Treehouse reader, but it’s fairly standard, non-controversial conservative commentary. CT was big on debunking the Russian conspiracy and Ukrainian hoaxes, and really delved deeply into the weeds of those baseless witch hunts. It’s also been going hard to illuminate the theft of the presidential election.
But that’s enough. In a world in which Twitter posts Orwellian “fact-check” tags to tweets about the election, any questioning of the orthodoxy is a thoughtcrime. CT itself points to the real reason for their deplatforming:
The WordPress company is not explaining the reason for deplatforming because there is no justifiable reason for it. At the same time, they are bold in their position. Perhaps this is the most alarming part; and everyone should pay attention. They don’t care.
Truthful assembly is now the risk. CTH is now too big; with a site reach of 500,000 to a million unique readers each day; and with well over 200,000 subscribers; our assembly is too large, too influential, and presents a risk… we guard the flickering flame.
That’s the key—Conservative Treehouse is effective; ergo, it must be eliminated. I’ve written far spicier posts on this blog, but I’m so small, WordPress doesn’t care (or, more likely, doesn’t notice).
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