June 8, 2007 8:09 AM
Mainstream Loudoun and censorship
Mainstream Loudoun - who fought valiantly to remove Internet filters from Loudoun County's public libraries - does have one thing they like to censor: any public criticism of Mainstream Loudoun.
Evidently someone keeps a sharp eye out for any negative press about Mainstream Loudoun and then sees to having it done away with. Whenever I publish anything about Mainstream Loudoun, the post shows up on Google and then mysteriously disappears.
Indeed, if you google Mainstream Loudoun, you'll find only page upon page of neutral or flattering results - with the one exception of a column by Linda Chavez, who is a prominent enough columnist that I assume they can't target her stuff, and it wasn't really all that bad.
This is typical leftist strategy: silence all opposition. And ironically, they represent themselves as being anti-censorship.
What I think is this: if your ideas are strong, they will rise to the top. Note to Mainstream Loudoun: quit the cowardly tactics and live up to your own hype about First Amendment Rights.
And know that I'm documenting these disappearance for bigger fish in the pond.
Here are a couple Mainstream Loudoun links:
Who Is Mainstream Loudoun?
Keith Deltano answers Mainstream Loudoun
I will be rerunning all of my posts which have disappeared soon.
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Comments
It seems to me that people can have Google pages removed. For years, several of my parenting pages were at the top of Google (at least in the top 20 and a few in the top five). Just during the past couple months, my pages are gone from Google, and I receive significantly fewer hits.
Posted by: Carol | June 8, 2007 10:23 AM
There are posts gone from your blog, and Carol's stuff doesn't show up on google searches any more? Am I reading you right? That's amazing to me! I also find it very interesting.
The detractors who show up on my little-bitty blog frequently want to silence me, and yet they shout from the roof tops their right to free speech. Seems to me, what's good for the goose ought to be good for the gander as well.
Posted by: Cheryl (Copper's Wife) | June 8, 2007 1:33 PM
Good for you!!!
Posted by: millicent | June 8, 2007 2:26 PM
Barbara,
Your post made me think of a Frank Peretti story.
Posted by: Lavender Blue | June 10, 2007 10:19 AM
