Are Comments Being Censored?

Posted on January 12, 2013 by WashingtonsBlog

 

A reader sent us the following email:

Why is [a frequent commenter] allowed to off-topic rabidly, while my on-topic posts are censored, not allowed to post?

Why doesn’t Washingtons Blog embrace the accountability it otherwise pretends to seek?

We don’t censor, and we haven’t deleted any comments in many months.

Have other comments been censored by the Disqus comment system?  We switched a couple of months ago, and are trying to get a handle on how many comments are being filtered by Disqus.

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  • http://www.math.missouri.edu/~rich/MGM/primer.html rwinkel

    Here’s a totally off-topic message that has been censored in numerous places by mainstream sites, if you investigate you’ll understand how disruptive this info is to the established order. So this is a test of the hypothesis.
    American babies are being brainwashed (imprinted) by rockefeller medicine with sociopathy, alienation, helplessness and rage at birth as a matter of SOP. American obstetrics is the result of decades of profit-driven medicine with no corrective feedback from one of the two people involved in every birth. They’ve radically changed the emotional meaning of the event for both mother and baby, with no scientific basis for doing so. Millions of years of evolutionary adaptation of female and fetal physiology, hormonal interaction and neural development, as well as centuries of wise midwifery have been thrown out the window. And it’s an important factor in the breakdown of our society through its connections to violence, depression, addiction, divorce and mass but subtle brain damage. There is no more pivotal time in anyone’s life than their birth. Follow this link: http://members.tranquility.net/~rwinkel/MGM/birthUSA3.txt
    Sorry it’s not nicely formatted. But it’s packed with importan information.

    • Anonymous

      Well, in this case, there clearly was no censorship so everyone is free to draw their own conclusions.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Carl-Herman/100000930261713 Carl Herman

    My comments as a contributing author sometimes fail to post. It has been a problem both in the commenting page for authors, and logged-off with comments written like any other reader.

  • http://twitter.com/cotocrew COTO

    Disqus is Disquise and you are being censored by the googleplex, a CIA segment of the Full Spectrum Survelliance grid. Wake up America and look in the mirror. You are not a facebook but they have you living in one.

    • nveric

      Good. Sometimes things said need a wide disbursal and this makes it easier to talk to those you claim to be watching. Let them read, for it’s why I’m here.

      Presenting material which is truthful and affecting all Americans needs a greater exposure. And, through advocating Non-Violent actions, the opponent is informed beforehand the intentions about to come. Only through communication stating the explicit desires and ways to fulfill those desires, can tensions be reduced and may encourage positive outcomes.

      Watchers are still human and can be influenced nonetheless; their current employment notwithstanding future changes.

  • gozounlimited

    Obviously the off-topic rabid commenter isn’t having a problem, while your on-topic posts are censored. If your distress reflects your BS better for all……

    • gozounlimited
      • gozounlimited

        Well Come On Mr. On-Topic …. the floor is yours …. just sittin here behaving myself.

        • gozounlimited

          11:03pm (ET)
          Watch Eric Schmidt on Technology and Society in 2013 tonight 11:03pm (ET) or watch the stream here: http://www.c-span.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN/
          He briefly explains how the Ethernet is taking on a life of its own developing it’s own algorithms uncontrolled by man. Welcome to the Ethernet …. it may hold a power you are unfamiliar with.

  • http://www.subgenius.com/pam1/pamphlet_p1.html jesus_loves_you

    Disqus has banned/censored me in a couple places, for no apparent reason. Must be a lacking sense of humor…

    • dddsba

      No – I think they’re just a bunch of simple minded cracker-bigots who really need to have their asses SUED – BUT GOOD! Case: 174048!

  • hidflect

    To try and add some light; I have had some comments simply not post but rarely. Sometimes you need to refresh the page to see it posted. Disqus has a few light bugs.

  • http://www.facebook.com/fizzywig.chronicle Fizzywig Chronicle

    The commenting format used by Economic Policy Journal is vastly superior to the one used here. EPJ allows users to sign in using openID, name/email, or even anonymous when posting a comment. Forcing registration discourages some from posting their perspective on the articles. Additionally, allowing a Zero Hedge or Reddit type user rating system is a good way to allow users to participate in determining the quality of the content posted.

  • Bev

    You’re asking us because you must be seeing the comments, is that correct? And, so it is just commentors who are not seeing the comments. Why are you not asking Disqus? This is the second or third time asking.

    Interview Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and others about censorship during the upcoming 50th anniversary (where Dallas wants a week of silence) of the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

  • ShankyS

    On my blog (STB) I use Disqus(t). It is free and what I offer. Us bloggers are not made of money and paying a grand a year or more for a comment system is just not in the cards for some of us. Disqust(t) can make comments disappear and bounce around from place to place without the bloggers control. We often joke of a “handler” that appears magically when sensitive subjects are being posted. Given the sensitive nature of the material on WB or Zh or even my blog, would it be a stretch to believe that someone is watching and possibly pushing buttons from the “other side”? I don’t think so. Actually I believe it happens. What aren’t they watching these days and trying to influence? Heck, you know they are taking names of all the “terrorists” that visit this site and the surrounding similar haunts. I don’t think that WB would be monitoring comments for anything other than blatant inappropriateness. Like COTO said below, “you are being censored by the googleplex, a CIA segment of the Full Spectrum Survelliance grid.”

  • Jody Paulson

    I’ve had one or two comments here censored within the last few months.

  • http://www.math.missouri.edu/~rich/MGM/primer.html rwinkel

    Well I guess everyone here is in agreement that american medicine is beyond criticism in its treatment of children. Or maybe babies aren’t really children at all, not quite human even. Let me ask you: what is your earliest memory of being on this planet? If you’re a typical american male, your earliest memory may well be one of being tied down to a table in a brightly lit room, with a sheet covering you except for your private parts, and someone in a white robe fondling you. No kidding. It’s called circumcision. And if you don’t think it affects adult men to be molested, tortured and pleasure-lobotomized in this way, at a time when they imprint everything, you’re living in total denial. But don’t worry about it, no one will question your political affiliations or intelligence, because we live in the twilight zone where babies are born with wings that must be amputated so they look like their fathers. How sad. Barbarism really has taken over this country.

  • http://www.facebook.com/peter.sveter.3591 Peter Sveter

    disqus is THE censor’s tool. using fb is not a big win….

  • http://www.salescopywriter.net/ Alan

    Well. stupid as it was to post a video with David Ike (for reals? That guy is more cuckoo than an actual cuckoo wearing a feathery cuckoo costume) there WERE some uncensored posts by people pointing out how cuckoo Ike is.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/PQ3ZWRZUATPUQBEY6MJAJWSSEQ Thomas Jefferson

    I laughed when I talked to the AIR FORCE kid in denver,and he told me they fully intended to block the tickets to the underground from anyone they considered to be a traitor,he said we may be safe but we ain’t sitting on the couch with any traitors either,and if any of them happen to get in,were going to put them in the cages down at the bottom,with their family………..sounds like the traitors have screwed them selves,they won’t get in and even if they do their going into a cage……………………….

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/PQ3ZWRZUATPUQBEY6MJAJWSSEQ Thomas Jefferson

    EVER notice how scum never believe they’ll get caught,censors are the same way,YET there’s a paper trail right to them,and what should happen to a traitor who has violated the FIRST AMENDMENT OF THE US CONSTITUTION…………..OH,thats right theres only one punishment “SUMMARY EXECUTION”………………….

    • dddsba

      You got that right, Tom!

  • http://www.facebook.com/marquand.dubber Marquand Dubber

    Huff post was great but heavily censored. I liked their news stories – especially about celebrities. I used to lurk there a lot.

    However they censor their comments by passively omitting comments rather than explicitly taking a red pen to them. I went round and round with the huff post comment moderators on this issue until I finally gave up and posted my censored comments on the censoredcomments blog.

    I think that comment censorship is becoming a real problem. I haven’t noticed heavy censorship at washingtonsblog.

  • dddsba

    My icon is very un-popular with someone along the food chain at disqus (re: recent posts to Politico) and I’ve been unable to post there for the last three days. My 1st Amendment Rights are being absolutely violated by these people…I’d love to hear from others who have had similar experiences w/ disqus. Perhaps my attorney can get together a BIG FAT CLASS ACTION against them. Hope you’re reading, disqus-dears. CASE # 174048!

  • Anonymous

    Yes, Disqus is censoring comments. Nowadays, one has to comment with a social networking site and be tracked, not unlike what is required in China.

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