While Bill Maher suggested during his 'Club Random' podcast that left-wing censorship is dead, I would like to state that I wish it were true, and that as an optimist, I would probably have said something similar as late as two months ago.
But, as some of you know, my blog was unceremoniously locked, banned, removed, and cancelled in May, without having the courtesy of giving the slightest explanation why. With the stroke of a button, one of Google's employees saw fit to destroy a blog which has existed for more than two decades, accumulating between 14,000 and 15,000 posts (some a mere few sentences, others the length of a chapter in a book).
(While I have been doing little for the past two months but fighting to restore No Pasarán — thanks to everybody who has responded to my cries for help — I am blogging at Le Monde Watch, NP's sister blog.)
More details here:
• Google: It Is Time to Restore a Blog — and its 14,000 Posts — That You Have Harbored Without Problems for Over Two Decades
• Google's Blogger Ban of "No Pasarán" — Six Weeks After the Behemoth Eviscerated the Conservative Blog…
• The Blog "No Pasarán" Has Been Locked and Removed; Google: Put an End to the Censorship
Beyond that, I am happy to quote Hanna Panreck's Bill Maher article on Fox News:
Comedian Bill Maher told actress Drew Barrymore during his podcast on Monday that the 2024 election showed left-wing censorship was dead.
"You have a lot of bravado about what you think is the truth or not. But it's just so refreshing, like you were doing this before it was so dangerous, and it is just way too dangerous now. But you're still doing it," Barrymore said on Maher's "Club Random" podcast.
"It's slightly less dangerous than it was two years ago because we did have a vibe change and because the Democrats lost so badly in 2024. The blush is off the rose on left-wing censorship and 'oh my God, you can't say that.' Stop telling me what I can do, what I can say, what I can think, who my heroes are supposed to be," he said.
"Just, you know, just get the f--- off of me. Get back up off of me. That is a lot of just what viscerally is going on with me when I have issues with the left. Just get the f--- off of me. First of all, I don't believe you. You're not better. You're a lot of posers. Not all of you, but just get the f--- off of me," he said.
