AlterNet

This site just cannot connect the dots of what is happening. They don't think the Russia thing is real, they trash the DNC and continue to sow division on the left. I have to wonder at this point, if some libertarian is in control of it. There is mountains of evidence of Russian collusion, but yet they claim there is nothing there, yet they blow up a frivolous lawsuit that Sanders is bringing because he doesn't like their rules. He is the one that mistreated the DNC and the party by acting like a fool during the primary, yet the people on this site continue to claim WikiLeaks is 100%, which makes them ignorant hacks because it has been proven that they will dump anything regardless if it's true, false or propaganda. They ignore the Russian ties that any dummy can see and claim it's a hoax. It's just a sad, pathetic rag.

So after years of posting on Alternet, I've finally been banned - for disagreeing with its authors/shills from the Left.

With the takeover of Alternet by the execrable owner of Rawstory, John Byrne, fewer and fewer antiwar, leftist pieces have been published. More and more pro-Dem propaganda has been posted, much of it attacking Republicans from the *Right* - as does the DNC these days.

After months of free-speech after the Byrne takeover, the moderators/censors are now in place, and their tool is the Shadow Ban. The mods ban leftist commentators, but from the commentator's POV, it appears that their post is visible. Open a private window, and you'll see why your post receives no replies - it's because no one can see it.

This sort of censorship is the lowest of the low... and is exactly what one expects, as a once antiwar, once left-leaning website sells out to the Democratic wing of the War Party.

There are numerous articles bashing Trump and encouraging people to protest, even violently at town halls, rallies, etc. They constantly compare Trump to Hitler. Ad nauseum. It got so repititious. Most are Christianophobes and anti-semitic. I could not stand the bigotry of the commenters. There were also some very loony commenters such as a ScaryMary and a HeilMary. They may be one in the same who viciously attacked Catholics. I am not Catholic but see no point in attacking a person based on their religion or lack thereof. Much profanity is allowed also. Haters love to hate!

An article by Seth Norrholm just put over 81,000.000. Americans into the "Deplorable" basket, stating that we all suffer from "CULT SYNDROME" How dare this pompous $#*! write this DRIVEL and try to support his "BAT-$#*!" CRAZY ideas with "psuedoscience" clap-trap!

I heard about alternet.org from Robert Reich; a man I respect immensely. I have to say I'm not impressed, don't expect a rational discussion. There is a clear bias, and it depressing how people attack each other in the comment section. Most of the subscribers are Caucasians who act like they are somehow champions of the liberal world like being tolerant is a competition. The whole thing had a daily beast vibe only the website is not as flashy. The web design is atrocious tbh. I tried commenting on a post of about Bill Maher being an Islamophobe and was immediately called a right winger, and a bag of crap for trying to defend him. Like not even 5 minutes after I posted, one of the resident commenters with almost 4 thousand upvotes just laid into me and started attacking my personal character, not only that someone flagged my comment as spam and it's been almost 12 hours and it is still under review. Lol, it was little ridiculous. I enjoy writing, and I enjoy debating people but this left a bad taste in my mouth I'm done for awhile. You don't have to attack people to get your point across regardless if you are democrat or republican. I lean left on issues of equality and civil liberties and honestly am continually disappointed with the people who represent the republican party. I expressed my disdain for Trump, yet still was deemed as an intolerant right-winger.

Amanda Macrotte writes articles for AlterNet and if you look at the link below...

http://www.alternet.org/authors/amanda-marcotte... you'll feel the hate seeth from the page, and with that you'll understand the tone of the website.

Also check out this great set of comments:

http://www.alternet.org/comments/belief/why-are-so-many-christians-so-un-christian#disqus_thread

And notice the deleted ones. Those are mine. You may ask why would they be deleted? I don't know. They didn't give any warning or gave me any indication that I did anything wrong. If you happen to waste time reading the responses to what I posted you'll see how angry are and that their posts still are there despite their intolerance and hatred. Which is weird considering that's what the hit piece article was about.

A website that only wants those that agree with them to post is a website that fosters hatred for those that don't think like them and that... that's a problem. When you create a us vs them mentality even on a website you're the reason why there are groups of people who attack others for the way they think.

Each website has a right to dictate how they'll moderate their website. One would think the moderation rules would be for everyone not for a specific group while another group gets to do and say whatever they want.

This website reminds me of Current.com and we all know what happened to Current. It failed. This one is headed down the same road.

What kind of left-leanng news website reports on precisely zero articles about the current POTUS Joe Biden? Everything on this website is about ex-President Donald Trump or someone in the Republican Party and then hyperbolizing whatever is being said into an end-of-America scenario, typically illustrated with a mix of weird editing choices and bad grammar to match. Even Fox News has something resembling a grasp on reality: Alternet makes Breitbart look like NPR in regards to overall writing standards and self-awareness, and that is pretty disturbing.

The worst part, however, is the general userbase giving commentary. Any comment that discusses factual information or commentary that may be at odds with said-article is spammed and downvoted by fake bot accounts and Disqus sock-puppets. It is one of the most poorly moderated echo-chambers I've ever seen, and that's saying a lot in 2022.

Most news sites have their fair share of problems, but Alternet is a particular egregious example of what happens when you drink the far-left Koolaid a little too often and exercise zero editorial standards. Avoid like the plague.

Reading how AN remembers how pest Presidents and administrations controlled and managed, is wrong. I lived through the LBJ to Biden and alter Net tells the story of Republicans that we're actually Democrats history of activity. The Dems are trying to change society,Obama quote"I'm going to change the fundamentals of America". They try and remove the second amendment, history of America is Altered or not spoken of or taught in schools. Keep in mind it was DEMOCRATS STARTED the KKK.
And we're the party of the confederacy.Lincoln was a Republican.
The Border is wide open and every terrorist country that hate us,are coming in. They aren't here to be friendly.Sanctuary cities will be consumed by homless people who are coming. They can't speak English, no job skills, no education, no basic math.
They bring their culture here. Along with crime, social issues that don't conform to America. Fighting in the streets over territory neighborhoods.
Wife beating is acceptable.
Never has a Liberal type government survived,that didn't turn into a communist dictatorship.
Socialism eventually runs out of other people's money. Nobody works, the government steals from the people who do work until they see it's easier to live off the government. Until they go broke.
Our constitution allows (expects) we the people to take our government back when it no longer is working in the best interest of the citizens.that is the main reason for the 2nd Amendment. The wording is plain. Unambiguous, no commas, no words to confuse meaning. "Shall not be infringed weather you think they meant flintlock, you wrong. It IS ANY WEAPONof the day current to the times, to be equal to….in 1775 we had state of the are Kentucky rifles and the British had brown Bess. An ancient 50 year old weapon accurate to 25 yards.our Kentucky rifles we're required by Daniel Morgan to hit a target 7" at 200 yards. First shot.our guys were better shooters because they had to shoot to eat And the British only fired when needed. With a inaccurate weapon.
God Bless America and our troops aa they are all Republicans.".