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The only reason I am on substack is because of guys like you, Alex. I am sure that majority here would agree with me. If substack is going to fold, it will go sideways, just like my relationship with Twitter and Facebook.

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I know it definitely has to do with your warning on Tucker Carlson and your recent Substacks. They will try anything to shut you up.

Your not alone in the fight Mr. Berenson, keep it up we're with you!

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Do a return appearance with Tucker & reveal the extreme censorship to prevent people from knowing about these failed ‘ dangerous injections. Do not retreat!

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Like Dr.Zelenko said a few weeks ago. The mongers are doubling an tripling down now. The only desire they have is control and power at all costs! This is exactly what the CCP does

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Can you elaborate on what you mean by "Substack is under pressure." Do we know who owns and operates it? And what do we know about deletions and censorship here?

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Hang in there, Alex. The fact that the CCP/Dems are so upset is because they know you are telling the truth. Some may believe in the propaganda but others are scared that they are wrong...... the truth will always be made known. It cannot be hidden no matter how much the hounds of hell bark at it.

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Jan 27, 2022·edited Jan 27, 2022

Please don't quit Alex....you are on the Frontline taking a beating.....we all appreciate you.

I had a Green Beret friend who is no longer with us.....he would sign off with

#NEVERQUIT on all his communications.

You are a hero....

Thank you for your bravery and courage. It is uncommon. We are in uncommon times.....you are uncommon.

#NEVERQUIT

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Just get on Gab and be done with it.

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Good luck Alex. Fuck the regime.

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Substack would implode if they started censoring people. Would be like cutting off one's leg at the start of the Boston Marathon.

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On the bright side, they wrote this yesterday (https://twitter.com/lulumeservey/status/1486460150441562128)

"At Substack, we don’t make moderation decisions based on public pressure or PR considerations.

An important principle for us is defending free expression, even for stuff we personally dislike or disagree with. We understand principles come at a cost.

I’m proud of our decision to defend free expression, even when it’s hard, because:

1) We want a thriving ecosystem full of fresh and diverse ideas. That can’t happen without the freedom to experiment, or even to be wrong.

2) People already mistrust institutions, media, and each other.

Knowing that dissenting views are being suppressed makes that mistrust worse.

Withstanding scrutiny makes truths stronger, not weaker.

3) We made a promise to writers that this is a place they can pursue what they find meaningful, without coddling or controlling.

We promised we wouldn’t come between them and their audiences.

And we intend to keep our side of the agreement for every writer that keeps theirs.

I respect that writers on Substack are people who like to think for themselves. They tend not to be conformists, and they have the confidence and strength of conviction not to be threatened by views that disagree with them or even disgust them.

This is becoming increasingly rare

4) Who should be the arbiter of what’s true and good and right?

People should be allowed to decide for themselves, not have a tech executive decide for them.

I wouldn’t want someone to pick out my clothes for me, much less my ideas.

5) The only area where we humans have a perfect track record is that we’ve consistently gotten things wrong.

Every generation has beliefs and blind spots that make future generations aghast.

It would be the height of arrogance to think we’ve suddenly become infallible now.

If everyone who has ever been wrong about this pandemic were silenced, there would be no one left talking about it at all.

6) When it comes to bad ideas, it’s neither right nor smart to martyr them and drive them into dark corners where they’re safe from examination and questioning.

That doesn’t work. What works is examination and mockery (like using the Riddikulus charm against a Boggart).

I read things on Substack all the time that I personally disagree with. Open debate is not always comfortable. But neither, for that matter, is the sea.

Our cofounders just shared a post on why and how Substack aims to rebuild trust in the media ecosystem.

TL;DR: “we make decisions based on principles not PR, we will defend free expression, and we will stick to our hands-off approach to content moderation” "

https://on.substack.com/p/society-has-a-trust-problem-more

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If substack goes the big tech censorship route, then I will have no use for substack. It will be suicide.

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I would cancel my substack subscriptions if they start down the road of censoring informed well reasoned critique.

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Good grief this again? This censorship is absolutely outrageous.

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Substack, don't turn on us. The reason we came to this platform was for freedom, truth, and justice. It was what distinguished you from other platforms and has allowed you to proliferate. Freedom is your competitive advantage.

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I demand that substack remove all of Neil Youngs ramblings and keep Berenson.

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Telegram is difficult to go through, to see what's new, to respond and comment, to engage. I have a couple groups I follow and I rarely go there. I hope Substack sticks to their values because this is getting ridiculous. I agree with the person here who said check out GETTR. It's designed the same as Twitter in how you post, comment, etc. It's familiar and while I'm not active there, I check it daily and hope as more people move over that it'll get better.

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I write this on day 4 of Omicron. No meds - except a couple of aspirins. One day of fever and general malaise. On the up and up. Mid 40s healthy dude.

I have had flu that was much much worse.

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Your appearance on Tucker caused an earthquake in the world of some very powerful people. Stay safe!

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Substack won't bend on this. Unless youre someone who is literally spreading fake news -- like the vaccine will turn you into an alien, or the vaccine turns your blood blue, or the vaccine is being sold by Bill Gates, who is a pedophile who drinks baby blood...then...that could get banned. But I dont think Substsack removes Berenson, cuz DOZENS of players in the same sandbox would go, including stars like Glenn Greenwald and Bari Weiss.

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Alex. You are doing very very important work and we are all grateful to you for your true critical thinking skills, research and courage in the face of tyranny! Please take special precautions for your safety and security. We can see the growing tidal wave of panic your intrepid and truthful reporting is creating in 'the enemy'. Please be extra careful but don't stop your relentless pursuit of truth and your publication of same. God Bless and watch over you!!!

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Jan 27, 2022·edited Jan 27, 2022

Please, Alex, get on GAB instead …

Substack, Telegram, Rumble – all are on platforms that can be compromised and/or Pressured.

Gab, on the otherhand has their own full infrastructure etc. that cannot be pressured by BigTech (leftists, etc.)

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There are no safe spaces. Alex and other writers will use whatever platforms work for them. If a platform doesn't work, they'll leave, and those who want that writer's words will follow. Audiences, and everyone else, needs to get over the expectation of absolute safety we've been indoctrinated with. The world doesn't work that way. Good information is like any other worthwhile pursuit -- we have to work for it. Those who expect to lay on their couch and be spoonfed what they want to hear are the cause of every failed society throughout history.

The bigger problem is the incompetence of many to know what they need, and their dependence on others to tell them what to think. Substack can't fix that. Neither can we.

Use what works, discard what doesn't. Don't worry about the lemmings.

Substack is a business. They'll do what's best for them. Not for Alex. Not for you.

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As with all the others on substack, I'm here for one reason and that is you. Keep up the great work! History will look kindly on you and all those who spoke the truth in this time of chaos. We are truly in the book 1984.

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I've been on Telegram for a while. Welcome. I left Twitter because El Gato got kicked off, you were kicked off, Naomi Wolf....the list is long. So far Telegram has worked out.

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We need to support the truckers in Canada. 99% of the time Canada doesn't even register, but right now they are the epicenter of the popular revolt against the globalist elites. Largest protest in Canadian history by far. Trudeau has gone into hiding thanks to a conveniently timed positive covid test.

Throw a few bucks to the truckers. Fuel is expensive and they need to eat.

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Dear Substack, I am a refugee from the Wall Street Journal to whom my money flowed freely for 7 years (while they reported fairly and evenly.) Last year, I decided to leave that land to set sail for the free land of Substack following Alex Berenson, Mike Solana, and others and commiting my time and money to subscriptions instead of printed paper. You have the opportunity to be something new, something wonderful, something different than old, Big Media. Please keep the faith. Readers like us are following the truth, we're no longer following platforms or brands. We're here today; and gone tomorrow if you're just more of the same, old, big, bad media.

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For those confused, he is referring to this post

https://on.substack.com/p/society-has-a-trust-problem-more/

Where substack said they stood by free speech and creators. They would not have made that post if there was not outside pressure to ban us. Worrying for those of us that have spent time getting subscribers on this platform, but the message is too important to censor ourselves...

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If they nuke Alex they nuke themselves. FWIW there is always GAB. Some icky stuff there but that’s part of free speech.

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Not sure if you can see this post since you were kicked off the twitter, but it basically says you won't be kicked off the substack.

https://twitter.com/lulumeservey/status/1486460150441562128

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Jan 27, 2022·edited Jan 27, 2022

I tried to get Telegram, but they require a cell phone to create an account. I don't have a cell phone, I use Skype when I'm asked for a cell phone number, and Telegram is one of the places that doesn't work with Skype.

Edit: Maybe you could get on Locals? I follow several channels on Locals and was initially directed here from https://vivabarneslaw.locals.com/ when Robert Barnes linked one of your articles.

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My big worry for substack and all so called "independent" media is one that requires me to know their ownership and business strategy; but these types of platforms take some deep pockets to get off the ground, and the capital invested generally demands a return. So what happens when Blackrock investors come calling with the offer, or more likely, vote their majority to tender the sale?

Does Substack even post principles of operation that give us confidence the owners would not sell out to George Soros if the price was right?

It is aggravating to me within my lines of work to see all these principled non-profits pushing destructive woke causes with piles of free money from the virtue signaling woke-aware corporations while these woke corporations also work to consolidate and control all media to eliminate our Nation's foundation of a free and independent press. The private sector used to protect the press from becoming a propaganda tool of government. However, today the government and the big money in the private sector is working together to ensure it is an effective propaganda tool serving their colluded money interests.

We are going to need some deep thinking and profound policy work by Republicans in the coming years. That is why I don't hold out much hope that places like Substack will be plentiful nor lasting.

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If Substack starts censoring, I'm out.

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Telegram’s CEO, Pavel Durov, is reportedly a member of the World Economic Forum. It seems to be a free speech platform today but I wonder what the future holds for the platform, given the agenda of the World Economic Forum.

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I suggested it before: Go on to GAB. You may not like the politics, but the organization is the only one that is committed to free speech and has cut itself off of any nasty woke pressure, including now banking. What I see now on Twitter is that they continue to trim the influence of non-woke thinking, for example forcing conservative commenters to click every three comments to view comments -- insidious. GAB cannot be pressured.

That substack is being pressured displays the extreme totalitarianism leading us to a North Korean model: Bernie Sanders and his 27 brands of toothpaste comment. The next step is to mandate a single brand of clothing. Totalitarianism is utilitarianism without brains.

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I don't think you should trust any single platform. You need a backup to Telegram and a backup to that backup and probably a backup to that backup.

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I trust Substack also--and I think they understand the droves of people who've been censored/shadow banned/"fact-checked" or otherwise harassed on Twitter, Facebook and Google. This is kind of like when cable TV first rolled out--seemingly the whole world lived on 3 major networks and that kinda weird PBS. People thought "who on earth would waste time looking at re-runs or 24-hour TV?" MTV changed the landscape.

Everyone urging their new favorite platform is kind of ridiculous. NOBODY has time to post to 15-20 different sites. Twitter/Metaface are basically "free" to their users--although they don't actually put posts into follower's feeds and harass the crap out of page/organization posters to "boost" to get their message out to people who have followed them. The point was brought up by another reader and I agree--we PAY to read your posts on Substack. Substack gets a cut. They would be beyond foolish to ban you here.

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I have a Telegram account, but I despise the format. Please keep fighting. You likely have more resources than those who are also suffering under mandates and censorship. They need you.

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GETTR seems to be gaining popularity....same format as Twitter. Truly none of them are safe from the regime running this country into the ground, but for now GETTR is allowing Free Speech....

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I don't always agree with you but I am very much against cancel culture in any form with respect to the curtailment of free speech

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Even Telegram is coming under pressure. The German government claims that Telegram is radicalizing people, but then they probably also claim Alex Berenson is radicalizing people.

Is there another platform that might not cave to pressure?

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I had no clue what substack was until you went there

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I'm on substack for your content. I paid for the year. If you move off this platform I'm assuming refunds will be available. I won't support a platform that doesn't allow free speech.

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I would share on twitter but my account is suspended for hateful speech which is my profile pic (Dr. Zelenko's Yellow Star w/ "non vaxxed" inside which he pushed out to use). Nazis don't like comparisons to previous Nazis.

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Tucker needs to come out supporting you and Substack way more. He knows what the data shows but most of the time he is behind the curve reporting it because of the globalists/Massvaxists/Big Pharma advertising $.

Tucker… Time to play hardball. If you are truly supportive of other risk takers, the lead by example! This is the #1 issue in the world. Bigger then Ukraine. Bigger then any Rep/Dem story. Bigger then illegal immigration. You can still report on this things but prioritize differently. COVID Massvaxist efforts to destroy society should lead every night until these evil forces are exorcised from society.

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I told Substack I will cancel my subscription if you get kicked off. You can too at the Resource Center.

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This is likely coming from Big Pharma. Start publishing their lobbyists' meetings with politicians. There is no coverage on that.

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this is just getting out of control, we are literally like the underground, becoming more and more just like the underground in the late 1930s….. its just UNFREAKINBELIEVABLE

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If you leave Substack - I am right behind you!

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