With the 7 day suspension of UncleZook, United People has at least one week of freedom -- freedom from gatekeeping, that is. So what is this gatekeeping?
One thing United People has that other forums don't have is history. Oh, other forums have
a history, but like the history we learn in school, it has been changed. Most people are unaware that "official" history consists of history that has been spun, twisted, modified, censored, fabricated, and even erased. Not at United People. No censoring takes place, no posts are deleted, and no threads are erased. History at United People is complete and transparent, date and time stamped, and available to everyone. Can you imagine what a threat that concept is to the ruling sociopaths? What would they do to nip such a threat in the bud? Would they assign a gatekeeper to keep such a forum in disarray? Would they send in a wrecking crew (GypsyWoman and company)? Or do those things just happen naturally?
Andy said something via Skype that sticks in my mind. "Zook is a gatekeeper. The only question is whether he is a witting or unwitting gatekeeper."
Look back at Zook's history here at United People. For a long time, 80%+ of Zook's posts were all devoted to the "
Banning for Dollars" thread. That thread was about the censorship that was a regular feature at all the other so-called "truth" forums, especially Nexus. And what was Zook's apparent role in that discussion? A review of UP history strongly suggests that it was to protect Richard and Celine, the owners of Nexus, where Zook had been a moderator since the founding of the forum. And what was Zook protecting them from? The truth. Nexus was publicly presented by the owners as a forum of the members, by the members, and for the members. Everyone was brainwashed to believe it, and they did, including me. But eventually the ugly truth seeped out, that Nexus was no different from Avalon, the forum that birthed it (planned parenthood?), with sociopathic personalities directing, deceiving, and manipulating the forum for their own private benefit, members be damned.
With gatekeeping, the gate is to keep people separated from the truth. The gatekeeper is there to make sure people don't go through the gate.
Without a gatekeeper for a week, what "mischief" will United People get into next?