A trail of virtual bodies...

The line "first they came for the jews" is eerily relevant in the case of the e-purges... The following is not meant to be an exhaustive list, it's just a selection that I have compiled based on the first hand knowledge I have of the events in question.

On July 20th 2016 (I bet you didn't think it went back that far in time) Milo Yiannopoulos, a journalist at Breitbart, online personality, public speaker, of jewish descent, gay and (later) married to a black guy, was permanently banned off Twitter. The excuse? He's racist, he's fomenting violence, he's proomoting white supremacy. Subsequently, the publishing house Simon & Schuster pulled out at the last second from publishing his book in spite of a binding contract and nothing but raving reviews along the way.

On July 24th 2017, Patreon - a platform that allowed online creators to connect with their fans and receive funding has banned Canadian journalist and online personality Lauren Southern. The excuse? "Manifest Observable Behavior" - a standard which they were creating on the spot and would not adhere to for future bans of other people - alleged that Lauren endangered people's lives (not threatened, not incited to violence) in one of her videos posted to Patreon. Subsequently she has been denied entry into New Zealand, she was detained in Calais and denied entry into the UK and was repeteadly obstructed from entering the USA. She has been smeared with all the usual poisoned epithets: homophobic, white supremacist, transphobic, inciting violence, hate speech, mysogynist, etc.

On August 17th 2017 the direct Twitter competitor (as they were billing themselves at the time) gab.com had their app banned by the Google Play Store. This was done in the context where the Gab app had been rejected from the Apple App Store previously. Subsequently Microsoft attempted to deplatform them by removing their hosting services. The excuse? They are promoting hate-speech and giving a platform to actual nazis.

On November 1st 2017, Uber & Lyft ban independent journalist and provocateur Laura Loomer from ever using their services. The excuse? She's a racist, xenophobic nazi because of a thing she said on twitter on the day of the Manhattan ISIS claimed terrorist attack that killed eight people and left a dozen injured (I bet you forgot all about that, didn't you?). She would subsequently be banned off Twitter for criticizing an ellected official who happened to be of a religion and color that benefit from special protections (almost like a synonym for double standards) in the view of the cathedral media, she was subsequently banned off Facebook and off the following payment processing platforms: PayPal and Venmo. In the 2020 ellection Loomer was running for congress on behalf of the Republican party and Twitter refused to un-ban her for the duration of the ellection campaign in spite of hosting her direct opponent in the congressional race.

On August 6th 2018 Facebook bans online entertainer Alex Jones. On the same day, within hours of each other, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and iTunes ban Alex Jones and purge all of his content. The excuse? He's a conspiracy theorist who spews hate speech and incites violence. A day later Twitter bans Alex Jones as well. This is what most people think is what the string of de-platformings began with because it was the first multi-platform, big-tech coordinated effort to "dissapear" a person within hours.

On December 6th 2018, Patreon bans Carl Benjamin, a YouTuber who rose to prominence under the moniker Sargon Of Akkad. He will subsequently be banned from Twitter. The excuse? He used "hate speech" in a livestream on someone else's channel. The item in question was telling the actual nazis, Carl was debating against, that they were behaving like "white niggers". 

On April 1st 2019, political activist Enrique Tarrio, president of the US organisation Proud Boys, was officially banned from Chase Bank. Yes, you read that correctly, the bank deplatformed him. This came on the heels of Chase Paymenttech banning the website administered by Tarrio. He had been at the time, already banned from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Airbnb, FirstData, Square, Stripe and PayPal. The excuse? No official reason given. Speculations have been made around the fact that he is the president of an organisation of alleged fascist, white-supremacists, who incite violence and use hate speech. This black, cuban immigrant is the president of fascist white-supremacists... That is what the cathedral media will have you believe, yes. Subsequently, Enrique Tarrio was detained on January 5th 2021 upon arrival in Washington DC and then had a judge BAN HIM from the city.

Fast forward to June 21st 2020, YouTube bans actual far-right British commentator going by the name The Iconoclast. He is subsequently doxxed (having his name exposed to the public - a bannable offense according to what Twitter declares their standards to be) by the mainstream publication The Guardian. The channel would be briefly reinstated and subsequently pulled down again. The excuse? White supremacist, hate speech, inciting violence, xenophobia, etc.

On June 29th 2020, YouTube bans philosopher and online personality Stefan Molyneaux. On the same day his podcasts are purged from Apple Podcasts, iTunes and Spotify. Within two weeks he is banned from Twitter as well. By November PayPal bans him as well. The excuse? He's a racist, xenophobe, white supremacist, sexist, transphobe, conspiracy theorist and potentially a cult leader. In other adventures Molyneaux has lived through, he was banned from entering New Zealand, had his speaking events violently protested against, bomb threats called and his family targeted.

On January 6th 2021, Arch Warhammer, a YouTuber whose main interest lay in the fictional universe created by Games Workshop known as Warhammer, was banned from YouTube. The excuse? He's a fascist, white supremacist, transphobe, sexist.

January 9th 2021, after months of editing, censoring and removing independent posts, Twitter outright bans Donald J. Trump, current president of the United States of America ( a position that is colloquially associated with the monikers "the most powerful man in the world" and "leader of the free world"). This happens in the context of Facebook and Instagram having banned Trump's accounts as well. The excuse? Inciting violence, oh and we all know he's a fascist, racist, white supremacist, sexist, misogynist, transphobe, homophobe.

January 10th, 2021 YouTube bans longtime content creator, irishman Dave Cullen. The reason? Spreading misinformation and conspiracy theories. Dave has been a vocal critic of the maddening worldwide governmental mishandling of the COVID19 pandemic and a long-time advocate for freedom of speech online.

On January 11th, 2021 Parler (the self-styled home of online free speech), another Twitter competitor goes completely dark and ceases service after having its web hosting pulled by Amazon. This happens a day after the Parler app is banned from the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. The excuse? Inciting violence, being used to coordinate an insurrection and platforming actual nazis.

Also on January 11th 2021, former presidential contender, former Texas senator, doctor Ron Paul is suspended off Facebook. The excuse? “Repeatedly going against our community standards". Ron Paul has been a critic of the maddening governmental mismanagement of the COVID19 crisis. 

You can tell yourself that these are all bad people, that they are all fascists and racists and white supremacists, that they would like to see other people killed, that they are possessed by the devil and whatever other religious mumbo jumbo you want to invent in your mind to prevent you from confronting reality. But remember these words, when they come for you, and they will regardless of whatever fairytale you tell yourself that you will never wrong-think, there will be no one left to speak out for you.