People like Ian Freeman and Chris Cantwell have been banned from PorcFest for having dissenting views. Dissenting views should be heard, not silenced. It is only when you listen to dissenting voices that you have a chance to address their errors, or recognize your own. For this reason, we, the undersigned ask that PorcFest be opened to dissenting voices, and that it not be made into an echo chamber where only those who are Politically Correct can be.
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May 29, 2016
Seeing this kind of movement is overwhelming because I truly never thought so many people would take an interest in this issue. You have turned a small idea into a genuine conversation that is now impossible to ignore. This momentum belongs entirely to the people who chose to speak up.
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Roger Ver recently stated that he has been dissuaded from attending Porcfest this year because Ian was banned. Roger and Ian were two of the activists I was most interested in seeing, and I won't be going unless you reverse this nonsense with an apology.
I learned about FSP through Ian and Mark on Free Talk Live. If it weren't for Ian, and FTL, I would never have known or become interested in the concept of the FSP, or known about Porcfest. I'd imagine that many folks have Free Talk Live to thank for knowing about what is going on in New Hampshire, and for that, I sign this petition. I pledged in 2012 at the Ron Paul rally. My family went to Porcfest in 2013 and 2014. It was an amazing experience that I will never forget. I regretted not attending last year, and was looking forward to trying to make it this year, but this business with Ian has left me very perplexed and unsure of how I feel about the FSP now. Without FTL there, it wouldn't seem like Porcfest at all. I think it was a mistake to ban Ian from attending.
Seriously FSP board?
Week!
The statist jerks at the FSP won't even allow NAMBLA to give a talk about the wholesomeness of man-boy love. What a bunch of prudes!
Free Speech only needs protection when it is something you do not like. Regardless of the issue at hand, no one should be banned because they have ideas outside the tribal norm.
The FSP unfairly banned me and Michael Mikkelsen from PorcFest because of our "surprise sex activism". PorcFest should be open to dissenting voices, especially in the form of whispers and giggles outside your tent in the middle of the night.
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People like Ian Freeman and Chris Cantwell have been banned from PorcFest for having dissenting views. Dissenting views should be heard, not silenced. It is only when you listen to dissenting voices that you have a chance to address their errors, or recognize your own. For this reason, we, the undersigned ask that PorcFest be opened to dissenting voices, and that it not be made into an echo chamber where only those who are Politically Correct can be.
Updates
May 29, 2016
Seeing this kind of movement is overwhelming because I truly never thought so many people would take an interest in this issue. You have turned a small idea into a genuine conversation that is now impossible to ignore. This momentum belongs entirely to the people who chose to speak up.
18 Comments
I hope that the Porcfest organizers seriously consider allowing people they disagree with to attend Porcfest. The decision to ban Ian has made many people very weary of the organizers and the FSP. Who will they ban next and for what reason? Will the reason be something as trivial and vague as a difference of opinion? I certainly wouldn't want to stick around and find out. I will continue to boycott this event until they cease banning people for dissenting views.
Roger Ver recently stated that he has been dissuaded from attending Porcfest this year because Ian was banned. Roger and Ian were two of the activists I was most interested in seeing, and I won't be going unless you reverse this nonsense with an apology.
I learned about FSP through Ian and Mark on Free Talk Live. If it weren't for Ian, and FTL, I would never have known or become interested in the concept of the FSP, or known about Porcfest. I'd imagine that many folks have Free Talk Live to thank for knowing about what is going on in New Hampshire, and for that, I sign this petition. I pledged in 2012 at the Ron Paul rally. My family went to Porcfest in 2013 and 2014. It was an amazing experience that I will never forget. I regretted not attending last year, and was looking forward to trying to make it this year, but this business with Ian has left me very perplexed and unsure of how I feel about the FSP now. Without FTL there, it wouldn't seem like Porcfest at all. I think it was a mistake to ban Ian from attending.
Seriously FSP board?
Week!
The statist jerks at the FSP won't even allow NAMBLA to give a talk about the wholesomeness of man-boy love. What a bunch of prudes!
Free Speech only needs protection when it is something you do not like. Regardless of the issue at hand, no one should be banned because they have ideas outside the tribal norm.
The FSP unfairly banned me and Michael Mikkelsen from PorcFest because of our "surprise sex activism". PorcFest should be open to dissenting voices, especially in the form of whispers and giggles outside your tent in the middle of the night.
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I hope that the Porcfest organizers seriously consider allowing people they disagree with to attend Porcfest. The decision to ban Ian has made many people very weary of the organizers and the FSP. Who will they ban next and for what reason? Will the reason be something as trivial and vague as a difference of opinion? I certainly wouldn't want to stick around and find out. I will continue to boycott this event until they cease banning people for dissenting views.