Blocking White Nationals on X

by Steve MacDonald

The rules on these pages are simple. It’s a private space. You comment at our pleasure, but we enjoy the debate, so the threshold is set high. Direct or implied threats of harm to any individual or group will get you tossed, as will verbal abuse of other commenters and spam.

Until last Saturday, we had no policy regarding tossing people off the ‘Grok’s X feed because there was no reason. X post shelf life is short. Content scrolls away, and no one interacts with it, or they do. Our site FAQ is clear about other people’s content on our social feeds. It belongs to them and is not a reflection of the opinions of anyone but the author.

A few days ago, a local White Nationalist decided it was a good day to remind us (The ‘Grok) that we published a thing about Jews and Communism a while back. I’m not sure who the Grok post author was and have not located that content (no link was provided), but whoever wrote it is convinced we didn’t blame enough Jews. We were dismissive of their contribution to this scourge.

I was like, “Sure, and?” As in, bless us with your historical facts and evidence.

This evoked some like-minded White Nationalist on X to swear at me and call me names. No one provided links or context as if it were a legitimate historical deficiency worthy of correction. No Evidence. No source link to be reviewed. No details that we could’ve corroborated. No link to the original problem post. None of that. It’s a fact, and I should repeat it, and I was (impolite adult language) for not knowing or telling this truth.

So, just another day eneding in ‘Y’. It comes with the territory, but we do get things wrong, so if more detail would improve any post, it is something I’d pursue even when I knew where this was going. This wasn’t about how many Jews were responsible for Communism. It was about smearing Jews. I wanted to see if they’d just come out and say it.

I responded again to the original White Nationalist and asked for details so I could inform the author (still no clue who that is ), which was when he declared. This, he claimed, was how you got Conservatives to tell the truth about Jews. I laughed out loud because it wasn’t. He hadn’t done that yet. He hadn’t done anything except act like an asshole, a right to which he is entitled. But visions of George Bush and the Mission Accomplished banner, anyone? Spiking the football on the fifty-yard line? You get the idea.

I would have at least half-heartedly considered his skewed sources in search of legitimacy. If a correction were indeed necessary, we would have made it.

But I don’t know which post was wrong (if it was) or what facts would make it right, or if that was even needed or mattered. I’d have to review and verify the details via non-white national sources (let’s be honest, your communication skills suck, so why would your research department be any better). I was never optimistic, and now I’m not even interested.

This is not a new problem. The only interest in this platform and its feeds these dudes have ever had has been to find a way to get it to bash Jews for them. We bash their politics not their race or sex or faith. Ane we do it when it starts to infringe on the natural rights of others.

Communist garbage is treated equally here, without regard to any of the things that concern White Nationalists. Who started it does not seem to have made any difference regarding who falls for it. Every race has those who dance to its broken tune, and every demographic has those who refuse.

We defend natural rights against attacks from any quarter. We defended the right to free speech when the NH AG tried to use NSC-131 to go after everyone’s speech. And we’d do it again. But any White National crap-posting will get the poster banned on Grok X or Facebook or on Grok itself because we’re not the government, and we don’t have to put up with your shit. Plenty of places you can post it so poison your own well.

And no one will lose sleep around here because we’ve been called worse by better.

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  • Steve MacDonald

    Steve is a long-time New Hampshire resident, award-winning blogger, and a member of the Board of Directors of The 603 Alliance. He is the owner of Grok Media LLC and the Managing Editor, Executive Editor, assistant editor, Editor, content curator, complaint department, Op-ed editor, gatekeeper (most likely to miss typos because he has no editor), and contributor at GraniteGrok.com. Steve is also a former board member of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, The Republican Volunteer Coalition, has worked for or with many state and local campaigns and grassroots groups, and is a past contributor to the Franklin Center for Public Policy.

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