Freedom of expression is not Slander!

Take a good look at this American Flag people. This flag represents and respects the founding fathers of America and for what they stood for. For some strange reason, I wonder how many American citizens are ignorant on the basic meaning of freedom (speech, expression, etc). I wonder if these millions of uninformed and uninvolved Americans are partially to blame for the government's path that is contrary to what the founding fathers wanted.

I have been in many political debates with people over the years and any of whom would identify themselves as 'moderate conservatives'. However, I personally viewed them as being on the right-wing side of political ideology. During many of these debates I've had conservatives label me as a "left-wing nutcase", "Socialist", "Marxist", and etc. Now do I think these individuals I've debated with literally think I am a Marxist? Very doubtful. That is most likely their way of insulting me. Regardless of whether they were serious or not should their opinions of me be considered slander? Should I be able to file a lawsuit against them? Of course not, because they like any other American is practicing their 1st Amendment privilege.

About several weeks ago an anti-American on Youtube who goes by the user name inmendham. I call him Anti-American because he has repeatedly shown his dislike for others expressing opinions against him. Free speech is part of the United States Constitution and free speech has helped make this nation what it is today.

Several weeks ago this individual made some rather insensitive and misinformed statements about the Holocaust. At first, I tried to engage into a somewhat serious discussion with him and tried to point out some information for him to read. Me and other users got mostly nothing but hostility and he refused to look into the evidence. After a few days I realized trying to get through to him was hopeless.

On my last video (or so I thought) I wanted to conclude the debate with a funny ending. But at the same time this funny ending also had some truth to it, which I'll go into detail later. The funny ending to the video was a friend of mine created a photo shop picture and dressed him up like Adolf Hitler. Oh man.... did that picture ever stir up a controversy.

Now I've already said before that I would no longer speak about this person. But that was before he included me into his frivolous lawsuit. So now I've just broken my promise and I guess that could make me a LIAR. Go ahead people call me a liar. The big advantage though of calling me one is that you don't have to worry about me suing you.

Do I think he has a snowballs chance in hell of actually winning a lawsuit against me? No, I think his case will be thrown out and he'll be laughed out of the courtroom. However, there was something out of this situation I found a little disturbing. You see some of the people who regularly watch his youtube videos, thinks he has a right to sue over that silly photo shop picture. They think that I was literally trying to portray him as Hitler or at least trying to say he shares Nazi ideology. That is ridiculous especially after I explained in the video as to exactly the meaning behind using that photo. To anyone who thought I was trying to portray him as a literal Nazi despite the explanation is a retard of epic proportions.

Now did I expect everyone to find that picture to be humorous or in good taste? No. If somebody didn't like the picture then that's fine with me. You're entitled to your opinion & you have different taste in humor. I personally didn't really see anything wrong with using it then and still don't today.

Now finally onto the deeper meaning behind using the Hitler pic. Inmendham likes to block anyone who has left me a positive comment or rating on my videos. He will also block anyone who is subscribed to my youtube channel. In fact, months ago Inmendham was in a dispute with a person and he went out of his way to block at least 1500 people. These 1500 users were people he blocked all because they were subscribed to somebody he didn't approve of.

You see he has this black and white line of thinking, that being subscribed to someone always means that you're endorsing that person. That's not the case. I myself have been subscribed to people that I don't endorse and only did so because I thought they were a hilarious schmuck. So his idea of subscribing = endorsement is nonsense.

Many people who are subscribed to him are so afraid of being blocked that they'll do whatever it takes to not piss him off. You see this is how real life government dictators act. They will make examples out of the few dissenters and the rest fall in place. It is outright bullying and it'll only get worse if his channel doesn't get suspended. This was part of the meaning behind the usage of the hitler photo and evidently some ppl are too stupid to figure that out. His behavior is very Hitler-esque or whatever you wanna call it. He instills so much intimidation towards some of his own subscribers that they're afraid of publicly expressing their opinions.

Some people who try to defend his blanket policy of blocking say it's just merely his "personal choice". It's way more than that and people fail to take a step back to see the big picture. What he is doing is not what the spirit of the blocking system was meant for. You block those who are DIRECTLY bothering you. When you reach a high level of viewers, you don't use it as a weapon against others. You don't use it to forcefully influence who a person can or cannot watch or comment to. When someone such as him uses the blocking system in this manner then it amounts to abuse. His abuse and threats are very subtle and hidden, but nonetheless it's still the actions of an abusive control freak. Believe it or not, I'm kinda hoping inmendham will follow through on every single one of his lawsuit threats and so that way people will better understand where I'm coming from. Just remember Gary, the more illegal copyright notices and frivolous lawsuits you file. Then the message behind that Hitler image becomes more valid.

Now to go briefly off topic. From my personal experience people who are heavily involved in the 'blogging world' seem to be more informed and educated than those who aren't. The vast majority of these bloggers I've spoken with, can easily see how full of shit these lawsuits are. But then there are times when I wonder about the mainstream crowd of folks. The people who work long hours and barely make enough money to feed themselves and keep a roof over their head. The people who are unable to frequently read up on politics & current events, much less keep up with an asshole's pettiness. People who haven't educated themselves over the elaborateness of legal matters. I seriously ponder on how many of them could be manipulated into believing such garbage.

For everyone's sake, I hope the number of fools out there who truly think that satire amounts to "slander" are in the minority. Seriously if the majority of Americans are unable to differentiate between slander and free speech then this country is in big trouble. These are the people we should be worried about because mass ignorance can jeopardize an entire nation & its freedoms, way more than any outsiders could!! Here's a scary thought, if enough idiots think that satire is slander. Then before you know it, some politician might propose editing the 1st Amendment by having an asterisk placed beside it.

The sheer thought of such a thing might make a few people chuckle, but I wouldn't laugh so quickly. After all it was many modern day Americans who blindly elected one of the worst U.S. Presidents in history. Not just electing him once but twice.... I mean for crying out loud look at the USA Patriot Act and the initial backing up of such a law. Then soon afterwards most of the American public passively watched while our government initiated a war based on lies. Now there's talk about the possibility of pulling the same stunt against Iran. Another country that poses little threat to us. And all thanks to millions of uninvolved & uninformed people. Something that is contrary to what the founding fathers wanted.

I'm now going to conclude this by playing the National Anthem. This is to commemorate the upcoming Independence Day & the patriotism of this country. I ask that everyone sing a long. Well.... everyone except you Inmendham. Obviously you and other anti-Americans have no respect for the values that the founding fathers fought and died for. Without them paying their ultimate sacrifice, you Gary probably wouldn't have the luxury of publishing your 800 plus incoherent videos. So I guess you Inmendham should go enjoy something by Richard Wagner, or Lynard Skynard, or whatever type of music you listen to. Under my constitutionally protected opinion, you Inmendham are a liar, an Anti-American, frivolous, and lastly you are a litigious motherfucker!