Quote of the year - Mohandas Gandhi

Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.
--Mohandas Gandhi, an Autobiography, page 446
From this chilling story at Natural News:
Facebook bans Gandhi quote as part of revisionist history purge
The reports are absolutely true. Facebook suspended the Natural News account earlier today after we posted an historical quote from Mohandas Gandhi. The quote reads:

"Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest." - Mohandas Gandhi, an Autobiography, page 446.

This historical quote was apparently too much for Facebook's censors to bear. They suspended our account and gave us a "final warning" that one more violation of their so-called "community guidelines" would result in our account being permanently deactivated.
Paul Joseph Watson at InfoWars (sigh, I know -- but sometimes the conspiracy theories are true) writes:
Facebook Purges Pro-Gun Accounts
Facebook is purging accounts that carry pro-second amendment and pro-liberty information in a censorship purge that has accelerated over the past few hours, with innumerable pages being disappeared merely for posting legitimate political content.

NaturalNews.com�s Mike Adams contacted us to alert us to the fact that �Facebook banned our account for posting this,� with an attached image of a Gandhi quote about how the British disarmed the citizenry during their rule in India.
More:
Last week, we reported on how Facebook was suspending user accounts that questioned the official narrative behind the Sandy Hook school massacre.

As we have previously highlighted, Facebook occasionally deletes images and posts that it claims violate �Facebook�s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities,� yet constitute little more than political conjecture or a healthy skepticism of official narratives on current events.

In September 2011, Infowars reporter Darrin McBreen was told by Facebook staff not to voice his political opinion on the social networking website.

Responding to comments McBreen had made about off-grid preppers being treated as criminals, the �Facebook Team� wrote, �Be careful making about making political statements on facebook,� adding, �Facebook is about building relationships not a platform for your political viewpoint. Don�t antagonize your base. Be careful and congnizat (sic) of what you are preaching.�
Staying under the radar is the best way to fly. Sure, someone could make a gun-friendly clone of FB but why -- there are already independent fora and blogs to read through.

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