So, Youtube demonetized a lot of conservative channels, so they moved to Patreon... Basically a way to subscribe to someone by giving them a couple bucks as a thank you and a way to provide more content.
Patreon since day 1 said they're neutral, and intend to stay that way...
Mastercard, whom they have agreement with to take cards as form of payment, has decided that's not good enough, and has essentially threatened to cancel Patreon's ability to take Mastercard payments if they don't delete certain content....
"He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."
Louisiana's state’s bond commission voted 7 to 6 Thursday to ban Bank of America and Citigroup from working on its upcoming debt sale because of the banks’ "restrictive gun policies," the state treasury said in a statement, according to Bloomberg.
As states begin using the bond market in retaliation against Wall Street and to stick up for the Second Amendment, Bank of America and Citigroup - the two top-ranked underwriters of long-term municipal debt - stand to lose millions in muni revenue.
"I personally believe the policies of these banks are an infringement on the rights of Louisiana citizens,” Treasurer John Schroder said in a statement. “As a veteran and former member of law enforcement, I take the Second Amendment very seriously."
As a reminder, Bank of America in April said it would stop making new loans to companies that make assault-style rifles for civilian use. At the time, the bank said at least 150 of its employees had been affected by gun violence over the years.
One month earlier, Citigroup became the major banking institution to set restrictions on the firearm industry in March, when it announced plans to prohibit retailers that are customers of the bank from offering bump stocks or selling guns to people who haven’t passed a background check or are younger than 21. The restrictions applied to companies that rely on the bank for store credit cards, lending and other services.
Citigroup’s Brandee McHale, the company’s head of corporate citizenship, defended the bank’s policies at the state’s bond commission meeting. "This policy does not infringe on constitutional rights, and certainly not the right to bear arms," she said at the meeting.
But if banks thought their recent "virtue signaling" would not cost them, Louisiana just showed the way how the counter-resistance can extract its own pound of flesh.
Fri Aug 17, 2018 7:13 am
jukk0u
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Patreon once held the promise for independent/alternative voices/blogger/vloggers but they have indeed bowed to the banking pressure. Patreon has discontinued quite a few "channels" because of their content.
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Fri Aug 17, 2018 8:00 am
hkcavalier
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I hope US Bank doesn't go down this road. I've banked with them for almost 15 years. If they do I'll have to move over to one of the local credit unions.
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Fri Aug 17, 2018 8:01 am
O_Kellogg
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I hope US Bank doesn't go down this road. I've banked with them for almost 15 years. If they do I'll have to move over to one of the local credit unions.
BECU is pretty good. Umpqua Bank is a decent bank that has no problems being the bank for a gun store.
Two other large banks in the area seem to want to CHASE gun stores away, and you would think that a US based BANK would care about the Constitution wouldn't you.
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