I wrote a short piece about where I think we are currently with the issue of racism and politics in America. While trying to get a better feel for that I came upon a few sites that I found disturbing not only for their implied content but for what I found when I got there. The first site is called, 'The Daily Nigger' ( TDN ), the second is 'Daily Nigga' ( DN ) and the third is called, 'United Niggers of America' ( UNA ) which appears to be working and is spread across several different domain names.
The first two sites have a stark black webpage with a supposed message from the Department of Homeland Security stating:
This website has been shutdown due to violations of DHS Cyber Security policies and the Office of the President of the United States Cyber Watch Program. This site has been determined to be not in keeping with current policies regarding truthfulness about the Administrations Health Care Reform and has been deemed a threat to National Security by inciting revolt against the policies and procedures of the Office of the President. If you are aware of any other sites that you feel violate the aforementioned policies please click here!
The questions I have concerning this are, did the Obama administration have these two websites shutdown? Or is this a gimmick to get a message across to the public? While I believe it's the later, it would not surprise me if the former is true.
The reason I think this is a gimmick is because anyone with a little digging can actually get to some of the pages on the TDN, like for instance their About page. The site owners make it clear that they are not racist, instead they are using this inflammatory platform to make a statement about free speech. Did they go too far? Did they offend the delicate sensibilities of our presidential adminstration?
While I find the domain name of these sites quite distasteful, I can fully appreciate the content of the site. They are angry that our government is treating all americans like the black community has been treated in the past.
Are they legally protected free speech? Does the content or site name determine if the site is a hate site or constitutionally protected?
Let me know what you think of these sites.
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