YouTube has decided to pull down two of our live videos of Cassidy’s arrest for being a topless free woman. They claim Free Keene violated their “Community Guidelines”, despite the fact that I specifically shot those videos with YouTube in mind. I made sure to avoid showing Cassidy’s breasts on purpose, but I made a couple of errors and a couple of “nip slips” occurred. Here’s YouTube’s policy I supposedly violated:
Most nudity is not allowed, particularly if it is in a sexual context. Generally if a video is intended to be sexually provocative, it is less likely to be acceptable for YouTube. There are exceptions for some educational, documentary and scientific content, but only if that is the sole purpose of the video and it is not gratuitously graphic. For example, a documentary on breast cancer would be appropriate, but posting clips out of context from the documentary might not be.
So, a “documentary” about breast cancer is fine, but live news footage with a couple of brief flashes that is obviously not pandering is not acceptable? I emailed YouTube about their decision, (more…)
From the park to the police station, here is much better footage of Big Mike, the Keene-inspired activist who made a splash in Manchester this week as he toured around holding a piece of cannabis and asked Manchies how they felt about its illegality:
Here’s the video containing Cassidy’s arrest for being female and topless in public. There are several videos of the scene in addition to this and all of them can be found on Free Keene Live.
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I was torn between calling this post The Pacifism Straw Man and The Purism Straw Man because the two seem to go hand in hand. The audio below is typical of some of the tired old arguments I hear. I am among a group of motivated individuals who constantly repeat the mantra of peaceful activism in place of violence. Watch the video below and try not to get too distracted by disagreements you may have with his view of certain environmental problems. Try to focus on the core of the message in which he tries to sell people on the idea of using violence as a tool for social change. That’s what I intend to address.
On last week’s “Talkback” on WKBK, liberty activists called to talk to Law Enforcement Against Prohibition member Rick Van Wickler, who is also the superintendent of the Cheshire jail.
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If you didn’t support George Bush’s polices, you were un-American and didn’t support the troops. If you don’t support Barack Obama’s policies, you’re against health care reform and don’t want people to have health care. There are so many creative tactics for ignoring what people are actually saying. Free Speech Zones are among them.
On last week’s “Talkback” on WKBK, liberty activists called to talk to 
