What's new at IDW.community

We’ve come a long way! From the site’s inception just a few weeks ago, we have amassed a population of over 20K users, many of whom return on a regular basis to take advantage of our platform to enable civil discourse on any topic. Freedom of speech is alive and well on IDW.Community, and we hope you will help us spread the word about our important and very needed forever-free service.

Our newest feature, The IDW Coin, is a free, funded mechanism for you to use to express your support for an IDW Core member, or each other, or yourself! These virtual coins are free to use, granted according to your participation with the community, and can be redeemed for merchandise or a donation for charity. Again, this is literally free money - up to $50,000 - that we have pledged to cover as you, the members, spend at https://idw.community/swag or donate as you see fit. So far, we've donated $3,695. You have 0 coins to donate.

Here are the details https://idw.community/coins

The members of the IDW Core can designate a charity to be the beneficiaries of your coin donations in their name. So if you donate your IDW Coin to a specific member, that money will be donated to their favorite charity! The purpose of this long-term promotion is to spur interaction, and let you, the user, have a free and easy way to show meaningful support for your favorite Dark Webber.

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The Left-generated hit piece

Quite frankly, it’s a shame that the IDW needs to exist. Freedom of Speech has always been a hallmark of democracy and Western Culture, and the fact that such freedom is under attack, that the idea of civil discourse is panned en masse, deeply disturbs us all. That’s the reason we are doing this project and committed the movement.

The idea from the Left that disagreeable speech is “hate speech” and should be censored is dangerous on many levels, one of which is out-grouping. When a thought is banned, it makes anyone who has that thought a member of the "out group". Censorship is a tool to ostracize and silence anyone who doesn't wholeheartedly agree with them regardless of truth. NOTE: We do not, however, support posts that incites violence as it is the antithesis of civil discourse - our next newsletter will focus on clarification of this paradox.

But what if there is nothing to complain about, and they still want to create an out-group? The answer is scary. They just change what you say and get angry at that. What results is the ostracization and silencing of people who may agree with the progressives on most major issues, creating enemies from our potential friends, and create artificial barriers to honest discussions.

Take for example, this recent hit piece on Dave Rubin, in which the author tries to frame him as “not liberal enough”. This piece is ridiculous and is clearly seeking to make an enemy out of a friend. The video argues that Dave:

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• Dishonestly pretends to be liberal to benefit the Right.
  
• Actively tries to move the center more to the Right,
  
• Keeps the focus on the worst parts of the Left,
  
• Supports the Right while refusing to own up to it.
  

Now consider those assertions in light of the following member-posted chart, which suggests how all the IDW Core members think about the issues most pressing to Progressives. According to this chart (and common sense), Dave would be an ally to people who hold what used to be the Left's core policy positions.

Source: Daniel Miessler

Why does the author lie? The goal of the hit piece is to keep moderate liberals from abandoning the far Left for the IDW and the only way to do that is to mischaracterize the movement. Let left realizes that we're a growing movement and a threat. Fake hit pieces like this are meant to divide. It gets moderate liberals who should be our allies to think that they don't agree with our views on core principles.

Tim Pool observed this as people “creating and believing a caricature” of the other side, demonizing and hating allies not because of things said, but rather because of things they think that the they believe.

It's the new norm, and it’s a threat to clear thinking.

The fix is easy, and easier said than done: Uncensored, civil discourse with active listening, and truthful humanization of people you disagree with. The IDW.Community is here to help reset the conversation, focus on those issues that join us, and openly discuss our concerns and opinions.

Fighting for a cause in which you believe is noble. Making reasons to fight by changing what has been said to make it worse is the worst possible strategy. Left or Right, pro or con, without civil discourse and active listening your side will inevitably fracture and as a result, lose the battle.

What do you think?