Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Censorship of Conservative Blogger

Larry Auster is one of the best known conservative bloggers but his webhosting company (Hostic.com) has just treated him like dirt. They "suspended" his blog last Friday suddenly and without explanation, but presumably because it was in their eyes "hate speech" or some such. Larry of course tried to find out why he had been so treated but apparently got nowhere. Suddenly, however, they restored his blog last Sunday -- still with no explanation. He reproduces the terse emails he received here.

I would be finding another hosting company in a big hurry if I were he. The only trouble is that you are likely to encounter liberal arrogance wherever you go. A web-hosting company that advertised itself as engaging in no censorship of conservative writing might do well, under those circumstances.

If anybody reading this is doing business with Hostic.com, you might think about taking your business elsewhere and telling them why.