A tweet about not attending Biden’s big party is the glorification of violence. At the same time, a tweet from the Chinese Embassy in the U.S. paints Uighur concentration camps and forced sterilization as a victory for women.
“Study shows that in the process of eradicating extremism, the minds of Uygur women in Xinjiang were emancipated and gender equality and reproductive health were promoted, making them no longer baby-making machines. They are more confident and independent…”
Forced Sterilization equals liberty!
The first Tweet could get you banned the second gets applause, at least for a while. That’s Big Tech.
Here are some recent tweets from Iran’s supreme leader. One of them actually prods the current unrest in the US. I think it’s still up.
Khamenei tweet 1: “The US openly says its interests require instability in this region. The US wanted to start a civil war in #Iran in 2009, & now God has afflicted them with the same predicament in 2021. The recent chaos reached a point where #Congress members had to escape through secret tunnels.”
Khamenei tweet 2: “I thank God & the dear people of our country for their epic movement in commemorating the anniversary of the martyrdoms of dear #Soleimani & #AbuMahdi. I also sincerely thank the #Iraqi brothers & sisters for their massive, stunning turnout in honoring these martyrs.”
Khamenei tweet 3: “Those who ordered the murder of General Soleimani as well as those who carried this out should be punished. This revenge will certainly happen at the right time.”
The third one seems to be a threat to actually kill the president of the United States. And yet, those tweets are fine. Again, how do you get from “I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th,” to incitement of violence? How Would You Glorify Violence?
This is illogical, hypocrisy
Twitter crossed another line on Friday night, though, when it censored posts from Trump which came from the official @POTUS government Twitter account and hinted at possibly building a new platform for free expression. Trump tweeted:
“As I have been saying for a long time, Twitter has gone further and further in banning free speech, and tonight, Twitter employees have coordinated with the Democrats and the Radical Left in removing my account from their platform, to silence me — and YOU, the 75,000,000 great patriots who voted for me… Twitter may be a private company, but without the government’s gift of Section 230 they would not exist for long.”
The tweets deletion came within a matter of minutes. Then Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and his geeks went a step further. The company is suspending the Trump campaign’s “Team Trump” page. The move comes after Trump tries to use that account to send the same messages.
Twitter is now banning President Trump from speaking to the American people. They are blocking an American government-sanctioned and supported platform. It is one that allows foreign hate accounts to spread propaganda. One of either of those countries could attack us, and the president might not even be able to speak out about it, depending on whether the establishment media decided to join Big Tech in censoring him as well.
This is now a national security situation. A handful of billionaires in California are preventing the American people from being able to hear from their president. That’s a problem. We’re told Trump is the one guilty of attempting a coup. Unless we have access to all of the information why would we trust anyone’s assertions? How Would You Glorify Violence?
Twitter failed if it intends to neutralize POTUS.
In silencing the president, the script has flipped. After Wednesday, Trump was the media’s public enemy no. 1 — again — after his blaming for the Capitol violence. Following the unprecedented censorship Friday, Trump is now the singular figure representing resistance to tyranny and a refusal to conform to the authoritarian left.
Twitter also set a new standard. When the company exiles an American president there is a justification requirement. It must explain and justify why the leaders of authoritarian regimes like China and Iran can still use the platform. Why do they still have a voice on the platform? Nothing too terrible can happen to our censors.
