According to Subrat Patnaik and Shubham Kalia for Reuters, “Twitter hid a tweet from President Donald Trump on Friday, accusing him of breaking its rules by ‘glorifying violence’ in a message that said looters at protests in Minneapolis would be shot.”
That doesn’t sound like “glorifying violence…,” it sounds like a warning or a threat.
“Twitter’s decision to step in, at a time of racially charged civil unrest in cities across the United States, escalates a feud between [President] Trump and tech companies.”
“It came just hours after Trump signed an executive order threatening Silicon Valley social media firms with new regulations [guaranteeing] free speech.”
‘“…These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!’ [President] Trump’s tweet read.”
“[President] Trump’s message can now be seen only after clicking on a notice which says: ‘This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules about glorifying violence. However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public’s interest for the Tweet to remain accessible.’”
So nice of you to allow us to see what our President has to say!
Where the hell are we?!
We are still living in America, aren’t we?
This is beginning to sound like more and more like George Orwell’s book, “1984.”
It took a little longer than George thought, but it is happening.
“1984” is a dystopian novel by English novelist George Orwell.
A dystopia is a community or society that is undesirable or frightening. It is a state or society where there is great suffering or injustice.
The book was published in 1949, and centers on the consequences of government over-reach, totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of all persons and behaviors within society.
The story takes place in an imagined future, the year 1984, when much of the world has fallen victim to perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, a distortion of the historical record, and propaganda. The “thought police” are employed there as well.
“1984” popularized the adjective “Orwellian,” which represents things such as official deception, secret surveillance, brazenly misleading terminology, and manipulation of recorded history by a totalitarian or authoritarian state.
Is all of this starting to sound familiar?
“Twitter said it had taken its action over the Trump tweet ‘in the interest of preventing others from being inspired to commit violent acts.’”
Oh…, of course…, it was in our best interests, for our own safety, for our own good.
That’s what the Nazis told the Jews as the forced them from their homes.
Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback and liberal political activist, Colin Kaepernick, recently tweeted about the Minneapolis riots, “The cries for peace will rain down, and when they do, they will land on deaf ears, because your violence has brought this resistance. We have the right to fight back!”
Now there’s a tweet that seems to be “glorifying violence.”
Where’s the notice that this tweet violated Twitter’s rules?
We all know Twitter is just fine with Kaepernick’s tweet, but all up in arms over President Trump’s tweet.
There are hundreds of millions of tweets every day.
This is targeted censorship. I guarantee you that I could tweet the exact same thing President Trump did and there would be no warning or disclaimer attached to my tweet.
In fact, I can guarantee you there are tens of thousands of untruthful tweets and tweets promoting violence out there that will never be flagged.
The only tweets that will be flagged are those which, by flagging them, will advance the liberal narrative.
There’s no real concern about safety or truthfulness.
It’s ALL about advancing the liberal narrative.
On a side note…, Twitter is based in…, where else but…, in San Francisco, California!
Well, who’da thunk it?
Where else would the liberal word and thought police be headquartered?
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