Posted on 10/29/2017 5:07:19 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Roger Stone is a long-time Republican political operative and adviser to President Donald Trump
Twitter barred Stone after he unleashed an expletive-filled tirade on Friday aimed at CNN commentators
In a series of tweets, Stone took aim at CNN anchors Don Lemon and Jake Tapper as well as commentator Charles Blow
Stone was reacting to CNN's reporting on the first indictment to be handed down in Robert Mueller's probe into alleged election meddling by Russia
Roger Stone, a long-time Republican political operative and adviser to President Donald Trump, has been permanently banned from Twitter, it was learned on Saturday.
The social media service barred Stone after he unleashed an expletive-filled tirade on Friday aimed at CNN commentators.
In a tweet addressed to anchor Don Lemon, Stone wrote: ‘There are no credible “fact checks” that clear the Clintons on uranium. Even the people at CNN say you are a buffoon behind your back.’
Stone was referring to the sale of American uranium to a Russian government-backed company during Hillary Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state under President Barack Obama.....
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they will somehow prevent him from creating another twitter account. Of course it would be without a verification check mark
No doubt _______ sucker is what got him banned.
No kidding...it was FOUL! and CLASSLESS!!
Hard to tweet from prison anyway.
No, they’re claiming that he is too threatening because he said that news media that lie should be punished. He said Don Lemon should be “confronted, humiliated, mocked and punished”
That was apparently interpreted as a “threat”. Here’s what Twitter said:
“‘We believe in freedom of expression and in speaking truth to power, but that means little as an underlying philosophy if voices are silenced because people are afraid to speak up,’ the spokesperson said.
I guess if news entities think that they might be humiliated if they lie, it will make them “afraid to speak up”, so Twitter has to silence the ones who might humiliate them.
Twisted logic.
That's what I was thinking. I personally have had both my "Discuss" and "Twitter" banned several times (once for referring to Michelle Obama as a wookie, apparently the lib mods didn't like that). Each time I would just create a new account and be back to posting 10 minutes later (with ironically the exact same screen name or something very similar).
Now of course I'm not a public figure like Roger Stone, which twitter might track more closely, especially if a brand user named Roger_Stone_Isback suddenly appeared...
So Roger Stone speaks truth to power, and *this* is the reason Twitter bans him? Truly, liberalism *is* a mental disorder.
I can see a temporary suspension for using foul language. But censoring because of ideas, because someone speaks up for truth, is extremely troubling.
There is always Gab. Although Gab is billing itself as totally uncensored, and seems to be going the direction of 4chan. My son loves Gab.
At what point does a private communications service become a public utility?
We shall soon see.
Just use one of Comey’s or Mrs. Goodell’s handles
If the old man had been face to face with those CNN guys, in Texas them would be fightin’ words.
Despite what you think of someone personally, if you want to be considered to be a competent spokesman on a national basis on behalf of your friend, you can’t use public media like this.
Stone probably doesn’t care, or doesn’t regret his words. I personally don’t care if he’s on Twitter or not.
>>>No doubt _______ sucker is what got him banned<<<
Well, Lemon is Gay and that’s what they do. Not saying it’s strictly a Gay activity, but it is what it is.
It’s like calling Obama a Mulatto. People take offense, but it is the descriptive name for a Mixed Race person.
I guess he could have Lemon a Lying Lewinsky. LOL
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