Posted on 06/29/2013 3:06:11 PM PDT by kristinn
Facebook blocked Fox News Radio’s Todd Starnes after he posted a message on his fan page supporting the National Rifle Association, Paula Deen and Jesus. He was also prevented from posting a daily Bible verse on the page.
“I’m about as politically incorrect as you can get,” Starnes wrote on his Facebook page. “I’m wearing an NRA ball cap, eating a Chick-fil-A sandwich, reading a Paula Deen cookbook and sipping a 20-ounce sweet tea while sitting in my Cracker Barrel rocking chair with the Gather Vocal Band singing ‘Jesus Saves’ on the stereo and a Gideon’s Bible in my pocket. Yes sir, I’m politically incorrect and happy as a june bug.”
The post generated hundreds of comments and went viral. But Facebook said what Starnes wrote violated their policies.ban1
“We removed this from Facebook because it violates our Community Standards,” Facebook wrote in a message to Starnes. “So you’re temporarily blocked from using this feature.”
For the time being, Starnes has been blocked from his fan page as well as his personal page. He was also prevented from posting a daily Bible verse called “Morning Glory – Start Your Day Inspired.”
Starnes is the host of Fox News & Commentary – a daily radio commentary heard on hundreds of stations around the nation.
SNIP
UPDATE: Facebook has now apologized for removing the posting and blocking Starnes.
“A member of our team accidentally removed something you posted on Facebook,” read a statement from Facebook. “This was a mistake, and we sincerely apologize for this error.”
(Excerpt) Read more at radio.foxnews.com ...
Baloney. My friends and I are among the best informed people out there. I quit watching tv news many years ago. I am smart enough to find sites with real news. You do not have the right kind of friends if most are Marxist. You can unfriend them, you know. I have had 2 friends who were dems and we are no longer friends. The rest are Christian conservatives. I am not even sure how many I have but guess it is around 300. When unknown people want to be friends I just say no. The site is as good as you make it.
I had this thought the other day.
This must be a Black thang!
I understand Todd Starnes got blocked for saying: “I’m about as politically incorrect as you can get...I’m wearing an NRA ball cap, eating a Chick-fil-A sandwich, reading a Paula Deen cookbook and sipping a 20-ounce sweet tea while sitting in my Cracker Barrel rocking chair with the Gather Vocal Band singing ‘Jesus Saves’ on the stereo and a Gideon’s Bible in my pocket. Yes sir, I’m politically incorrect and happy as a june bug.”
Is that where we have come? Can the boy billionaire block people for speaking like that while others insult and slander well-meaning people who happen to have another political bent?
There are actual "hate" pages in FB land. Yes, they use that word in their page names. And, oh yes, the content can get pretty darn venomous. Yet we ban Todd Starnes for poking at current events.
I do hope that I have quoted T.S. correctly.
I just deleted my post after reading the “accident” message.
You choose your own Facebook friends. If you chose to "friend" Marxists, that is your decision; Facebook management didn't foist them on you. I have very few FB friends who are liberal, and those few who are liberals only discuss pets or family with me. My conservative FB friends and I have a lot of interesting discussions of political issues. Some of them are Freepers and we post articles we see here on FR for everyone's edification.
I have greatly reduced my usage. I was a frequent poster, but now go weeks without using it. I just spent 30 minutes catching up, but event that makes me feel noxious.
I always knew the NSA was “tied in” and that FB was leftist jerks, but the in your face stuff over the last month or so helped to ween me.
I’m staying in a hotel in ultra-lib San Francisco Bay Area. I was pleased, though surprised, to find a Gideon Bible in my bedstand.
Meanwhile there’s a FB page that says “behead those who insult ...”
FB refuses to remove it even though it calls for slicing heads off bodies.
As I have said a million times, there’s more outrage over WORDS than over violent ACTIONS.
Facebook — Conservatives for America!!!
“Conservatives need to get the heck off of Facebook, is the lesson.”
Great idea!
That way we will have even one less way of spreading our message, while the left can coordinate at lightening speed in the 21st century, while we depend on frickin AM radio shows.
Brilliant!
Classic :-)
Exellent!!!
(Omuslim and the Dec of indep)
FR has two Facebook pages. Get on; take over.
Don’t let management know it is there, LOL!!
I asked for a Bible at an SF hotel a few years ago. They had a Koran which they tried to hand me (!!!). I told them that was not a BIBLE! Since we were frequent customers they went to the bookstore and bought a Bible for their library...!!!
Todd....he’ll soon have one of those messages on his page that pops up and says, “The following program does not reflect the views of this station...” like they do for Christian services or CBN. It really cracks me up as they must support The Mistresses and the other TV programs that I never watch with adultry and killing and more!!
Be glad you are in SF and not Texas. The heat is ON! It’s my favorite time of the year to be in SF but we’re skipping this year since we went to Israel in the Spring. I truly miss walks and the GREAT food!
Maybe he should sign it Alec Baldwin.
Facebook responds to complaints. Because a high profile gets more complaints they are more likely to get noticed. I think it might be automatically blocked if you get too many abuse reports. Then when they get around to it someone looks at it. I have a friend who had someone create a duplicate profile of him. It took a couple days for a person to delete it.
Facebook banned my siter for posting the photos of Chinese military executing women dissidents.
Are we on two different Facebook’s?
Admittedly, I don’t use it often, but when I do, I post things that concern Conservatives: gun rights, poor government, etc.
I’ve never had a post removed.
Amen! I was called stupid for saying several years ago that the government uses FB and every other web site to spy on it’s citizens.
I also firmly believe it is owned by the government. Zucker what’s his name is the actual “face” of FB. I doubt nearly as many people would sign up on a website if they knew it was owned and operated by the letter agencies...CIA, FBI, etc.
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