Posted on 01/09/2021 8:26:24 AM PST by Kaslin
It’s one thing to debate whether Twitter and Facebook were right to block President Trump’s account in the immediate aftermath of the storming of the Capitol on Tuesday. I would argue that the move was unjustified, being yet another example of Big Tech overreach and censorship. On the other hand, in the heat of the moment, and with fear that the president could incite rioters, an argument could be made for a temporary block. But to ban him for life? On what grounds?
Well, according to former First Lady Michelle Obama, because he is “infantile and unpatriotic.”
As reported in a very cutting article on RedState, “Former First Lady Michelle Obama on Thursday called on Big Tech companies to permanently ban President Donald Trump from their social media platforms — principally because he’s ‘infantile and unpatriotic.’”
She posted her comments on social media in the immediate aftermath of the storming of the Capitol on Tuesday, laying the blame for the day’s events at the feet of President Trump. She also managed to bring race into the discussion as well, alleging that had the protestors and rioters been black, they would have met with much different resistance from the police.
Specifically, she gave these recommendations regarding the president: “Now is the time,” she wrote, “for those who voted for this president to see the reality of what they’ve supported – and publicly and forcefully rebuke him and the actions of that mob.”
She continued, “Now is the time for Silicon Valley companies to stop enabling this monstrous behavior – and go even further than they have by permanently banning this man from their platforms and putting in place policies to prevent their technology from being used by the nation’s leaders to fuel insurrection.”
What an absolutely outrageous, un-American request (or, perhaps, I should say, demand?). What a dangerous post. It is the Former First Lady who should be challenged for saying such things.
To be clear, as the ugly scene was unfolding on Tuesday, I began my radio show by laying the blame squarely at the feet of President Trump (see here).
I blame him for years of irresponsible rhetoric, for years of inflaming hatred and distrust, and for years of misusing his power as president to attack individuals.
I have consistently raised those concerns during his presidency (as a supporter), and even if he, too, was shocked and appalled at the day’s events, and even if there were some outside agitators involved as well, he helped to create the larger environment in which this horror unfolded.
In that regard, I don’t disagree entirely with Mrs. Obama.
Of course, her overall, race-related narrative of the day is a sham, a fictitious rewriting of recent history, glorifying the “overwhelmingly peaceful” race protests of 2020 and accusing the police of all kinds of brutal acts during those blissful protests.
As Mike Miller rightly asked on RedState, “Where was Michelle Obama, night after night when Ferguson, Missouri, was on fire; night after nights of riots in the aftermath of the justifiable police action against Michael Brown?
“Did she condemn that real violence? Half as much as she condemns the indefensible breach of the U.S. Capitol?”
He asked, “Was she watching the same ‘overwhelmingly peaceful movement’ we were? The looting? The burning? Torching police cars? Randomly murdering police officers? All in the name of so-called ‘racial justice’? Please.”
Mrs. Obama actually claimed that, “in city after city, day after day, we saw peaceful protestors met with brute force. . . . We saw cracked skulls and mass arrests . . . .”
To the contrary, in city after city, we saw police standing down and even fleeing from before the protestors. We saw police stations set on fire. And we saw a fraction of the people arrested who should have been arrested.
But let’s not even focus on these discrepancies here, since there has been more than enough hypocrisy on both the right and the left when it comes to reporting the race riots of 2020 and the storming of the Capitol on January 6.
And certainly, while the breach on the Capitol was hardly as violent as the race riots, it does stand out dramatically from the race riots, seeing that the Vice President and Congress were in the building, and this was, after all, the Capitol. Again, I share Mrs. Obama’s outrage and disgust that it happened.
But there is no possible justification for her call to ban Donald Trump from social media for life, not in the slightest. And for a woman of her stature even to suggest such things points to a very dark, very ominous, very dangerous potential future for America.
It could well be argued that Barack and Michelle Obama are the most influential couple on the planet, as reflected in their massive social media presence (just on Twitter, he has almost 128 million followers and she 19 million), their book sales, and their influence behind the scenes.
As noted November 19, 2020, “His tome, ‘A Promised Land,’ released Tuesday, sold an astonishing 887,000 copies in its first 24 hours on shelves. The number tops the 725,000 copies sold of the former first lady’s 2018 memoir, ‘Becoming,’ on Day 1.”
I therefore appeal to every person of conscience, both on the left and on the right, to reply to Michelle Obama’s suggestion with a firm and absolute “No!” That is not the kind of America in which any of us will thrive.
Scarily, Facebook and Instagram have already announced that Trump will be banned from their platforms “at least” through the inauguration.
America, take heed. America, speak up.
Ask yourself why any decent person would call for anything so evil.
She’s black and forced Africanization is ascendent
She is a feverish symptom of the Black Plague that is upon us
There is a minority of the minority that are still Americans but they are alas, irrelevant and powerless
more idiot spew from those who want ya to go down with ship..she’s gone
Why would anyone want to say anything to him? That guy is a skank!
On 'dot com" you can see all sorts of articles...and photos...of the bloodshed of thousands of kids.And you can see that famous photo of the guy in front of a column of tanks.
But on "dot cn" you see *none* of that.All you see are peaceful photos of Mao smiling down on his adoring people.
That's what The Former First Linebacker is supporting.Nothing less.
Her big baboon ass needs to be removed too.
You got that right.
Excellent point.
Gee, she doesn’t sound like the sweet, airbrushed friendly looking woman on the many coffee table photo books and “Favorite Quotations” gift books and memoir volumes.
Sounds more like the vicious, spiteful, chip on her shoulder anti-American shrew she really is. If I didn’t despise B.Hussein Obama I would (almost) feel sorry for him.
Gee, she doesn’t sound like the sweet, airbrushed friendly looking woman on the many coffee table photo books and “Favorite Quotations” gift books and memoir volumes.
Sounds more like the vicious, spiteful, chip on her shoulder anti-American shrew she really is. If I didn’t despise B.Hussein Obama I would (almost) feel sorry for him.
I don't know if she realizes it or if she is just one of the useful idiots, but the Left is built on a foundation of lies.
Communism is nothing but window dressing for authoritarianism.
It's the authoritarians way of saying "see, we care about the people. That's why we're going to meet all your needs equally. Free everything for everyone...as long as you do as you're told."
How many millions in laundered bribes did Michael and Barry get from Netflix?
Screw OFF!
Perpetually angry, petulant, entitled, race-baiting Michelle Obama is the WORST First Lady EVER.
THAT will be her place in history.
No grace, no class, no manners. Just another angry ghettopotamus ranting and raving. “Oh no you dih-unt!”
Nope. Utter nonsense.
This is a waste of an essay. Democrats do not read not listen to a word of what the people say.
The First Moocher has spoken. Get a job Mooch.
I don’t care what Big Mike Obama has to say when his testosterone levels ramp up. He isn’t a she no matter how much the media insists.
I don’t think the Patriots that attended the rally were nearly as violent as they had a right to be.
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