Posted on 11/11/2021 8:38:11 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Twitter really knows how to help a guy out. Whenever I want to retweet an article about vulnerabilities in our elections, Twitter provides a pop-up asking “do you want to read the article first?” This even happens when it is my own tweet and my own article.
Do I want to read the article first? Nope, I wrote it.
I’d wager this week’s Las Vegas Sun piece – “The Big Lie Laid Bare Again, But Will Nevada GOP Candidates Disavow It?” – won’t face any blocks at Twitter asking if you want to read the article first before you retweet it.
We are all familiar with the big stories of cancel culture. Something more insidious is emerging, where ideas and people are canceled on the margins. Twitter is placing obstacles in front of the spread of conservative ideas.
Want to post an idea about election vulnerabilities on Twitter?
Be careful or be suspended.
I learned this most recently after the organization I run sued the top election official in Fairfax County, Va., just before the election on behalf of a local nonprofit. The official ignored Virginia law and accepted absentee ballot applications without the statutorily required last four digits of the voter’s social security number. This step is designed to prevent mistakes at the election office and the disenfranchisement of voters. Once a ballot goes to the wrong person by mistake, the original registrant will not be allowed to vote.
Postings about this lawsuit were flagged as controversial or questionable. Here’s the problem: The Fairfax County election official admitted he wasn’t requiring the numbers. The facts were not in dispute, at least in written stipulations both parties filed in court.
On Twitter, the undisputed becomes controversial and gets flagged.
“Oh, but these are private parties!” our libertarian friends will crow.
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
Private parties acting as government agents are no different than the government.
Someday these censors will find themselves among the victims of an alarm they suppressed.
Censoring Claims of Voter Fraud Is More Dangerous Than You ThinkNot for Fox News (the most trusted name in news, we report you decide, fair and balanced < /sarcasm >) .
They've been censoring everything about the 2020 election for a year...By everything, I mean everything by everyone.
Well, except for a few weeks ago when they did a CYA blaming Zuckerberg for mingling in it.
Other than that, not one word.
Not from Chris ("I don't want to hear any crap from Republicans"...Now there's a fine example of their "fair and balanced", "we report you decide", most trusted name in news) Wallace(D),
not Hannity, not Levine, not Bongino, not Gutfeld, not Judge Jennine, not Watters, not The Five (stooges), not Fox And (not your) Friends, not Cavuto, not even a slip of the tongue from a drug addled Tucker.
Not from Bret Baier because he's too busy with his Jan 6 commission distraction. Trying to blame Trump for the "insurrection" to justify their own involvement in illegally defeating and betraying Trump. As well as betraying their viewers/fans, not to mention the entire nation.
This.
Conversation with A liberal:
Me: Did you vote for Bernie Sandes in the Primaries?
Lib: Yes
Me: What happened?
Lib: He lost.
Me: Are you sure?
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