Posted on 05/26/2023 7:02:38 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Vivek Ramaswamy violated the “hate speech,” “misinformation,” and “violence” policy on LinkedIn, which is owned by Microsoft Corporation.
Vivek, as you know, is a hateful White Supremacist with a history of unhinged ranting and violent threats to everybody. He wields machetes (oops, no, that is a college professor), calls for violent protests in the streets (oops, no, that is Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal), rants about chasing public officials out of restaurants and all public spaces (oops, no, that is Congresswoman Maxine Waters), and holds speakers at colleges hostage (oops, no, that is the woke college students in San Francisco).
Well, anyway. Maybe he didn’t do anything that bad, but clearly, he must have done something really awful to get booted from LinkedIn, right?
Let’s hear from the man himself, who explains exactly what hateful conduct Microsoft objected to.
It turns out that Vivek criticized Biden’s policies on China, how China is using woke ideology to ruin America, and that Climate change activists are wrong.
That sure sounds like violence to me. Hateful misinformation. He MUST BE SILENCED for the good of The State.
Now I am a rather naive guy, so I never realized that objecting to Chinese communist policies was violent hate speech. I didn’t even know that criticizing the shifting of oil production from the United States to Russia was something so offensive that it must be silenced.
I guess I have to update my definition of hate speech. Maybe it is even literal genocide. How would I know? These definitions are updated all the time to ensure that only the approved people can speak.
I like Vivek, although I haven’t paid much attention to him since I think he is a second-tier candidate, although I suspect he will do better than even Mike Pence in Iowa. He is super-smart, charming, and has an appealing message that will resonate with much of the base. I could easily see him as a potential Vice Presidential candidate, and I suspect that so can he.
I would unhesitatingly vote for him were he the nominee, but I don’t see that happening, and I would, as I have made clear, prefer DeSantis, who I think is fully prepared for the job.
Still, this is a gift to Ramaswamy, since LinkedIn is a niche audience. Not an insignificant one, since almost by definition you are speaking to a monied professional class. But niche. Ramaswamy benefits by being labeled an enemy of some of the worst people in America, and that is a badge of honor for a Republican candidate.
My sense, based upon nothing other than my rather cramped view provided by living on the internet, is that there is a building rage among conservatives directed at the smug, arrogant, tyrannical elite class in America. Years ago they declared unlimited war upon us and our kids, and we basically took the insults.
When Trump got elected he became our Paladin in the battle against them, but that only made them more outrageous and more powerful. Look at what they have done since his election. They are stronger today than ever. When Trump lost, they thought they vanquished us.
They have yet to realize that we are done with having a single champion fight for us. We are rising up as a group and fighting back, and the more they attack, the more conservatives are engaging. Ask Bud Light and Target how they like that.
Still, there is a danger: too many conservatives are fighting each other as well as the Left. I can’t count the number of times that acolytes of one candidate or another forswear voting if their guy doesn’t win.
That is ridiculous. Anybody who forswears voting for the Republican nominee, no matter who wins, is voting for the Democrats to control the country. That is unforgivable. Every abortion, every kid transed, every farm closed, and every kilowatt of power ungenerated will be endorsed by those who sit the election out. When the FBI or IRS comes knocking on an innocent person’s door, it would be the fault of the abstainers with fragile egos.
The choice will be Biden or the Republican. Refusing to vote for the Republican is helping Biden win.
Forget bruised egos. Forget battles over taxes or spending. This is about preserving liberty and saving our civilization.
We need a Republican House, a Republican Senate, and a Republican President in 2025. Anything short of that and the mess gets worse.
Microsoft has done us and Vivek a favor by being so bold and so shameless. If Vivek Ramaswamy is considered a hateful violent man, literally anybody would fit that description. Anybody with a brain can see that. This makes Microsoft look bad, not Ramaswamy.
Microsoft, by the way, asserts that they are all about free speech, and if only Vivek comes back and says that oil is bad, China is good, and Joe Biden is a great president they are happy to have him on their platform.
Whatever.
Vivek Ramaswamy doesn’t need LinkedIn, and they will turn out to be a good enemy to have when appealing to Republicans.
People like that tend to do best in Cabinet positions where they both influence the President and apply their strength to an area of expertise.
Democrats often get their way, even when the GOP controls the WH and Congress. This country is well on its way to becoming a socialist country (at a minimum) even though the GOP has held the WH and/or Congress at various points since 1995. So no, I am not going to vote for a candidate just because they have an 'R' next to their name since that has been a failed approach for quite some time, now.
I reckon Vivek is too successful revealing the left as UnAMerican. Like Tucker Carlson, he had to be shut up by a cancel.
Bye bye linkedin account. Censorship is bad.
WHO to Use ‘Listening Surveillance Systems’ to Monitor Americans’ Speech for ‘Misinformation’ Slay News May 26, 2023
Linked in is run by a disgusting leftist a-hole of the worst kind.
He’s an anchor baby, born on US soil to parents who were not US citizens.
Does it matter?
I’d say yes, since he doesn’t have a protective (D) after his name.
A few years ago I would have said I couldn’t vote for him.
Just voting for anybody with an R next to their name is helping to kill off our republic. It must be a real agent for change and the values this country was founded upon. When we nominate uni-party stooges, the choice is between two sides of the same coin. It’s moot. I won’t pledge to blindly support any party’s candidate. They have to share my values as much as possible. No more Bushes, Romneys, Ryans, McCains, and with his current associations, DeSantis.
But I find him a lot more appealing than many who claim to be Christians.
“2. There are no documented, or even observable ties between the DeSantis campaign and “the RNC establishment””
Doesn’t have to be ties, endorsements are all us Trump voters need, and there are PLENTY of RNC Establishment types endorsing him...and I have yet to hear DeSantis disown any of them, particularly Paul Ryan, Bush Jr., and Karl Rove.
Anyway, 2024 is over for DeSantis, but I like him and would like to see him remain viable for 2028.
I always found LinkedIn completely useless.
True
Old news, I read that they reinstated him. Doesn’t matter, would never, never vote for him. He’s not NBC, just another Indian anchor baby.
RE: He’s not NBC, just another Indian anchor baby.
How do you know his parents were not US citizens when he was born?
I like Vivek, although I haven’t paid much attention to him ... “
I like him and ... we’re a YEAR PLUS away from voting ... I intend to support him to the hilt.
If he stays in the race, I expect most people will continue referring to him by first name Vivek. If he stays in, Ill make an effort to learn his last name too. “Vivek” is short and punchy.
He is a new character and somewhat interesting. I like that he is bold and plainspoken. It’s a start.
Global warming is such a scam
It’s maybe reached over 80 degrees 3-4 times this spring, IN CHARLOTTE.
Tomorrow we get a high of 56 degrees.
It’s been cold like this for weeks.
RE: Old news, I read that they reinstated him.
Apparently, LinkedIn says that Vivek Ramaswamy’s account “was restricted in error”
A spokesperson for the social network assured that the suspension of the Republican candidate’s profile was not deliberate and that they are working to reinstate his profile.
See here:
https://voz.us/linkedin-censors-vivek-ramaswamys-account-in-error/?lang=en
I haven’t been able to nail that down. Vivek was born in 1985. I’ve seen someone claim his parents were naturalized in the 1980’s, but I don’t know when in the 1980’s or even if that’s true.
admire Vivek for having the right enemies.
Agree, but unsure that a sane conservative can go anywhere.
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