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jewrocker · 4 years

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The Trump/Twitter Hypocrisy. When Will It End?

Last week, the nice folks at Twitter permanently suspended my account - again. For the fourth time. The previous three times I was kicked off the site were for trolling upstanding patriots like Matt Gaetz, Mitch McConnell, and Lindsey Graham, respectively.

The interesting thing re: this latest suspension, was not that I was kicked off again. By now, I’m used to seeing my account suspended on what seems like a monthly basis - as well as having to rebuild my followers from scratch. Whatever. However, the apparent reason for this latest suspension was for posting a satirical clip a few of us Resisters made of president pie hole opening fire on a group of holiday shoppers -- an obvious nod to his own statement of being able to get away with “shooting people on Fifth Ave.” The caption read "Raise your hand if you think this will be the scene the day after he’s acquitted by the Senate."

Interestingly enough, no sooner am I banished to the Phantom Zone, forever, the Trump campaign releases a video depicting the president as the mass-murdering 'Thanos' from the Avengers, showing the president waving his hand and eviscerating the entire Congressional Impeachment delegation.

Did the folks at Twitter suspend his deplorable offspring for retweeting such blatant hate speech and for all-but-calling for the deaths of these elected officials? Did they at least suspend the accounts of those running Trump’s campaign who created the ad and who thought it was a good idea to publicly advocate for the annihilation of his rivals? Did they do this because, as our Commander-in-Chief, he -as well as the people around him - should be held to higher standards than your average Twitter user? Did they do anything at all? How about the last video, in which the president’s featured as “The Kingsman”, assassinating church goers, including entire news organizations, as well as shooting president Obama in the face? Did they do anything then? #Crickets

Why not, you ask? Ah, that's the big head scratcher, kids. Maybe it’s because there’s a shitload of GOP/Trump-sympathizing interns working the servers who make it their mission to tilt the scales every chance they get? (That would explain our on-again-off-again relationship). Maybe it’s because the geeks at Headquarters were playing Xbox when the spot was posted and not paying attention? Or, perhaps it’s because CEO Jack Dorsey found himself puckering up and kissing some bloated, orange ass in exchange for a few undisclosed favors in one of the happy couple’s recent White House meetings? Maybe good ole Jack’s so guilt-ridden, he decided to relocate to Africa to avoid the media? Who knows? The only thing certain is there is an unequivocal double-standard when it comes to how Twitter polices Trump vs. the rest of us, i.e. it’s non-existent.

Why, since this incredibly unqualified lunatic took office, has Twitter not done a thing to try and curb his attacks on private citizens?

Why haven’t they taken any action when the president of the Unites States uses members of Congress, the FBI (poor Lisa Page), career ambassadors, even dead Congressmen and Senators, as target practice?

Why have they stood by and done nothing as the orange idiot calls for the “outing” of whistleblowers? Why are they doing nothing now that he’s apparently followed through and leaked the Ukraine whistleblower’s name? Aside from being a crime, this makes Twitter accomplices in allowing this brave individual’s life, and possibly the lives of his/her family to be put in danger.

If all this is not enough, does it get any more pathetic than the president of the United States using his favorite app to publicly shame a sixteen year-old girl because he’s jealous he didn’t win “Person of the Year”? Or because he was virtually ignored at Davos in favor of this brilliant and brave teenager?

However, the Orange Emperor’s favorite Twitter past time seems to be publicly shaming/attacking Congressman Adam Schiff - be it using his bully pulpit to criticize his physical appearance in front of an arena full of hungry zombies, or going so far as calling for his head on a spike.

There are so many things wrong with this mind-boggling ambivalence on the part of the world’s most popular communication tool, it’s beyond words. Forget the fact that the president violates one of Twitter’s “Main Commandments” on an hourly basis. That being:

“You may not engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or incite other people to do so.”

Seriously, Twitter? You’re joking, right? Take away every single tweet in which @RealdonaldTrump has either directly harassed, or called for the harassment/public shaming of one of his critics and/or opponents, and you’re left with about six on the economy. Out of about twenty-five thousand. If that’s not bias, I don’t know what is.

Why hasn’t there been a single article or opinion piece in the last three awful years by an executive at Twitter Central who’s watched their application be used for the primary purpose of sowing chaos and discord amongst his/her fellow Americans and who had the balls to try and put a stop to it? Where is the Twitter whistleblower? Something is definitely rotten in Denmark.

Legally speaking, at the moment, there doesn’t seem to be anything we can do. I’ve had scores of friends who’ve had to deal with the two-faced, spineless, hypocritical policies of an entity that thrives on playing judge, jury and executioner towards its users for the most minor of infractions, who, like me, want to sue, and who are then told by an attorney that, because Twitter is not a state or federal agency, they are not bound by first amendment law.

This is a problem that needs fixing, asap. After all, we, the users are the reason - the ONLY reason - Twitter is a multi-billion dollar company. It would seem being allowed to operate, virtually unregulated (you listening Congress?), you’d think the Powers That Be would be forced to afford its users some sort of protection under the Constitution. Especially if they define their main purpose as that of a tool for “Public Conversation.”

Should the biggest entity for conversation/communication/breaking news the world has ever seen be allowed to operate free of oversight? To reap the financial/social rewards it gets by providing such a platform and, in turn, not be subjected to any rules, outside of the ones it provides for itself? Seems a tad one-sided. Especially since they’re now a publicly traded company.

Additionally, Twitter’s entire “Appeal Process” is an absolute joke. A pathetic sham that mocks the user in its apathetic taunt to offer a chance at redemption. Be interesting to know how many users whose accounts have been suspended were reinstated on appeal. I’d venture to say the number is zero to none, as you aren’t ever given the opportunity to communicate w/ a live human being, or to fully explain your situation/defense.

Similar to Facebook’s M.O. of treating its users like batteries in The Matrix, sucking every bit of life they can get before flushing us into the void, Twitter provides one of the most pathetically inadequate support departments in the history of support departments. They make the cable companies look like Trader Joe’s. I’ve had my account suspended for stupid things like ‘wishing’ for Mitch McConnell’s untimely passing (please God, hurry). However, there’s a big difference between wanting/wishing for something and threatening to do it, yourself. With each one-sided suspension, Twitter is telling us they are the Thought Police.

The real dangerous part about what’s happening is, once again, we have technology far eclipsing the pace of regulatory practices/congressional oversight. As we speak, there’s absolutely nothing stopping the most powerful man on earth from using the power of his office, and the technology at his fingertips, to threaten, intimidate, harass, bully, and lie, round-the-clock, 24/7. Not Congress, not The People, and, Lord knows, not Twitter, itself. It may take generations to recover from such a traumatic, incessant, daily assault on our senses, on the Truth, and our world as a whole. And, for providing our unhinged POTUS a soapbox free of consequences, Twitter’s role cannot be understated.

Imagine, for a minute, how much better things would be if they actually held the president to the same standards as the rest of us? Imagine if Trump’s Twitter account had been suspended for violating their terms early on? Even for a week. Not only would it have made him think twice before he attacks another private citizen/company, or out a whistleblower, imagine what an amazing week that would’ve been? Free of hate, free of malice and misleading proclamations and declarations being spewed out and blasted at us from the most powerful man on earth, every five minutes, like the spigot of a piping hot sprinkler of hate on a sweltering summer’s day? One can dream.

Til then, perhaps a massive class action suit against Twitter by thousands of users who were suspended/kicked off/banned for the same things the president does on a daily basis would wake them and/or Congress up? Even if it’s not winnable, watching their stock drop a dozen points due to such an egregious pr gaff would make any company rethink its relationship with its users, and the public. Feel free to email me - [email protected] if you’re interested in joining the suit. When combined, we ‘snowflakes’ form an avalanche.

Social media has become the primary way of communication for 99% of modern society - not to mention a trillion dollar behemoth that’s virtually unregulated. It’s about time these Titans of Text were held accountable to their users, from whom, they generate one hundred percent of their value. Til then, keep a look out for my fifth Twitter profile. #RESIST

(UPDATE: 5/26/20 After nearly four years and twenty-thousand lies, it's good to see Twitter finally decided, to put a 'disclaimer' on ONE of orange idiot's ridiculous tweets and hold him to the same standards as the rest of us. (wink). #Babysteps

Twitter also suspended my account, yet again, this past weekend for comparing White House press sec and houseplant, Kayleigh McEnany to the cliche bimbo at the opening of a slasher movie. The Thought Police claim, by saying an empty-headed bimbo who walks right into a machete has more credibility than McEnany, I’m “promoting violence.” Also, trying to fill out the “Appeal Box”- which, as stated above, as all but useless, would be a bit more fair if you were given more than a twenty character limit to state your case.

But my main point above, re: in lieu of a class action, public pressure can force Twitter and/or Congress to do the right thing and apply their policies equally, no matter the individual’s status, was just proven to work. In fact, IMO the leader of the free world should be held to a higher standards than the rest of us. Nonetheless, Twitter finally bowed to pressure due to all of us screaming bloody murder. Keep it up, folks.

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