"That's a colossal ethical failure" - Jordan Peterson returns -- Re: Censorship: Instagram (Facebook) Bans Qanon, Lets ISIS Freepost

Zenaan Harkness zen at freedbms.net
Thu Oct 22 03:08:37 PDT 2020


Worse than that - FB censors call to weigh SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett against a duck to prove she's not a witch.  I mean, what's the world coming to when you can't do a quick duck check against a possible witch?

Shocking!

Facebook really should be ashamed of themselves, interfering in a SCOTUS election in this way - and after a challenge by the BabylonBee, FBook doubled down on their eleckshun interference.

(Oh, and free speech right to satire - but that's -so- mundane.) :

   Netizens Slam Facebook’s ‘Woke Police’ For Banning Babylon Bee Satire on Grilling of Judge Barrett
   https://sputniknews.com/us/202010211080834168-netizens-slam-facebooks-woke-police-for-banning-babylon-bee-satire-on-grilling-of-judge-barrett/

      Last Wednesday, the news satire website Babylon Bee ran a story with the
      headline, "Senator Hirono Demands ACB Be Weighed Against A Duck To See If
      She Is A Witch," in reference to the grilling Judge Amy Coney Barrett
      faced from a Hawaii senator, who asked the judge if she had ever
      "sexually assaulted" anyone.

      Facebook has removed an article published by the conservative satirical
      site The Babylon Bee, mocking the grilling that Supreme Court nominee
      Judge Amy Coney Barrett came under from Hawaii's Democratic Senator Mazie
      Hirono during last week's confirmation hearing.

      Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon slammed the decision by the social media
      giant, revealing on Twitter the heated debate the satirical piece had
      triggered.

         So after a manual review, Facebook says they stand by their decision
         to pull down this article and demonetize our page. I'm not kidding.
         They say this article "incites violence." It's literally a
         regurgitated joke from a Monty Python movie!
                 — Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) October 20, 2020
                 https://t.co/U9B6tTOj6N
      ...





And now, what you've all been waiting for - a colossal return to ethics.

(Which of course requires an identification of colossal ethical failures...)

The man is back, with a succinct if not brutal naming of the foundational failure of the political "left" ~today.

9mins and 44seconds putting $YOU at the winning front line of handling the lunatic "liberal" lefties:

   Jordan Peterson - The fatal flaw in leftist American politics _ Big Think
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVUnUnWfHI


Found here:

   Pay attention: Jordan Peterson explains the most dangerous and ultimately fatal flaw of modern-day leftism
   https://notthebee.com/article/pay-attention-jordan-peterson-explains-the-very-dangerous-and-ultimately-fatal-flaw-of-modern-day-leftism



Peace muh grits,




On Thu, Oct 08, 2020 at 03:51:45AM -0400, grarpamp wrote:
> https://summit.news/2020/10/07/instagram-bans-qanon-accounts-but-refuses-to-remove-isis-accounts-celebrating-9-11/
> https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/instagram-bans-qanon-accounts-refuses-remove-isis-accounts-celebrating-911
> 
> Political censorship by entrenched partisan media...
> 
> 
> "
> Facebook-owned Instagram has announced that will ban all QAnon
> accounts, including ones that don’t promote violence, while refusing
> to remove ISIS propaganda accounts that celebrate 9/11 under the
> justification that “people may express themselves differently.”
> 
> In an update to its policy announced yesterday, Facebook said that it
> was moving beyond a measure taken back in August that removed QAnon
> accounts which contained “discussions of potential violence.”
> 
>     “We’ve seen other QAnon content tied to different forms of real
> world harm, including recent claims that the west coast wildfires were
> started by certain groups, which diverted attention of local officials
> from fighting the fires,” said the social media giant.
> 
> Facebook specified that it would “remove any Facebook Pages, Groups
> and Instagram accounts representing QAnon, even if they contain no
> violent content.”
> 
> Many pointed out the hypocrisy of Antifa accounts still being allowed
> on the platform despite the movement’s involvement in numerous violent
> riots over the last six months.
> 
>     But not Antifa, even though they're literally a terrorist
> organization with cells in every major city, complete with uniforms
> and flags. https://t.co/mQAewCzGKW
>     — Mark Dice (@MarkDice) October 6, 2020
> 
> While banning all QAnon content, Instagram has simultaneously refused
> to remove literal ISIS propaganda accounts that celebrate 9/11.
> 
> As the Sun reveals, one such account posted an image of the World
> Trade Center being hit by a plane along with the caption, “One of the
> most beautiful scenes.”
> 
> As recently as Sunday the Abogasm_1990 account posted an execution
> clip, and was followed by “20 other pro-IS accounts with more than
> 7,700 followers.”
> 
> However, even after The Center for Countering Digital Hate reported
> the accounts to Instagram, the social media network refused to remove
> them, saying no breach of guidelines had occurred.
> 
> Partially defending the content, Instagram explained that as “a global
> community we understand people may express themselves differently.”
> 
> “It is unbelievably irresponsible, but sadly unsurprising,” said CCDH
> chief exec Imran Ahmed.
> 
> So mere discussion of QAnon is completely banned, but actual
> glorification of terror attacks against the United States are just
> part of free speech, according to Instagram.
> "


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