Trump Rips Social Media Efforts to Censor Conservatives
President Trump took to Twitter Saturday morning, taking social media giants to task for censoring conservative voices. “Too many voices are being silenced, some good some & some bad,” he said. “And that cannot be allowed to happen.”
He did not say what steps he will take to thwart Facebook, Twitter and Instagram censorship and shadow-banning.
Social Media is totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices. Speaking loudly and clearly for the Trump Administration, we won’t let that happen. They are closing down the opinions of many people on the RIGHT, while at the same time doing nothing to others…….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 18, 2018
…..Censorship is a very dangerous thing & absolutely impossible to police. If you are weeding out Fake News, there is nothing so Fake as CNN & MSNBC, & yet I do not ask that their sick behavior be removed. I get used to it and watch with a grain of salt, or don’t watch at all..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 18, 2018
….Too many voices are being destroyed, some good & some bad, and that cannot be allowed to happen. Who is making the choices, because I can already tell you that too many mistakes are being made. Let everybody participate, good & bad, and we will all just have to figure it out!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 18, 2018
The president’s tweets come hours after conservative talk show host Dennis Prager revealed Facebook is blocking his Prager U posts.
Conservative author and editor Elizabeth Kantor was deplatformed for tweeting against deplatforming. Fortunately the ban was quickly lifted after a public outcry. (Editor’s Note: Kantor edited The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration by Stream writers John Zmirak and Al Perrotta.)
This week also saw Twitter banning conservative gadfly Gavin McInnis and join in the efforts to completely silence conspiracy-minded radio host Alex Jones.
The President and Bill Maher Agree on Something?!
Even liberal cable TV host Bill Maher came out last night against the social media purging of Jones. Said Maher, “Alex Jones gets to speak.” He also blasted the liberals behind the social media bans.
“If you are a liberal, you are supposed to be for free speech,” Maher told his audience on HBO. “That’s free speech for the speech you hate. That’s what free speech means. We’re losing the thread of the concepts that are important to this country,”
President Trump put it this way, “Let everybody participate, good & bad, and we will all just have to figure it out!”