My latest in PJ Media:
Everyone knows that one Donald J. Trump of Palm Beach, Florida is the source and summit of evil in the modern world, but he has been banned from Twitter for over a year now, so the republic (you know, that thing the Democrats constantly refer to as “our democracy”) is safe. Twitter is nothing if not consistent: Trump is so extremely evil that Twitter is permitting official accounts of the Islamic Republic of Iran, one of the world’s premier regimes of color, to threaten to murder Trump and officials from his administration without being banned or even suspended. Death threats are ordinarily not permitted, but when they’re against Trump, they serve wokeness; what could possibly be wrong with that?
On New Year’s Day, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, tweeted: “Martyr Soleimani is an eternal reality that will live on forever. His assassins – including Trump & the like – will go down in history’s garbage bin, but of course after receiving retribution in this world for the crime they committed.” That “retribution in this world” bit was a clear threat, but Twitter did nothing to restrict Khamenei’s account.
Nor did Twitter do anything to the account of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps when it tweeted: “The Islamic Republic of Iran considers vengeance against those responsible for the Baghdad crime to be the right of all believers; whether they are drops in the ocean or bits of sand in the desert they’ll seek vengeance next to the criminals’ homes.”
Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) commented: “So, the leftist oligarchs at Twitter will allow the [Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps] to tweet death threats at President Trump, but will deplatform him for calling for a peaceful protest? Last I checked, making death threats is inciting violence.”
Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas), skewered Twitter’s hypocrisy: “In Twitter’s safety rules and polices, they say, ‘You may not threaten violence against an individual or a group of people.’ If this is the case, why is the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism, Iran, allowed to threaten to kill President Donald Trump? Not only is Twitter exclusively censoring conservatives, but now they are letting Iran’s armed forces issue death threats to a former sitting president. Twitter needs to consider following their own policies and immediately remove this tweet.”
When contacted by the Washington Free Beacon, “Twitter did not respond to a request for comment on why the tweet remains active and whether that tweet violates the company’s guidelines.” That’s not surprising. What could they possibly say? Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who was recently banned from Twitter herself, called Twitter “an enemy to America and can’t handle the truth.” When Twitter allows Iranian officials who shout “Death to America” a platform to threaten an American and bans that same American on false pretenses, it’s hard to say that Greene is wrong.
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Walter Sieruk says
Since the high officials of that Iranian Islamic regime , which is totally based on the false religion , the deceptive demonic religion ,so completely hate Donald Trump with such a spiteful passion that they issue death threats against him is enough alone to prove the President Trump is a godly , righteous and good man with sound judgement.
In other words consider the evil source and characters of those who detest Donald Trump to discover what a great man he is
That last sentence also may apply to the characters of the leaders of Antifa and BLM
Westman says
More theater for the Iranian citizens from Khamenei – “Look, I’m seeking revenge for the killing of my nation’s military version of, ” Heinrich Himmler”. Ignore my other failures.
The Iranian citizens knew what Gen Soleimani was and are content to see him gone.
Why isn’t Twitter running some information on the Iran Mullah’s attempt to pass a law allowing them to kill all the citizen’s pets? Or the abysmal Iranian economy, the droughts, the beating, prosecution, rape, and torture of women who won’t wear a hooded black sack?
Woke Twitter, now supporting death threats by Islamists, everywhere.
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
“Marg bar Twitter!”
gravenimage says
Very funny.
Infidel says
All decent people at least on the right should boycott Twitter. I fully condemn everybody who still has accounts there. Especially when there are alternatives like Gettr, Gab, Frankspeech and Parler ??
Wellington says
Seconded.
gravenimage says
Here’s Robert Spencer’s Twitter feed:
https://twitter.com/jihadwatchRS?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
gravenimage says
Twitter Is Allowing Iranian Government Officials to Issue Death Threats Against Trump
………………
Just appalling–but this does not surprise.
Wellington says
Indeed, gravenimage, no surprise at all. Using Twitter any longer is easily arguable an anti-American act.
Twitter = hate of America.
gravenimage says
And it doesn’t even matter whether one is a Trump supporter or not–that Twitter is allowing this against any public figure in the US is just sickening.
Wellington says
Agreed. Twitter is a traitor.
Clifford Fodor says
The liberal media are cowards. They will punish our patriots because they won’t be harmed by them. But they say nothing about the Muslims who threaten and then carry out their threats with the help of the liberal media. Because if they do….. (Remember Daniel Pearl.)
God warns those people in Revelation 21:8 that “the FEARFUL, and unbelieving, and…shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone which is the second death.”
James Lincoln says
About 10 years ago, when millions of people were following Charlie Sheen’s “antics” on twitter, the platform was actually somewhat humorous.
But now…
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is correct:
Today’s twitter it is pure evil.
Kenneth Murphy says
The sheer ‘HATE’ that others have for POTUS Trump is NOT enough alone to prove the President Trump is a godly, righteous and good man with sound judgement Walter. His beliefs, behaviors and actions are the best testimony and determinizing factors to that. Let’s not forget to add the ‘Main Stream Media’, the ‘Globalists’, the ‘Deep State’ and anybody who voted for Biden just to get ‘rid’ of Trump to the list of scumbag brainwashed assholes. And that’s just here in America. If we look at the bigger picture .. according to the Washington Post and Daniel W. Drezner, a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University .. “The Whole World Hates President Trump” !!! https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/01/22/the-world-hates-president-trump/
Kenneth Murphy says
https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_960w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/11/13/National-Politics/Images/Philippines_ASEAN_Summit_98960-b7df2.jpg
Kenneth Murphy says
https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_960w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/11/13/National-Politics/Images/Philippines_ASEAN_Summit_98960-b7df2.jpg … WTF ??