nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

I have now been cast off of Twitter three times. The first time after I called Stephen Colbert a "f*ggot." The second for no apparent reason and now the third also for no apparent reason. In both of the last two "tries" I went out of my way to be congenial and never a harsh word used, but I DID continue with my conservative standing; following conservatives, liking their comments, and, very gingerly, discussing issues with l*****ts who would call me every name in the book, bar none! One in particular had the user name of "Fu*K Trump," no asterisk either; a name totally acceptable to the Twitter generals who patrol the Twitter waves removing accounts which "violate" Twitter rules. LOLOL!

In the process I noted how I would obtain followers who would later be gone, I guess for the same reasons as I have been outed. At the end of a day of Twittering I might have as many as 60 followers and the next morning log in to find it's down to 32. One such account I have followed is the Chris Saucedo account. He is a conservative talk show host on AM radio in the mornings in Dallas. He has been experiencing the same thing and is openly planning to move his social media connections to another venue because of this and the support Twitter openly gives to certain things which he disagrees with.

Here's the question: In the free market companies can, essentially do what they want, or can they. We cannot turn away business based upon race, now can we? When venues like Twitter become vary large, they can exert great influence. It is my understanding that they plan on shadow banning Trump. I assume they haven't suspended his account only because of the huge amount of business he brings them. I also assume they are huge contributors to liberal causes. Are they now big enough in the political arena that they should be expected to allow for both sides of political issues to be voiced, undisturbed? At what point do things need to be addressed from some sort of legal point of view?

Twitter has the quality of "as it happens" information sharing. It is also widely used by political entities like the president and our gov officials. The Twitter posts can be seen as they are posted in response to people, like president Trump, in that as it happens mode without having to go to the president's "page," so to speak.

So what is the take on this from the forum participants?

PeterS

How does Twitter, Facebook, etc know that the author is a conservative? Could it be that they are tamping down on certain behaviors and not specific ideologies?

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

If they are "tamping" down on certain behaviors, then Twitter would be dominated by conservative. Conservatives are far and away the most congenial of those who post there. Those of the left use profanity excessively, over and over again and continue to do so, unabated. The profanity directed at Trump alone is ridiculously excessive. I went out of my way to be as congenial as possible and used not a single "bad" word. I didn't stalk or repetitively post the same comments or links.

I did, however, respond to their posts with facts and links to those facts.

Auntie Lulu

There is no denying that the "powers that be" in the social media arena are discriminating against all who write or support Conservative Principals. My sister has been banned by FB several times now, as has my brother.

It is high time that the government intercede, take away the special laws that keep the public from taking these folks to court for discrimination. It is ridiculous that they should have such protection.

Trooper745 Loc: Carolina

As always, it's laughable how stupidly hypocritical these l*****t wacko run social media sites are. Just looking at a few l*****t posted pages of Twitter, one would assume that there are no limits to obscene and insulting language, until a conservative posts like material, .... oooohhhh then! ..... there is a big problem with violation of their rules. L*****t hypocrisy, .... alive and well in all forms of media. LOL

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

True story! Add to that the idea that any disagreement with a l*****t means the one disagreeing is a r****t bigot! LOL! No matter what the lie being told by the l*****t; even with proof of its falsehood, you're a r****t bigot for proving it!

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

If a "liberal" used offensive language, promoted violence or fomented h**e, they'd get kicked off Twitter too. Rude and offensive behavior, whether by word or deed, knows no ideological or partisan geography.

Rose42

They wouldn't get kicked off as quickly. Twitter, Facebook and Google/Youtube are inconsistent with kicking people off and there is absolutely a partisan ideology. A Google founder has admitted as much as well.

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

They even had offensive and profane language in their user names. Are you kidding? Their anti-Trump profane coments knew no bounds and if I showed the least support for Trump or a policy of his which they were against, the same unbridled profanity would come my way as well. It would never end.

The only ones I know of to have been booted off who weren't conservatives were the Krassenstein brothers, who openly trolled president Trump and were admitted paid trolls; paid by anti-Trump groups. But I think in the end they were booted because they were spamming for business.

Carol Kelly

We should all know this from their posts here. You’re lucky you’re off. Facebook and Twitter are both ways to get to us.

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

That's true but it is a sort of a campaigning arena. We can campaign in a minor way without actually getting out and campaigning. Trump obviously sees it as a valuable way to communicate his platform. I doubt the effect is large, by any means, but then neither is the effect of being a campaign worker.

peg w

Name calling on a public forum is unacceptable. Callung someone a f*ggot is a good reason to be kicked off.

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

It was Stephen Colbert being an ass so I couldn't resist. How 'bout when the l*****ts called me a r****t bigot, etc, etc. One called me a F*ck. Another called one a white N*gg*r. One said she'd walked dogs like me and would do so again, gladly. LOL! I kind of liked that one.