Posted on 03/25/2015 11:59:42 AM PDT by walford
There have been several instances on social media in which those who hold to values not favored by the Left have found themselves and their groups warned, suspended and even banned for expressing themselves, while Left-leaning groups have gotten away with much worse.
Remember that conservatives, Republicans, libertarians and other advocates of universal values, freedom, equality under the law and individual responsibility are held to a different standard here on Facebook and other social media venues.
There was a notorious example in which Facebook required a rape survivor to use her “real name” because she testified against a “transgender” bathroom bill, while those who opposed her were still permitted to use their pseudonyms so they would be spared harassment -- which is the same reason she did.
http://www.examiner.com/article/rape-survivor-facebook-panders-to-gays-over-real-names-banned-rape-victim
The administrators might not mean to be biased, but will view offensive comments by those with whom they agree differently than those who do not share their perspectives. Hence, the phenomenon of it being OK to refer to conservative women or minorities in the most outrageous of racist and sexist terms, but for the sensitivity to be increased should the target be “progressive” or deemed sympathetic, for example, because they express hatred for the United States [which arouses automatic sympathy from the Left].
I haven't gotten any warnings from Facebook yet, and think part of the reason is if a person who has access to my publicly accessible page resorts to logical fallacies and/or demonstrates that they are obtuse in their comments, I un-friend and block them immediately.
People who resort to name-calling, distorting your views, try to disrupt a conversation, etc. contribute nothing to a dialog and tend to be fond of silencing those with whom they disagree. Agreement is not needed and even stubbornly holding to one’s views is not a problem, but when someone demonstrates that they will resort to intellectually dishonest tactics, they are also showing that they pose a danger to your freedom of expression in social media venues that are becoming increasingly important -- particularly given that out-of-the-mainstream ideas have virtually no voice elsewhere.
The Left is chock full of True Believers who have no problem doing unto others what they would not tolerate having been done to them.
So be careful about whom you permit to comment upon your wall. It's nice to be open to differing points of view, but when someone crosses the line as described above, it's time to click that person out of your life before they disrupt any more discussions or worse.
And needless to say, make sure that you do not violate ToS by using racist, sexist or threatening language. There is no need to give the opponents of your views ammunition to use against you and your ideas.
https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards
What are these you speak of
:-)
Of course they mean to be biased
;<)
Consider yourself lucky. What he could have done, and why I posted this piece, is report you to Facebook admins who may have warned or suspended you.
Whenever someone posts that they haven’t owned a TV in 25 years, I always figure they’re doing a long stretch in prison.
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