Posted on 06/11/2018 9:12:20 AM PDT by Simon Green
Louis Farrakhan is no longer verified on Twitter.
Sometime over the weekend, the social-media giant quietly removed the Nation of Islam chief’s blue-check verification. The decision came shortly after a clip posted of Farrakhan warning about “the Satanic Jew.”
“Thoroughly and completely unmasking the Satanic Jew and the Synagogue of Satan,” the minister tweeted, along with a video of a recent sermon expounding on the same theme.
The comments weren’t new for Farrakhan, who routinely spouts content widely condemned as anti-Semitic.
With each new example, critics have argued that Farrakhan’s blue-check verification should be revoked, especially after the company announced its intention to deny status to individuals peddling hate speech.
“Verification has long been perceived as an endorsement. We gave verified accounts visual prominence on the service which deepened this perception,” said Twitter at the time. “This perception became worse when we opened up verification for public submissions and verified people who we in no way endorse.”
Last November, the company revoked several verification checks from far-right and white nationalist accounts including Richard Spencer, Laura Loomer, Tim Gionet and Charlottesville, Virginia march organizer Jason Kessler.
Many accused Twitter of disproportionately targeting right-wing hate while allowing left-wing extremists, like Farrakhan, to continue without consequence.
Reps for Twitter did not immediately respond to request for comment from TheWrap.
While Farrakhan has few friends on the left, his legacy there is more complicated. He posed for a chummy photo with Barack Obama in 2005 and met with members of the Congressional Black Caucus, several of whom refuse to denounce him to this day. His February “Saviour’s Day” convention this year was attended by Women’s March National co-chair Tamika Mallory, who also refused to condemn him.
He shouldn’t lose verification.
That’s the real Farrakhan all right.
The media still celebrated the 20 year anniversy of the MMM hate rally in DC and there was antisemetic hate at that too.
The media covers from antisemitic black bigors. Al ‘Jew them down’ Sharpton even has his own national program with corporate sponsorships.
Dem blacks don’t much like the Hymies.
Catholics, Jews and straight white Christian males are the only politically correct targets of discrimination, donchaknow.
obozo tried hard to finish what Hitler started but even teh one had to pretend he wasn’t doing it.
And the Jews @ The NYT still cheer them on from their cuckold desks
Perhaps if he would apologize and say he’ll never eat at Chick-Fil-A, all will be forgiven.
This way, later, he can claim to have been hacked.’
The real reason is not his anti-Jew statement. In the same rank he came out against sodomy, that’s why he got pulled.
I thought these were to confirm the authenticity of the sources. But if these are political endorsements…
How about shadow-banning his account? How about BANNING his account?
Take away his blue checkmark, what harsh punishment.
As the Mother Wheel Turns.
Surprising. He has two free passes to hate: skin, and muzzy.
Louis misses his Muammar Gaddafi donations. He is trying to get some anti Jew money.
No, it’s called “FREE speech”.
We have to allow such speech so that YOUR free speech can also be heard.
People can decide for themselves.
“I don’t agree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
by Evelyn Beatrice Hall (NOT Voltaire)
https://studentactivism.net/2015/01/08/no-voltaire-didnt-say-that-no-not-that-either/
If he used that phrase in reference to Democratic Senators Feinstein, Sanders, Blumenthal and Schumer, then it’s not far from the truth. /s
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