Bullshit. Trump was NOT ******* BANNED FOR INCITING VIOLENCE. Stop being such a lazy, lying moron.
Steeltime, take a long, hard look at what has happened since the election. Look at the weeks of provable lies pushing the election fraud conspiracy. Even after all the States certified their votes, after looking into irregularities, including multiple court cases around the country, the States votes were verified, and sent to Congress for counting. Trump continued to spew lies about the process, including his most dangerous one, convincing his supporters Pence would be able to keep votes from being counted on the 6th. A rally was organized in DC for the 6th, where Trump continued the vitriol and telling people to continue the fight, and turned on Pence and Congress. This angry mob then proceeded to violently attack the Capitol, forcing a lockdown and the VP being evacuated from the building. His messaging on twitter served to propagate the same lies he was saying to anyone willing to listen, at his rallies and on television.
The storming of the Capitol was the physical culmination of his desire to somehow sabotage the election. In the weeks before the violence took place on the 6th, Twitter and other social media platforms began flagging Trump's tweets with warnings, that they contained false information regarding the election. This went on for weeks. When things got out of control, and the Capital was overrun, Trump was warned again, for propagating the same falsehoods that led to those events. He continued unabated, and was consequently banned.
So you can split hairs about the wording about why he was banned, if it was for speading lies, or inciting violence. Those were all very much connected, in the view of Twitter officials who made the call. Same thing is playing out in the House, were Trump is facing impeachment for the very same reasons. And the calls for his resignation, and the invoking of the 25th amendment.
He has proven to be a dangerous, desperate President who has spun out of control. Being banned from social media is the least of his concerns right now.
Parler is a slightly different case. There, Amazon sent Parler a whole series of examples showing graphic posts calling for the murder of Pence, Pelosi and others. Also, it contained content specific to the attack on the Capitol, and the further planning of additional attacks in the future. Parler didn't see anything wrong with thousands of violent extremists discussing and planning on murdering Americans and elected officials and plotting an insurrection on their platform. They refused to implement a moderation policy to screen out this type of violent content. Consequently, Amazon cancelled their contract.
That brings us to where we are today.
No, I don't see this as a freedom of speech issue, or a censorship issue, or an attempt to squash conservative voices in America. I see it for what it is, a case of public safety and national security at an incredibly volatile and dangerous moment in the nation's history.
And see, I was able to type all that up without calling you names or insulting you. Because I understand full well you - and others - have a different view on things. I just wanted to explain my take.
