I had a long moment of reflection at the pervasive hypocrisy entrenched in the American body politic at a report coming from our friends over at the (Huffington post.com) today.
In an Article titled [Twitter’s Jack Dorsey Told Ilhan Omar He Won’t Take Down Trump’s Tweet Targeting Her], HuffPost reported that Jack Dorsey the principal owner of Twitter told Muslim Congresswoman Ilhan Omar in a telephone conversation that he would not be taking down the tweets Donald Trump made targeting her, resulting in a wave of death threats against her.
According to the report, the CEO called the congresswoman to say a Trump tweet mischaracterizing her comments about 9⁄11 doesn’t break Twitter rules.
Now before we try to process this it is important to remember that of all the social media platforms, Twitter probably has the most stringent rules.
A large segment of Twitter users has had their accounts suspended for dubious and questionable reasons.
I have had my Twitter suspended twice. I cannot even recall what reason they gave for the first (7) day suspension and the second one was because I referred to an African-American man I was upset with as (Negro).
By the time the second suspension came around, I was so turned off from the hypocrisy that I cannot tell you how long it lasted, but it was less than a month.
By the time I received a notification (welcome back) I was so turned off that I had already taken the decision to delete my account which I did.
Now, remember that it was only on Tuesday, April 23rd that Donald Trump summoned Twitter’s Jack Dorsey to the White House.
According to the Washington Post, Trump summoned Dorsey to complain that social media platforms are working to stifle conservative voices. A charge the companies deny.
Trump accused Twitter of playing “political games” and tampering with his nearly 60 million followers.
Trump continues to attack the tech industry, threatening to regulate Facebook, Google, and Twitter out of concern that they censor conservatives online — an allegation those companies fiercely deny.
In an effort to head off the disquiet of some Twitter employees, the Washinton Post reports Dorsey wrote a memo to them.
“Some of you will be very supportive of our meeting the president, and some of you might feel we shouldn’t take this meeting at all,” Dorsey said in an e‑mail obtained by the Post. “In the end, I believe it’s important to meet heads of state in order to listen, share our principles and our ideas.”
Dorsey never denies that he applies a different set of standards for public officials when challenged with the hypocrisy of Twitter.
Twitter has long maintained that it applies a different standard to prominent public figures, given that their comments — even offensive ones — remain in the public interest the Post reports.
There is no shock in the response of Dorsey to Congresswoman Omar. The mere fact that Dorsey was summoned to a meeting with Trump, must be seen as threatening and intimidating, to say the least.
After all the occupant of that house, a deranged creature has the full power of the American Government behind him and countless mindless minions who are willing to do anything, including commit murder.
Most importantly though, we now understand that separate but equal is still the law, from the response of Jack Dorsey. His principles apply only to the average people of character, not the powerful deranged criminals in positions of power.
I want to you to imagine that a so-called President of the United States would call in the leader of a tech-company to bitch about the fluctuations in his Twitter following? Just contemplate that for a second and then ask yourselves whether this person is fit for the office he holds?
Even as you contemplate that it bears mentioning that the fact that his tweets are endangering the life of a sitting member of the United States Congress and has not been removed says all you need to know about Donald Trump and the wimp Jack Dorsey.