{"id":109157,"date":"2021-01-08T22:29:02","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T03:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=109157"},"modified":"2021-01-08T22:29:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T03:29:02","slug":"twitter-permanently-silences-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=109157","title":{"rendered":"Twitter permanently silences Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hashtag-600x375.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-103836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hashtag-600x375-500x313.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hashtag-600x375-500x313.png 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hashtag-600x375-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hashtag-600x375.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter has announced a permanent ban of the President of the United States. This is a stunning move against free speech. Even more stunning is their reasoning. As I said elsewhere here in the last few days, whether you agree with Trump or not, or agree with the way in which he speaks\/tweets, this is a huge blow against free speech in the modern age.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them \u2014 specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter \u2014 we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So just what is the &#8220;incitement to violence&#8221; Trump engaged in?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On January 8, 2021, President Donald J. Trump tweeted:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shortly thereafter, the President tweeted:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>They claim these two tweets are a &#8220;glorification of violence.&#8221; Here is how they &#8220;assess&#8221; the threats as they place them in &#8220;the context of broader events in the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We\u00a0assessed the two Tweets referenced above under our\u00a0Glorification of Violence policy, which aims to prevent the glorification of violence that could inspire others to replicate violent acts and determined that they were highly likely to encourage and inspire people to replicate the criminal acts that took place at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>This determination is based on a number of factors, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>President Trump\u2019s statement that he will not be attending the Inauguration is being received by a number of his supporters as further confirmation that the election was not legitimate and is seen as him disavowing his previous claim made via two Tweets (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanScavino\/status\/1347103015493361664\">1<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanScavino\/status\/1347103016311259136\">2<\/a>) by his Deputy Chief of Staff, Dan Scavino, that there would be an \u201corderly transition\u201d on January 20th.<\/li>\n<li>The second Tweet may also serve as encouragement to those potentially considering violent acts that the Inauguration would be a \u201csafe\u201d target, as he will not be attending.<\/li>\n<li>The use of the words \u201cAmerican Patriots\u201d to describe some of his supporters is also being interpreted as support for those committing violent acts at the US Capitol.<\/li>\n<li>The mention of his supporters having a \u201cGIANT VOICE long into the future\u201d and that \u201cThey will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!\u201d is being interpreted as further indication that President Trump does not plan to facilitate an \u201corderly transition\u201d and instead that he plans to continue to support, empower, and shield those who believe he won the election.<\/li>\n<li>Plans for future armed protests have already begun proliferating on and off-Twitter, including a proposed secondary attack on the US Capitol and state capitol buildings on January 17, 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As such, our determination is that the two Tweets above are likely to inspire others to replicate the violent acts that took place on January 6, 2021, and that there are multiple indicators that they are being received and understood as encouragement to do so.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There&#8217;s an awful lot of mind reading going on there. They should open a psychic hotline since they seem to know what Trump is thinking.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently saying that your supporters are not going to be silenced and saying you&#8217;re not going to a party are incitements to violence. This is the same Twitter that still allows Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, to make threats against the US, Israel, and their allies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter has announced a permanent ban of the President of the United States. 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