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Tuesday, January 12, 2021

The tech monopolies have sprung into action

January 9, 2021 By Andrea Widburg

On Friday, although President Trump is still president of the United States, Twitter officially and permanently banned him from the site.  The other media sites were not far behind.  Indeed, they're systematically banning anyone associated with Trump's contention that there was election fraud.  Moreover, they're doing so by erasing Trump's actual words in order to present him as a vicious agitator.  They're also erasing the more than half a million peaceful supporters in D.C. to focus only on a small cohort.

On Wednesday, more than half a million peaceful people showed up in D.C. to support President Trump.  A minute percentage of that group ended up in the Capitol, and the police killed an unarmed Air Force veteran.  (Defund the Police has been silent about this killing.)  Debate will rage about whether Trump supporters were set up.  For the purposes of this post, the only thing that matters is that it was the justification the tech monopolies needed to start a purge.

The tech companies contend that Trump instigated violence and his supporters can no longer be trusted.  And no, it doesn't matter that for much of 2020, Black Lives Matter and Antifa rioted, burned, and looted and threatened, beat, and murdered people.  Not only did they stay on social media, but they were also lionized on social media and mainstream media for their thrilling, empowering exploits..........To Read More...


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