The reasoning behind this is actually quite clear. The fact is that Twitter top dogs hate Trump. They hate Trump above anything and everything else. Khamenei hates Trump as well. Consequently, Twitter is fine with Khamenei, genocidal anti-Semitism and all, but censors Trump.
“Twitter defends blocking Trump tweets but not Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei,” by Ebony Bowden, New York Post, July 29, 2020:
A Twitter spokeswoman has defended the company’s decision to block and restrict tweets from President Trump but not those of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei which call for genocide of the Israeli people.
The reason? Because the Iranian dictator’s tweets pass as “commentary on political issues of the day” while Trump’s could “inspire harm,” Twitter claims.
During a hearing on antisemitism in front of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament in Jerusalem, lawmakers grilled a Twitter representative over why the platform was policing missives from Trump, but not other world leaders such as Khamenei calling Israel “a cancerous growth.”
“You have recently started flagging the tweets of President Trump,” noted Arsen Ostrovsky, a human rights lawyer and executive director of the Jewish-Israeli Congress.
“Why have you not flagged the tweets of Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who has literally called for the genocide of Israel and the Jewish people?” he asked.
In an astonishing response, the Twitter spokeswoman claimed that tweets from the Iranian leader — where he has publicly called for the “elimination” of Israel — amounted to little more than “foreign policy saber-rattling.”
“We have an approach to world leaders that presently say that direct interactions with fellow public figures, comments on political issues of the day, or foreign policy saber-rattling on military and economic issues are generally not in violation of our Twitter rules,” the spokeswoman responded.
Stunned lawmaker Michal Cotler-Wunsh interrupted: “So calling for genocide is OK?”
“Calling for genocide on Twitter is OK, but commenting on political situations in certain countries is not OK?” she continued….
“I’ll just cut to the chase: Big Tech is out to get conservatives,” Ohio Republican Jim Jordan said. “That’s not a suspicion, that’s not a hunch. That’s a fact.”
Yep.
MykeJohn says
Double standards showing in a plain sight.
kami-sama says
With all the money conservatives have I don’t know why didn’t they invest in a freedom promoting social media platform. Im not a religious person myself however anyone who supports Islam’s ideology is my enemy period.
mortimer says
Response to ks: Yes, we have ideological enemies who often consider their views a closed book. However, there is an alternative to FB and twitter that many conservatives are recommending … ‘Parler’ and many are switching to it.
However, we will not win hearts and minds if we do not at least try to share information with the closed minded, enraged Leftards. Some of them at least will mull it over. We will only win the information war one mind at a time. This may be slow, but it is how wars are fought. It takes discipline and sacrifice and we should make those sacrifices to win.
WE SHOULD ALL INDIVIDUALLY ENGAGE IN THIS INFORMATION WAR JUST AS INDIVIDUAL SOLDIERS WON WWII.
The war has been thrust upon us and it is not something we have sought. We fight for our freedom and that of children.
gravenimage says
True–far more people know about and use Twitter than Parler.
Idol and Icon says
Joint the revolution – delete Facebook, twitter and Instagram. Never use them.
Krishna says
Why not Khamenei tweets could inspire many Muslim followers of him
Double standards by twitter
mortimer says
Too true.
mortimer says
Correct conclusion by Robert Spencer: “Twitter top dogs … hate Trump above anything and everything else.”
Twitter censor are blind to the real genocidal ideation, real religious bigotry, real hate, real racism, real misogyny, and real warlike spirit of Islam.
They see Islam (in their blind rage) as ‘the enemy of my enemy’ without realizing that Islam hates godless people even more than it hates Jews, Christians and Hindus.
The godless Globalists in Silicon Valley are secure in their delusion that because they can code they are now intellectually and philosophically infallible.
Hail to the New Orthodoxy. Silicon Big Brother is watching over us! And he is recording our every word to be used in evidence in his Supreme High Kangaroo Court.
Will no one stop Silicon Valley’s arrogant juggernaut?
mortimer says
TWITTER’S SILENCE MEANS APPROVAL ! … QUI TACET CONSENTIRE VIDETUR !
When twitter is silent when a politician clearly calls for the EXTERMINATION OF JEWS … they are no better than the silent majority in Germany who did nothing to stop Hitler. They collectively permitted it to happen.
Today, it is the conservatives in the West and the counterjihad movement who are the heirs of SOPHIE SCHOLL and the White Rose non-violent resistance group.
Twitter and FB are similar to Josef Goebbels and the SS in trying to stop us from speaking out against pure EVIL.
mortimer says
MESSAGE TO TWITTER and FB …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoQE-RwiawI
James Lincoln says
Thanks for the YouTube link, mortimer.
A courageous couple, very sad ending…
GreekEmpress says
+1
john smith says
Have seen that photo many times,but didn’t know the story behind it until now.
Very touching story.Thanks for that.
gravenimage says
August Landmesser was a brave, brave man. I wish he and his wife had been able to flee to Denmark.
Charlie in NY says
Article III(c) of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide defines the crime as including “Direct and public incitement to commit genocide.” The question for Twitter is not whether Ayatollah Khamenei is guilty of the crime but whether his tweets are close enough as to violate their community standards. Article VII provides that genocide is not a “political crime” for purposes of avoiding extradition. This suggests that Twitter cannot hide behind any pretense of protected political speech.
https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/documents/atrocity-crimes/Doc.1_Convention%20on%20the%20Prevention%20and%20Punishment%20of%20the%20Crime%20of%20Genocide.pdf
Daniel Triplett says
@realDonaldTrump is one of the primary “anchor tenants” of Twitter, who drive traffic and ad revenue to the executives and shareholders.
They’re getting rich off the President, and he’s getting nothing in return from them that he can’t get anywhere else.
Trump ought to delete his Twitter account altogether and move over to Parler.com or any other platform that won’t screw with him. Trump will get the last laugh — Jack Dorsey will be dick in hand.
James Lincoln says
Daniel,
And it may push more people over to Parlor.com…
Daniel Triplett says
Yes James, but it’s parlEr.com, not parlor.com. Personally, I think that that spelling was a big mistake. But I’m not them, and I hope they succeed.
gravenimage says
The spelling is meant to refer to speaking–“parler”, and not the room “parlor”. But I agree, many will probably not even be able to find the site due to its somewhat unusual spelling.
James Lincoln says
Thanks Daniel!
gravenimage says
Twitter: Khamenei’s genocidal tweets are ‘commentary on political issues,’ while Trump’s could ‘inspire harm’
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Never mind that the first is a genocidal theocrat and the latter a democratically elected president. Just appalling.
OLD GUY says
Can we find a different picture of this clown? Twitter, who cares, just another toy for people who have nothing else to do. But sadly you can’t say that about either one of these two, as they are both dangerous.
Khamenei is dangerous and hates America.
Twitter censors freedom of speech and misleads its users with a left wing slant or omission of conservative ideas.
Can’t do much about Khamenei, well you could.
You can do something about Twitter, STOP using it. Or how about a replacement site that is freedom of speech and fair.
gravenimage says
OLD GUY wrote:
Twitter, who cares, just another toy for people who have nothing else to do.
……………..
Is this what you think of Jihad Watch founder Robert Spencer?
https://twitter.com/jihadwatchRS?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
OLD GUY says
NO, but a competitor to TWITTER.