Incitement to violence against any group should always be blocked. The problem here is that Islamic advocacy groups and their allies in the West have for years claimed that any honest discussion of the motivating ideology behind jihad violence was “anti-Muslim hate.” Facebook already makes such discussion virtually impossible to find. Expect it to be completely blacked out in a Biden/Harris administration.
“US senators call on Facebook to address anti-Muslim bigotry,” Middle East Eye, November 16, 2020 (thanks to Henry):
Democratic senators are calling on Facebook to “do more” to mitigate the spread of anti-Muslim bigotry, after the social media giant was criticised for failing to address attacks against the faith group on multiple occasions, including the aftermath of the Christchurch shootings.
In a letter sent to Facebook to CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday, a group of 15 Senators said the platform needed to immediately enforce its community standards to address anti-Muslim hate and ban the use of event pages for the purpose of “harassment, organizing, and violence” against the Muslim community.
The letter also said that Facebook had not taken proper steps to enforce its “call to arms” policy, a year-old rule created in large part due to pressure from Muslim advocacy groups, which since 2015 had flagged multiple instances where organisers of Facebook events had advocated for followers to bring weapons to mosques and other places of worship.
“We recognize that Facebook has announced efforts to address its role in the distribution of anti-Muslim content in some of these areas,” the letter, signed by Senator Chris Coons, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and 12 others, said.
“Nevertheless, it is not clear that the company is meaningfully better positioned to prevent further human rights abuses and violence against Muslim minorities today.”
An independent civil rights audit of the social media company released in July outlined that despite having policies that did not allow for hate speech against religious groups, incidents of hate speech continued to persist across Facebook.
Muslim Advocates, a rights group that called for the audit two years ago, thanked the senators for writing the letter.
“Since 2015, Muslim Advocates had warned Facebook that the platform’s event pages were being used by violent militias and white nationalists to organize armed rallies at mosques,” the group’s executive director Farhana Khera said on Monday.
“We need to know what Facebook plans to do to end the anti-Muslim hate and violence enabled by their platform – and end it now.”…
“As members of Congress who are deeply disturbed by the proliferation of this hate speech on your platform, we urge you to do more,” the senators’ letter read.
Orville P. Phisnarus says
What is the definition of ‘hate speech’ or hate speech against Muslims? And why are the social media groups taking ‘orders’ from the Democrat senators? Why are the Senators not including hate speech from Muslims who spew hatred and prejudice toward non-Muslims? Especially Jews & Christians. The Democrats are virtuous signalling as their party is the party of slavery. Of course they believe in free speech….’We believe in the first amendment’…now shut the F. up!
Grace says
Is any Democrat senator more nasty than Chris Cons? I can’t find one. He is the definition of hate speech.
jca reid says
Islam & Muslims hate Humanity & Mankind in general. Why shouldn’t People criticise them & speak out? would these Democrats endorse Nazism? I think not. Perhaps it’s their guilty consciences about the Democrats thoroughly endorsing the KKK & viewed the KKK as their very own para-military wing! The Swiss psycho-analyst, Carl Jung, back in the 1930’s called Hitler, “a modern day Mohammed.” So, I think it is fairly safe to view Mohammed as a 7th. Century Hitler. After all, he can be thought of as that century’s leading Anti-Semite & Racist.
gravenimage says
Thanks for that citation, jca. Here’s the exact quote:
“We do not know whether Hitler is going to found a new Islam. He is already on the way; he is like Mohammad. The emotion in Germany is Islamic; warlike and Islamic. They are all drunk with wild god. That can be the historic future.”
― Carl Gustav Jung, The Symbolic Life: Miscellaneous Writings
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/337843-we-do-not-know-whether-hitler-is-going-to-found
curious george says
I received a newsletter from a Pastor in California sharing a question that was asked on Facebook.
“Someone just posted a question on Facebook asking, “On a scale of 1 to 10, what is the level of spiritual warfare right now?” To my knowledge, not one person posted below a “10.” I posted an “11.” Some posted “100.”
JW participants, how would you answer this question?
My answer is the same as the Pastor’s, 11.
“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge or gallantry would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution is designed only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for any other.”
– John Adams (1735-1826)
James Lincoln says
curious george says,
To your point:
“Our Constitution is designed only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for any other.” – John Adams
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Adapted from Common Sense Now:
“John Adams predicted what would happen if we became a secular country and left behind our Judeo/Christian roots.
The Left wants to erase our shared history and replace it with their own version.
They believe our rights come from a government they approve of. Respect for private property, freedom of speech, individual rights, and the rule of law doesn’t matter to them.
They’re anti-Semitic and portray Christians as bigoted and oppressors while they force their views on everyone who doesn’t agree with them. Muslims are defended at all costs while ignoring their horrific treatment of women and the LGBT community in Islamic countries.
It’s an interesting double standard since they oppress groups they supposedly advocate for.”
https://medium.com/common-sense-now/john-adams-was-right-about-our-constitution-e454faad21fa
gravenimage says
+1
curious george says
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J L, thank you for the link.
DavidR says
How about anti anti-Semitic speech? No one would have a problem pointing out the Islamic source material that an organization openly follows which predicts the future extermination of all Jews. Just direct quotes from all parties involved including Muhammad (as himself), Muhammad and other anonymous sources (as Allah), and some Salafist imam born in Dearborn Michigan. The imam was recorded giving a sermon about certain hadith, the one with talking trees and rocks that will rat out the Jews. No problem uploading this sermon to point out religious intolerance with a smidge of incitement, right?
gravenimage says
Yes–the irony is that orthodox Islam is hate speech against Jews, other Infidels, women, and free thinkers.
Dave from San Antonio says
Any suppression or attempted suppression of ‘free speech’ violates their oath of office.
James sang says
I don’t understand the thinking of these senators. If a group people want to stab you, cut off your head, abuse our children , why would they cater to what these people? Maybe, they don’t know what Islam is. This hateful speech against Muslims is not bigotry, there is reason that people talk about them this way. It is based on what their Quran says about how to treat non-Muslim people. They are a very discrimatory and biased people!!
Daniel Triplett says
1A and 2A are the principle Rights that set America apart from every other nation on Earth. Criminalizing criticism of Islam will doom America, and by extension, Liberty loving people around the globe.
Adolf Hitler said: “The clever conqueror always makes his demands on the conquered by a series of small installments”.
Both the Ummah and the Left use this strategy with great effect. They chip away from 1A and 2A a little bit at a time. “Can’t say this. Can’t say that.” “Can’t have this particular gun.” “Can’t have this magazine or this ammunition.”
Then one day we wake up and realize our Rights over time become neutered and irrelevant.
PRCS says
Muslims have enforced sharia compliance amongst other Muslims, their slaves, and dhimmis in ‘their neck of the woods” for the past 1400 years–because that’s what ‘Allah’ demands.
That ‘unbelievers’ in non-Muslim nations have refused to accept or comply with Islamic law–and even reject it–frustrates and infuriates the umma.
Abetted by foolish leftists, the umma indeed is chipping away–in a series of small installments–at the 1st and 2nd amendment.
It won’t end there, of course, as they have leftist friends in high places.
Watching Senator Durbin whining about–er–shaming Facebook/Twitter execs about anti-Muslim bigotry and hatred of Islam on their platforms for example.
P.S. Blancolirio.(https://www.youtube.com/user/blancolirio) provides frequent airline industry info).
Daniel Triplett says
Great post.
We see, throughout history, as Robert has articulated in his many books, that this process happens over time, over several centuries, as has happened over and over again throughout history. This is a well organized, repeatedly executed war plan. So, it’s not like we just see this happening over a weekend news cycle here and there. It’s a long-term battle order.
This happens slowly over several hundred or more years. i.e. Spain, Turkey, and many others, like the frog slowly being brought to boil.
So, unless we all take take a step back and take the 30,000 foot view, we’re not likely to see what’s happening right under our noses.
Carol says
Mr. Triplett, I am a huge fan of your posts.
Daniel Triplett says
Thank you Carol. Please, call me Dan.
gravenimage says
I am also a fan, Dan.
Daniel Triplett says
Thank you ladies. I’m a big fan of your wisdom too. Thanks for all your thought, time, and effort you put into protecting and projecting liberty.
gravenimage says
Good post, PRCS.
gravenimage says
15 Senators, including Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, urge Facebook to block ‘anti-Muslim hate’
………………….
My guess is that this would generally censor those tellign the truth about the violence of Islam. Unfortunately, Facebook is already on it…
Henry Mansfield says
‘Hate speech’ is a term invented by the Left with an ambiguous definition, “Whatever our opponents say that we don’t like.”
Today I read about how Michigan state rep-elect Abraham Aiyash was part of a video call with the canvassing board of Wayne County, he was wagging his finger at the camera and suggesting at what might happen if the white chairwoman’s kids went to school and their black classmates knew their mother had voted to disenfranchise them. A short time later the board voted to certify.
Would painting a target on innocent children as a form of racially based intimidation be a form of hate speech if they are white and their mother was a Republican?
Michael Copeland says
There is nothing illegal about an armed rally in Arizona or Texas, outside a mosque or anywhere.
somehistory says
Well, it is moving forward so quickly…the elimination of free speech, and…the elevation of islam and moslims above all other religions and religious groups.
The jerky in turkey wants ‘freedom from islam and moslims being ‘feared’ unreasonably.” To heck with “religious freedom” for all. To heck with “free speech,” he and the head creep in iran say. To heck with free speech says the advisor to biden, whom biden inherited from ‘o’ since “freedom of speech” means burning the book of filthy islam is allowed by the Constitution.
Now, these senators…who are sworn to represent ****everyone**** in America, are spokesmen for moslims, advocates s for moslims, and nowhere do they just say “freedom for all”…but ***ordering*** as in shut it down right
now”! and regarding only the speech moslims don’t like.
To heck with Truth and equal treatment. Did they ***order*** moslims to cease calling Jews offspring of “apes and pigs,” or cease their hateful spite against Christians, and the lies they tell, and the things they ‘prey’ to their fake ‘god.’? Asking satan to “kill” and “spill blood,” and all sorts of other really “hateful speech”?
No, because they are ****promoting**** one certain belief system, a.k.a. religion of islam , over all other religions in the U.S. This is ***illegal**** as they are not private citizens. They represent the Federal Government. Neither The Federal Government, nor these senators, are allowed to promote one religion over another.
As private citizens, each one may go wherever to worship or not, but as Senators, they wrote this letter, demanding special treatment for moslims.
and without any proof that moslims are targeted on fb as the moslims claim. In fact, molsims…even il omar and r. tlaib use social media to advocate for better treatment for their cohorts in changing the government to one that will enforce islam on everyone.
How many anti-hihadists have been denied an account, had their accounts taken down, or censored because they quoted from the book moslims quote in their rage against Christians and Jews? But, the moslims don’t lose their accounts or have them censored.
Someone should write a letter to these “senators” and advise them of their duty to keep their noses out of religion in their official capacity unless they are advocating for equal treatment and recognizing that moslims are persecuting Christians…including murder…all over the earth.
And remind them that all citizens have freedom to express themselves….not just moslims. Remind them that this freedom is “guaranteed.”
James Lincoln says
According to the feature article:
“Democratic senators are calling on Facebook to “do more” to mitigate the spread of anti-Muslim bigotry…”
According to the Cambridge dictionary:
“bigotry: the fact of having and expressing strong, unreasonable beliefs and disliking other people who have different beliefs or a different way of life:
religious/racial bigotry”
This is more in keeping with *anti-infidel* bigotry by, you guessed it, MUSLIMS.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bigotry
Brando says
It is that they are in Alliance with Muslim Brotherhood groups,but if the Leftists win, when they get tortured and killed by Muslims….I will Not Care.
SLAVERY AGAIN AND THE NT:
” DO THE SAME / TREAT THEM LIKEWISE”
PAUL in EPHESIANS 6:9 tells MASTERS:
“And masters, treat your slaves in the same way”
A TWIST TO IT ALL
The way he says it is in fact CONDEMNING slavery,the words BEFORE Ephesians 6:9 are, EPHESIANS 6:5-8
“SLAVES , obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as YOU WOULD OBEY CHRIST.
Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.
Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were SERVING THE LORD, not people, because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free.”
DO THE SAME( replacement of the SITUATION)
“MASTERS,
OBEY your earthly SLAVES
with RESPECT and FEAR, and with sincerity of heart,
JUST as you would OBEY CHRIST,
Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as SLAVES OF CHRIST ( My Note: SLAVE of CHRIST=true Christian follower )
doing the will of God from your heart.
serve wholeheartedly,
as IF YOU (Note:you,MASTERS)
were SERVING the LORD ( My Note: Lord JESUS ), not people,
because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free.”
BY THE LOGIC OF IT ALL
NO Christian would have JESUS as his actual PROPERTY,an Unfree Man,he would be AGAINST such a SITUATION.
tgusa says
The role of females in islam.
‘You have made us equal to the dogs and the asses'” Sahih Muslim (4:1039)
According to these democrats it is anti muslim bigotry not to support that belief and act accordingly. Do we really want to incite muslims by treating females equally? Democrats were for equal rights for females before they were against it.
The creep in the picture was standing next to Biden while he groped his clearly uncomfortable daughter. And the creep laughed about it as it was occurring. If they allow their daughters to be treated that way just imagine what they would allow to be done to a female that they don’t know.
Never let your daughters any where near democrats especially their so-called men.
gravenimage says
Do you have citations, Eli?
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
“Incitement to violence against any group should always be blocked.” — R. Spencer
Sure sounds like anti-Quran bigotry.
F.Gattling says
Many muzlims are publicly threatening christian apologists on social media. Many muzlims are roaring ‘Death to America’, ‘Death to Macron’ on facebook and Youtube. But their posts are still on social media. Many muzlims are applausing the muzlim who beheaded a french teacher for the sake of izlam. Why the fuck these bastard senators think about that? These motherFuckers are siding muzlims just for incoming votes. Disgusted!
Walter Sieruk says
Bernie Sanders and an Elizabeth Warren well as the 13 other senators are showing their how little they really understand this “war of ideas” then they ban together to urge Facebook to block what they so ignorantly call “anti-Muslim hate.”
For all intelligent and well researched critics of Islam well know that Muslims are not Islam.
So as good scholar who criticize Islam many actually like Muslims as people but dislike Islam.
It shouldn’t be forgotten that many times Muslims themselves are victims of Islam. Especially for young female Muslims as in for example FGM and the brutal ,cruel murderous tradition of Islam that is so very inappropriately canned”honor killing . There is also different types of misogyny of Islam that oppress women. An one critic of Islam , Brigitte Gabriel wrote in her book which is entitled THEY MUST BE STOPPED “Woman in islam are considered unclean, deemed inferior ecev to dirt.”
Futhermore as for the Christian critics of Islam ,many of them care about Muslims vey much .
So much so they they are willing to show them the truth and release them from bondage and darkness of a false religion . So their Christian writings are of the same kind of spirit of love one of the early Christian apostles wrote “Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?” Galatians 4:16.
As Jesus said “The truth will set you free.” John 8:32.
Andrew says
I find it rather strange when I see muslims screaming death to America, death to Israel, death to the Jews, and they use Facebook to promote these ideas around the World and yet Facebook is owned by an American Jewish guy that lives in America… Is there a word in Arabic for hypocrisy?.
Stevo says
Often these social media platforms and leftists cite the need to protect vulnerable minorities from hate speech. But there is a counter argument. Surely these idiots realise that these social media platforms are worldwide, and indeed in many nations the majority(and often oppressive majority) are muslims. These lefties live in a western bubble and do not wish or care to protect truly oppressed minorities, and it ain’t only cartoons that are the problems facing these non Muslim minorities
Prabhakar Shetty says
They should focus on saving the world from Muslim hatred , deceit and violence against Kafirs or non Muslims.
The senile morons who are worried about I-Phobe, should stop killing of Christians in Europe, Africa and the Middle East .
Common sense says
Senators of low IQ poisoned by their own ideas of progressivism really are out of touch they truly don’t get it. Beheadings by Jihad attack are just propaganda and it’s really our fault you racist.
OLD GUY says
How about they block the hate and violence on mass media from Muslims and the Islamic cult.