Editor’s Commentary: As much as I believe the vile phrases that call for genocide against Jews — or anyone — destroy discourse and expose people to false narratives, I am opposed to this move by Elon Musk. It’s not a free speech issue as Twitter (X) is now a private company (I’m not going to debate government protections over social media platforms today) and can do whatever it wants within the framework of the law.
People are allowed to be disgusting as long as they’re not encouraging direct harm. Saying, “from the river to the sea,” is abominable but it’s very different from someone saying, “let’s kill this Jew… here’s his address.”
This is a business move. His platform is being threatened because “woke” companies are being pressured by radical leftist groups to withdraw advertising. I get it and I’m not in his shoes so I don’t know the financial repercussions he’s facing. I just wish he would continue to be a defender of free speech by choice rather than an on-again, off-again censor. Here’s the report by Cindy Harper…
(Reclaim The Net)—Elon Musk has announced a new change in policy to X. On Friday, his announcement established that the use of terms such as “decolonization” and “from the river to the sea”— phrases commonly thrown around by the pro-Palestine movement — would invite suspension on the platform as they imply genocide. The change came after pressure from major corporate advertisers.
While these expressions have emerged as rallying cries in support of Palestinians, numerous individuals and groups, including supporters of Israel, Jewish advocacy teams, and others, perceive these phrases as eliminatory and anti-Semitic rhetoric that advocates the obliteration of the Jewish state and the Jewish people.
Representative Rashida Tlaib faced official censure from the House of Representatives in part due to her endorsement of the phrase “from the river to the sea,” and the phrase was chosen by Hamas as a slogan for the designated terror group’s 2017 revised charter.
Musk, who once described himself as a “free speech absolutist” stated that phrases such as this are tantamount to “extreme violence.”
He added: “At risk of stating the obvious, anyone advocating the genocide of *any* group will be suspended from this platform.”
X has been criticized for not censoring enough speech regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict, with companies such as Disney, Apple, IBM, and Lionsgate, pulling advertising from the platform.
X has been accused of both anti-Semitism and Islamophobia and it remains uncertain if the platform’s users will indeed be suspended for using the contested phrases.
Given that we have 99.9% censorship in North America, and all these feckless wonders who write from “conservative think tanks” are terrified of ever conveying THE FACTS★ since they will be classified as “conspiracists” or “conspiracy theorists,” this move by Elon Musk is highly welcomed — — at least one venue will not readily welcome the use of the COMMUNIST VERNACULAR!
★ These facts are assiduously avoided by all the “conservative” hacks out there:
● That DEI, now in place across the landscape, are nothing more than communist political minder systems.
● That Bill Gates is not only the major private donor to the WHO, but pays the salaries of sixty or more senior managers there, meaning he controls entire departments and divisions at the WHO!
● The extreme numbers of members of the WEF within the US Government today (Burns, CIA director, various advisors to Biden, etc., and that all executive chiefs in the IC, Intelligence Community, are all anti–Trumpers, regardless of political party. (Example: Wainstein at DHS/I&A, who signed that famous letter claiming Trump was a threat to national security!) Also, some previous members of the Trump Administration are now affiliated with the Bilderberg Group!
● The streaming of video from the US Capitol Building on Jan. 6 by RISE IMAGES, a CCP–controlled ghost web site and the connections of John Sullivan and Jade Sacker — always scrupulously avoided (Sullivan’s foster father is Lt.Col. Jack Sullivan, retired from the Army’s Intelligence Support Activity and then employed by CIA front companies while Jade Sacker’s daddy is a Hollywood movie producer/entertainment attorney with some curious connections!?!?)
And numerous others . . .
Addenda correction: the streaming video from RISE IMAGES went to CNN and ABC networks.