Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/11/13/apparently-facebook-is-a-safe-haven-for-people-who-call-for-the-beheading-of-public-officials.html
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Absolutely right. Had he been Muslim, and / or a different colour to white then he’d have been out like a shot. Here though freeze peach required that ArseBook stood up for angry, violent, deceitful, far right, misogynist, racist, white men.
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Apparently, Zuckerberg is desperate not to lose more fascist users to Parler.
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Wonder what would happen if floods of people with even minor gripes called for beheadings. I say do volume and see how they handle it. Does it become an accepted form of expression? What if someone follows through? Does their attitude change? Test test test.
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Jamie Zawinski once had a line about encouraging people who work at Facebook to quit, which he changed to say that if you work at Facebook, you are a white supremacist and everyone else should cut you out of their life. I used to think that this was, perhaps, a tiny bit hyperbolic. Used to.
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Might join FB and call for Zucks beheading just to see how fast that gets shut down. I’m not but I get the feeling they’ll have a different attitude.
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It’s like GM taking air bags out of their cars because they’re scared of losing marketshare to the guy who stands at the offramp on the freeway offering free piggyback rides.
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Apparently Parler has already been forced to repeatedly deny rumors that the platform is secretly owned by George Soros, because that’s what happens when you build a platform for people who don’t think Facebook and Twitter are tolerant enough of their batshit conspiracy theories and wanton bigotry.
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Parler’s a secret Soros front, eh? Wouldn’t it be a shame if someone were to seed this thought in the various subreddits and *chans that these “alternative patriots” like to frequent?
“Oh sure, go move to (((Parler)))…”
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I got a 7 day FB ban for asking “when do we start building a gallows sturdy enough to hang these traitors…” (in reference to Banon, Pompeo, Barr etc). I’m not even mad about it… like I made the post in frustration but sure I guess that’s fair. I mean sure I was just “asking questions” but yeah. In light of this article though? seems rather hypocritical.
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“While the offenses here, I think, came close to crossing that line, they clearly did not cross the line because we make a shitload of money off that guy.”
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Meh, I think I’ll go the other way. I barely use Facebook now and will just finish the job of excising it from my life. Literally the only thing that happens on Facebook that I like is the ‘remember this picture from x years ago’ stuff. Aside from that it’s all exasperated dealing with people who refuse facts they don’t like.
Zuckerberg is a household name and has immense power because we, individually and as a group, have voluntarily given him that power and scope. I am done. One at a time we all decided to join and give him power. I’m going to go the other way.
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That is most likely a lie.
The rules:
- a facebook post that suggest the beheading government officials: 7 violations required for ban
- a facebook post that suggests hanging alt-right traitors: 1 violation required for ban
Edited for clarity
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Frak Banon, but he was no more serious than all the calls for guillotining billionaires. Metaphor is a thing.
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It’s not just Zuck though, it’s his entire board of directors. They think he’s doing a bang up job so his seat is safe.
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Will no one rid me of this troublesome CEO?
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He has voting control, so even if some of the other board members want to get rid of him it’s not going to happen. I doubt they have enough money to bribe him to go away like the board of WeWork did with its vote-controlling scumbag founder.
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Back when I had the FBs (of which I am thankfully cured now), I tested this by posting that Zuck deep fake. It never even appeared on my timeline.
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Well, calling for Zuckface’s beheading might be a good test.
ETA I see @LordInsidious beat me to it
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It’s not a metaphor, it’s a call to action against a specific person. It’s possible that some QAnon fanatic will actually try to do it. It’s called stochastic terrorism.
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