Op-ed:
Facebook
Blackout Day...conservative voices standing strong
By: Diane Sori
Enforcing set rules in an arbitrary fashion is
referred to as 'selective enforcement'
and the Facebook gods are probably more guilty of this action than anyone else on
the internet. With 'selective enforcement' being recognized as a sign of
tyranny...an abuse of power...because it allows certain 'select' people to
adjudicate so-called justice only when
they so choose and to whom they so choose, the Facebook gods have now
Setting themselves up as judge and jury over what
can and cannot be posted...what can and cannot be liked, shared, and/or commented
on...the Facebook gods sitting in their ivory tower have, in their infinite
wisdom, decided that conservative voices must be silenced...if NOT totally at
least by sending those voices to the infamous Facebook jail for a timeout...a
timeout that can last months if they so choose.
And I know of which I speak for I have been in the
infamous Facebook jail seven times within the past year and a half. The last time was for 60 days for a post I
did NOT post nor was I on the internet when the article in question was posted
for Crapcast...ooops I mean Comcast...was down yet again, and I had NO internet
service for almost 24 hours. Yet I was
banned for someone else's post...for a post the other person admitted to
posting...because I happened to have been one of X-number of administrators on
the site it was posted on, and should have known the post was a no-no even though I wasn't online. Guess I was supposed to have ESP and known it was there...LOL. Seems like
now all administrators are responsible to oversee every post, picture, comment,
like, etc. on the sites they administer on...which by the way is just about
impossible to do, and the Facebook gods know this but just don't care. This is just one of their many ways to say
some ridiculous rule has been broken, and it's usually a rule buried deep
within their pages and pages of other ridiculous rules that they 'selectively'
pull out to use only against conservative voices.
And so the new reality is that every day many conservative
voices across the great Facebook divide are being or have been silenced.
And while NO one is forced to join Facebook, those
who do join rightfully expect the rules to apply to everyone equally...both
conservative and liberal voices must be treated as equals for there as many
conservative voices and sites as there are liberal voices and sites on
Facebook.
Also, lest we forget that when Facebook started
trading on the very public NY Stock Exchange they lost certain 'censorship' rights
afforded to privately traded companies, and had to adhere to the Exchange
rules on censorship...something the Facebook gods have chosen to ignore and have gotten away
with ignoring...and I think you can guess why.
To this end a nationwide 'blackout'
of Facebook has been organized to protest the arbitrary and oh so 'selectively enforced'
policies and suddenly appearing 'rules of use' targeting conservative voices
and sites and only conservative voices and sites. So this is an issue
of basic fairness being extended to all Facebook users NO matter their
political leanings.
To send a message to the Facebook gods that we conservatives will NOT be silenced, on Sunday, August 25th, all
conservatives are being asked to suspend (deactivate) their Facebook accounts
for at least 24 hours, and that if you're a business or promoting a page and
have a FB advertising account, you're being asked to suspend that account for
the 24 hour period also.
Now while I wholeheartedly agree
with the premise of this event I must be honest with all my blog followers,
Facebook friends, and those on the sites I administer on and say that while I
will stay off Facebook that day...including NOT logging-in to even so much as view
Facebook...I will NOT deactivate my account, temporarily or otherwise
for the one thing the event organizers did NOT take into account or just
overlooked is the fact that the Facebook gods' computers will know who has
deactivated their accounts either temporarily or permanently. And knowing that and knowing why the accounts
were closed they can stop that person from reactivating their accounts, and for
many of us who use Facebook for business or who use Facebook in our jobs as professional
writers and bloggers, we cannot afford to permanently lose our access to
Facebook.
So while NOT logging into Facebook
but NOT deactivating my account is my way of honoring the intentions and spirit
of Facebook Blackout Day, whatever way you decide to honor that day please take
a few moments while off Facebook to check out the alternative venues to
Facebook along with some great conservative blogs...venues like Lady Patriots,
Patriot Space, Tea Party Tribune, Tea Party
Community, Official Tea Party USA, Tea Party Organizers, Freedom Torch, Freedom
Connector, Well Regulated Militias, United Patriots, American Conservative 2
Conservative, Goggle Plus, Twitter, and conservative
blogs like The Patriot Factor, Conservative Firing Line, The National Patriot, Patriot Press, Libusters, The
Dryer Report, Right Speak, The Daily Rant, and many others.
But above all else, remember the
famous saying, 'united we stand, divided we fall' and please join us on
Sunday, August 25th, and stand strong against the Facebook gods and their censorship
of conservative voices and sites. United
together we will send a powerful message that conservative voices will NOT be
silenced.
Related sites:
http://conservativefiringline.com/
www.FacebookBlackout.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/148283362032955/
http://www.lady-patriots.com/
http://patriotspace.com/
http://www.teapartytribune.com/
https://www.teapartycommunity.com/
http://www.officialteapartyusa.com/
http://teapartyorganizers.ning.com/
http://freedomtorch.com/members/home
http://connect.freedomworks.org/
http://wramsite.com/
http://www.unitedpatriotsworldwide.com/
http://americac2c.com/
https://plus.google.com/
https://twitter.com/
http://thepatriotfactor.blogspot.com/
http://www.thenationalpatriot.com/
http://www.libusters.com/blog/
http://dryerreport.com/
http://www.rightspeak.net/
http://mychal-massie.com/premium/
Facebook is a privately owned, privately operated site. They have every right to be arbitrary. Not only that but they have the same problem every private citizen has now...Big brother is watching. Course as a rant, this is not too bad, had some nice twists and turns to it. Facebook has twice frozen the accounts of my step brother. once for having "too many friends" and once for getting "too many friends too fast." That is life when you are playing in someone else's backyard. I write politically motivated articles all the time, but I make sure they are more factual then innuendo. I also try and let the reader decide for themselves whether they should be concerned about the issue and I don't label anyone...ever. Most people easily dismiss a rant and hardly anyone takes them seriously, no matter what the subject is. People do stupid things all the time, we all do. That doesn't mean we should be damned for all eternity. I seriously believe we should clear out congress and impeach Obama but I still respect the office if not the man or woman...
ReplyDeleteFirst, when FB started trading on the public NY Stock Exchange they lost certain rights afforded to privately traded companies and had to follow Exchange rules, especially ones regarding censorship, which they are NOT doing. And that is a fact.
DeleteSecond, I really don't care what you write for you obviously cannot tell the difference between fact and innuendo, and you cannot stay on topic, as nowhere did I speak of Obama or damning anyone for all eternity.
If this comment is a sample of your writing you would be well served NOT to criticizing others and work more on your own writing skills.
I hope you are also going to be at a GMO Rally..Aug 25 where ever you are...This is World Wide..this has to also do with the Chem-trails....If you know about the nano technology they are also spraying us with..I would like to hear from you...
ReplyDeleteNO I will NOT be there as I do NOT believe we are being sprayed with anything...sorry.
DeleteWhat if I told you it was the MUSLIMS that were spraying us Diane? Would you kick in to gear then?
DeleteTypical answer from someone hiding behind the moniker 'anonymous'...NOT worthy of an answer.
Delete"Anonymous" is a designation not a moniker.
DeleteYou already know my name. It's "Judith" right?
DeleteSorry Sori,
DeleteI think you and your fellow travelers should boycott Facebook AND the Internet for 5 years instead of just one day. Less bullshit for us rational people to wade through. Judith #27
You can call 'anonymous' anything you want but its content means the same...you do NOT have the courage to stand behind your convictions and words and show who you are, and thus, NOTHING you say means a damn thing! You're just another liberal blowhard who has NOTHING better to do than follow people around the blogosphere and 'stalk' those who actually have working brain cells. Go back and worship at the Obama alter...you deserve each other.
DeleteYou're cute Diane. Nice try. Your last comment defines the term "blowhard". You realize that that's what you're doing right? Blowing hard into a strong headwind. The world is blowing right past you and you don't even know it. Kind of funny, and kind of sad. BTW Diane... No one is "stalking" you. You're putting this crap out in to the world, so you better be ready to deal when somebody calls your crap crap.
DeleteI have been in FB jail on several occasions myself and found it irritating. Like you, Diane, I am an administrator of several conservative sites as well as an artsy site and have three promotion pages for my companies and the books that I wrote besides my personal page. I cannot disconnect myself but will not log-on to FB on August 25th. May all Conservatives disconnect or do the same, if their position requires it.
ReplyDeleteThat's how I'm doing it...NOT logging in but NOT deactivating my account. Some people will be sorry they did when they find that they can't get back on.
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