Paul Joseph Watson
Summit NewsMon, 10 Jun 2019 00:01 UTC
Clown world strikes again.Facebook removed a post which consisted simply of the word "honk," asserting that it was a violation of their community standards.
Yes, really.
The use of the word stems from the 'clown world' meme - a nihilistic position many on the right are taking in light of a society in the grip of 'progressive' degeneracy run amok.Apparently, it's now verboten to even allude to the meme on Facebook.
The fact that Facebook is now ruthlessly enforcing its far-left ideology across its own platform cannot be denied.
Over the weekend, the Silicon Valley giant banned Natural News, which had 2.5 million followers on the platform, just hours after leftist website the Daily Beast published a hit piece against its owner Mike Adams.
Last month, Facebook banned yours truly along with a number of other conservative commentators for no specific reason whatsoever.
Facebook is now clearly operating as a publisher not a platform in violation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and is engaging in flagrant election meddling.Will the Trump administration do anything about it or will his base continue to be placated by meaningless tweets which aren't followed by any real action?
Comment: Facebook is fighting a losing battle on this front. Given the speed with which 4chan can come up with memes and trolling campaigns, the idea that Facebook could actually stay on top of it and ban them as they come out seems overly ambitious. Also, considering how they seem to have mastered the ability of taking completely inane things (the word 'honk' for one, but also past triumphs like the 'OK' hand gesture and hashtags) and elevate them to politically charged symbols, Facebook will end up banning every second word in the English language before long. Welcome to Clown World. Honk honk.
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I don't even look at FB anymore. But I just posted this. Everyone reading this should to. I could care less if they booted me. They would be doing me a favor.