"The United Arab Emirates acts in agreement with the Israelis and filthy Zionist agents of the US – such as the Jewish member of Trump's family [Jared Kushner] – with utmost cruelty against the interests of the World of Islam," Iranian dictator Ali Khamanei Tweeted on Sept. 1, 2020.
Four months have gone by since then. Anti-Semitism continues on, and so does Khamanei's Twitter account. US President Donald Trump's account, however, was deleted on Saturday. Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey thinks that it is safer if the Iranian dictator who seeks to destroy Dorsey along with all of America uses his platform, but not the leader of the free world.
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Blocking Trump's account is just as unfounded as the so-called "reasons" Twitter gave to explain their actions.
They claimed, for example, that Trump's statement that he would not appear at President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration could be viewed as a further statement that the election was not legitimate.
The nation of Palestine is under various, severe pressures. Then, the UAE acts in agreement with the Israelis & filthy Zionist agents of the U.S. —such as the Jewish member of Trump's family— with utmost cruelty against the interests of the World of Islam.#UAEStabsMuslims
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) September 1, 2020
Based on this logic, Hillary Clinton should have been banned from Twitter a long time ago, when she claimed back in 2016 that the elections were stolen from her.
Twitter also said that Trump's use of the words "American patriots" might be interpreted by some as supporting those who attacked Capitol Hill.
This, of course, is a blatant lie because in his post Trump referred to all his supporters, the vast majority of whom did not commit any acts of violence, and even though the president used some inciting rhetoric, he repeatedly stressed that he was opposed to violence.
Blocking Trump's account was the culmination of the day's social media purge of anything related to conservatism or nationalism: Facebook banished the anti-Democrat WalkAway page that had about half a million members who shared their experience of switching from being a Democrat to becoming a Republican – a severe crime in the post-Trump era; Instagram, owned by Facebook, removed a Youth for Trump leader's photo from last week's Trump rally, with Capitol Hill in the backdrop, and Israeli and US flags, even though he strongly opposed violence; Apple is threatening to remove Parler – Twitter's conservative alternative – unless its members adhere to censorship rules of big high-tech companies.
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Meanwhile, the Twitter accounts of violent far-left organizations, such as Antifa, that encourage, promote, and organize violent riots continue to operate uninterrupted.
The silencing of the right is affecting livelihoods too. A Chicago newspaper has reported that attendees of the Trump rally, those who marched but did not attack the Capitol, are being fired from their jobs. They are being called Nazis, and their businesses fall prey to corruption.
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has been informed by the Simon & Schuster publishing company that they will not be publishing his book. Hawley dared to use his constitutional right as a senator to challenge the election results.
Biden likened Hawley and Republican senator Ted Cruz to Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels. The President-elect outlined his rationale for the silencing: if your opponent is a Nazi, you are obligated to silence him, and to hell with freedom of speech.
Ahead of the March elections in Israel, we too should be prepared for a "purge" of the Right, such as investigative journalist Raviv Drucker's call to investigate Israel Hayom and censor Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Democracy is indeed in danger, and we certainly intend to fight for it. We will not be silenced.
