Gutfeld on Twitter bans
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So after much outcry, Twitter has reinstated the account of conservative Iraq War veteran Jesse Kelly after he was "permanently" banned for violating the platforms policies.
Which policies? Not sure -- since Twitter really hasn’t said. We do know it wasn't for being anti-semitic because Louis Farrakhan is still welcome.
But look Twitter's a company -- it can toss anyone it wants. If I own a bar, and you’re being a jerk in that bar, you're gone.
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The question, here, though, is -- who stays and who goes?
If this guy was kicked off for being a jerk, then let’s kick off all jerks, right? But then, there goes Twitter.
But if the guy actually harassed someone, Twitter should have said so.
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So it makes you wonder if Twitter’s treatment is fair. And, would they have changed their minds if Jesse hadn't been on Tucker Monday night.
Now I don't know what Kelly said to get him into hot water. But the trend is larger than any one dude.
It's part of a larger "fink" culture, where group-think monitors, activists, mainstream media websites and social-justice mobsters target dissenters. And this attack typically goes in one direction. Left to right. The right rarely tattles so Twitter thinks they don't matter.
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So make a bad joke. Use the wrong pronoun: God help you. You'll get doxed, annoyed at home, fired from Google. Kicked off Twitter.
What's the solution? To paraphrase writer Walter Kirn, as Twitter limits expression: "It's starting to feel like tacit approval to stay."
So maybe it's time to move on -- and start some freedom of our own.
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Adapted from Greg Gutfeld’s monologue on “The Five” on November 27, 2018.