Thread by @TheRealHoarse

Twitter has thrown comedian Kathy Griffin into Twitmo.

The full Mongolian asshattery of Twitter’s arbitrary rules enforcement has me all kinds of ragey, so please affix thy seatbelts.

Some turbulence may occur.

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First, let’s start with what got Kathy Griffin a stint up the river in Twitmo.

In one of his daily meandering assaults on grammar and syntax Trump mused about whether he should maybe indulge in a little insulin.

Insulin. Maybe try it. Like it’s a spa treatment.

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Suggesting possibly taking medically unnecessary treatments on a whim which could put a person in a coma or kill them...

That seems kind of bad for a president to do.

Let’s put aside the sheer mind-numbing stupidity of that statement though.

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In response, Griffin posted on Twitter: “syringe with nothing but air inside it would do the trick.”

Again, Kathy Griffin is a comedian. She is not a staff physician at Walter Reade.

It seems somewhat unlikely Trump’s physicians consult her for medical direction.

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Few people wilt the fragile flowers over on the right more than Griffin though.

So the usual asshatted outlets jumped in to both misrepresent the tweet itself and feign horror.

Delicate little daisies, they are.

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independent.co.uk/voices/kathy-g…

So, Kathy Griffin was forced to delete the post and got a Twitmo stretch for a joke that might have been unkind but certainly wasn’t a threat.

But Twitter took a comedian literally.

Remember that statement. It will come up again shortly.

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Now, let’s pivot over to looking at how Twitter polices its own rules when Trump isn’t the target but is instead the author.

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Trump threatened to commit an international war crime against Iran.

Twitter was fine with it.

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axios.com/trump-iran-cul…

He falsely accused several Members of Congress of treason - a crime which can carry the death penalty - and Twitter was... fine with it.

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He tweeted openly racist remarks about several other Members of Congress.

Twitter then embarrassingly tried to pretend the statements weren’t actually racist... but couldn’t even conjure up a rationale for that absurd conclusion.

washingtonpost.com/technology/201…

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About a year ago, after the bloviating fuckwit had broken myriad rules without consequence, Twitter swore they meant business this time!

They would... leave up tweets from world leaders that violated its rules (read: Trump) but would flag them!

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theguardian.com/technology/201…

...but then that made Commander Babyfingers and his army of dimwitted jackanapes’ super upset so Twitter just... didn’t actually do it.

washingtonpost.com/technology/201…

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And to excuse that, they made up ludicrous workarounds like leaving up tweets that were “direct communications” between Trump and other world leaders.

Follow that one...

Trump threatening to nuke some random dude: bad!

Threatening to nuke a foreign leader: no prob!

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Twitter has now spent four years alternating between 1) running off like scared mice; and 2) foisting new, toothless, unenforced “rules” it swears it is double-extra-serious about this time.

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Nobody buys it.

Least of all Trump.

He knows Twitter is either impotent, incompetent or complicit.

And when a narcissist sees someone that effing weak, they will run them over in their car and then back up to laugh at them for letting them.

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And so now Trump is doing whatever he wants.

Whether that is vomiting up illegitimate medical claims or that wouldn’t in any way cure you but might actually kill you.

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Or inciting people to violate lawful state orders and disregard public safety during a pandemic...

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Or falsely accusing someone of murder... and therefore tormenting the grieving spouse of a woman who died tragically of a heart condition.

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Or lying about mail-in balloting in an effort to corrupt an election.

Oh, but Twitter put a little disclaimer on those. My goodness, the boldness!

“You can try to rig an election... but not without us adding a footnote! Take that!”

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So, let’s bring all of this together with a tidy bow.

The Twitter cops slapped a comedian with a suspension for a joke.

Trump craps on their lunch tray daily and dares them to do something about it.

Trump knows they’re too cowardly to enforce any rule they set for him.

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If Twitter actually had a collective spinal column, they would

#FreeKathySuspendTrump

Suspending a comedian while enabling a clown.

What a freaking joke.

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