Thread by @tomselliott

For those who missed @karol’s tweet last night, Twitter suspended me after I criticized @NYGovCuomo for denying NYC’s request to make vaccines available for senior citizens.

@karol @NYGovCuomo .@Twitter falsely claimed I was violating their rules against “abuse and harassment [which] includes wishing or hoping that someone experiences physical harm.” My tweet was explicitly doing the opposite; trying to protect NY’s most vulnerable from Cuomo’s deadly vaccine rules.

@karol @NYGovCuomo @Twitter Rather than agree to their demand to delete the tweet, I appealed. Twitter’s appeal process bizarrely limits you to 240 characters, which is hardly enough space to explain the stupidity of their Thought Cops.

@karol @NYGovCuomo @Twitter I suspected Twitter wouldn’t conduct the appeal process in good faith, but preferred being locked out over implicitly agreeing my tweet meant the opposite of what it did. They later confirmed my suspicion and denied the appeal.

@karol @NYGovCuomo @Twitter Twitter has thus once again established that its “rules" are merely cover to penalize accounts engaging in Wrongthink. As my tweet was clearly in defense of NY’s most vulnerable population, the only conclusion is that Twitter’s upset I’m criticizing Gov. Cuomo.

@karol @NYGovCuomo @Twitter I’ve thus deleted the tweet so I can bring forth this story about @Twitter engaging in the same shameful behavior it did pre-Election Day; manipulating its platform to protect the political interests of its favored politicians — even if that results in needless death & despair.

@karol @NYGovCuomo @Twitter BTW, the tweet below is what I was RTing. Whatever you do, don’t let Twitter know you think Gov. Cuomo has anything but the best intent by once again needlessly jeopardizing the lives of senior citizens

https://twitter.com/TheEliKlein/status/1346226027752796160