Trump removal – by fiat

Trump removal – by fiat
By Terry A. Hurlbut
Yesterday afternoon, beginning at 10:06 a.m. PST, reporter Bari Weiss released the last thread describing the removal of Donald Trump. By every indication, the Twitter Trust and Safety Team acted by fiat, not by any rule then in effect. Worse, on that last day, we saw a mass formation psychotic episode, coupled with power intoxication, among Twitter staff. World leaders everywhere reacted in shock and surprise. But only until November of this year did anyone correct this slight.
The final Trump removal thread
Before we begin, here are the two tweets on the Donald Trump account that appeared on January 8, 2021:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1347555316863553542
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1347569870578266115
As CNAV said on the Monday before Thanksgiving, Donald Trump has not used the account since then. But more to the point, nothing in the Trump account can possibly so construe as to incite violence. Bear this in mind as Bari Weiss’ thread begins. As ever, CNAV lists every other tweet, because each is a reply to one before it:
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602364358218043392
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602364863182868480
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602365095010398208
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602365655595962368
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602366144299470848
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602366797075709952
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602366974599700480
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602367643553599512
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602368445986869279
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602368731111460877
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602370784332156928
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602371899723431937
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602372767709466624
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602372998933016576
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602373639516536832
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602374115867754496
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602375132923645952
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602375528224215040
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602376215742263296
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602376486928846848
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602379974526181376
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602379977525104640
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602379980020715520
Analysis
As CNAV observed above, this is a textbook example of mass formation psychosis. Which is what you get when a single person, or event, strikes such terror in so many hearts that a mass of people act without thinking. Doctor Robert Malone has alleged that this phenomenon persuaded people to accept COVID lockdowns – except in the State of South Dakota, whose Governor disclaimed any authority to do any such thing, or the Republic of Sweden, whose leaders simply decided not to exercise any such authority.
In the Twitter case, we see people already suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome, multiplying that many-fold in response to what they convinced themselves was the near-overthrow of the government. The “ecstasy” that Bari Weiss documents in her various screencaps is more than any sense of relief. Those messages do not say “We dodged a bullet.” They say, “DING, DONG, THE WARLOCK’S DEAD!” (Meaning Trump, not Rafael Warnock, Senator from Georgia.) Furthermore, this experience emboldened them to make themselves arbiters of truth. They boast of this specifically in reference to SARS-CoV-2. This is the power intoxication component.
And though Twitter staff threw all their civic lessons to the winds, many outside the country did not. The French, German, Mexican, and Russian voices speak volumes. Since when do non-Americans care more about freedom of speech than Americans? Since January 8, 2021, that’s when.
Reaction
Reaction has so far been mostly positive. One user quoted his earlier sharing of a video making clear that present staff “err on the side of freedom of speech.”
https://twitter.com/ThePeoplesMMA/status/1602380688677707776
The Daily Mail has the best reportage outside of Twitter. Their headline, which speaks of activist staff, says it all.
On Twitter itself, Charlie Kirk shared, at 4:58 p.m. PST, an email dissolving the Twitter Trust and Safety Council.
https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1602468007006990337
This came after three members of that Council resigned in bitter protest last week.
https://twitter.com/annecollier/status/1600889250761027585
But it also comes on the very day of the release of the fifth installment of the Twitter Files. The Post Millennial reported the full particulars of the dissolution and the protest resignations.
Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, and the third time it’s enemy action.
Ian Fleming
In any case, the removal of Trump was only the first such instance. After that, Twitter removed several conservative accounts – in a manner one can only describe as arbitrary and capricious.
Today the Medical Misinformation Policy is no longer in force, and banned accounts continue to come back. But the next question is whether President Trump has a cause of legal action, for breach of contract. Thus far he has announced no such action. Only time will tell.
Link to:
The article:
https://cnav.news/2022/12/13/editorial/talk/trump-removal-fiat/

The last two Trump tweets:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1347555316863553542
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1347569870578266115

The Twitter Files 5 thread:
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602364358218043392
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602364863182868480
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602365095010398208
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602365655595962368
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602366144299470848
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602366797075709952
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602366974599700480
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602367643553599512
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602368445986869279
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602368731111460877
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602370784332156928
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602371899723431937
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602372767709466624
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602372998933016576
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602373639516536832
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602374115867754496
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602375132923645952
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602375528224215040
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602376215742263296
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602376486928846848
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602379974526181376
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602379977525104640
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602379980020715520

Video touting freedom of speech:
https://twitter.com/ThePeoplesMMA/status/1602380688677707776

Trust and Safety dissolution:
https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1602468007006990337

Trust and Safety resignations:
https://twitter.com/annecollier/status/1600889250761027585

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https://twitter.com/DecTruth

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