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Back in Facebook jail for 30 days for saying this about Lindsey Graham (Original Post) ancianita Jul 2021 OP
Maybe you should have said: Tomconroy Jul 2021 #1
heh heh okay ancianita Jul 2021 #3
So you can't say "fuck them" about anyone whose opinion you oppose, on Facebook? DemocraticPatriot Jul 2021 #33
See, that's the thing. I tried to find out what "community" I'm in, since I only have friends see my ancianita Jul 2021 #38
I try to stay away from right-wing pages. They make me too angry. DemocraticPatriot Jul 2021 #39
Then go to Speaker Pelosi's, Bernies, Schumer's or AOC's pages for a look. ancianita Jul 2021 #40
Five asterisks would have worked, as people would have formed the rhyme automatically. TheBlackAdder Jul 2021 #25
"WHORE". Will get you in trouble every time. vanlassie Jul 2021 #2
Yeah, I hear you. And that word can't even be metaphoric or economic, just sexist. ancianita Jul 2021 #4
I don't know about that. Pretty sure both times I was talking about somebody like Lindsey Graham.... vanlassie Jul 2021 #5
Yeah it's probably FB's Lindsey Graham community standard. ancianita Jul 2021 #6
Wait Traildogbob Jul 2021 #22
Oh :( That strikes me as a possible "bot response". DemocraticPatriot Jul 2021 #34
They had a problem with that? Cracklin Charlie Jul 2021 #7
It's not what you say on Facebook FakeNoose Jul 2021 #23
Why I NEVER make any kind of political comments of any kind PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2021 #8
Good for you. I get it. ancianita Jul 2021 #9
Where's the fun in that? nt alphafemale Jul 2021 #35
Hello there 3auld6phart Jul 2021 #10
Hi there. ancianita Jul 2021 #18
I agree completely with what 9 Yacht Betsy is, FoxNewsSucks Jul 2021 #21
It's BS, Ive seen far worse on the right and they only get in trouble when they severely pass the dewsgirl Jul 2021 #11
Yep. Then again, I'm a repeat offender by now, with a clearly liberal commie rap sheet. ancianita Jul 2021 #12
I have stayed off off Face book for the past 5 yr at dewsgirl Jul 2021 #13
Definitely that helps. ancianita Jul 2021 #15
Almost everyone I know, is on there all the time. dewsgirl Jul 2021 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Jul 2021 #14
Damn. That ol' sixties expression? ancianita Jul 2021 #16
I think it was worth it! MLAA Jul 2021 #17
I SIGNED & 5 DAY'S LATER DELETED TRASH BOOK ! IT WAS 5 YRS AGO !! monkeyman1 Jul 2021 #19
I'll have what you're havin'! ancianita Jul 2021 #20
Do you reckon the caps lock was the last straw that pushed them over the edge?? littlemissmartypants Jul 2021 #24
Coulda been an 'okay boomer' moment I was havin' -- everybody's so against caps, and yet ancianita Jul 2021 #29
Hear! Hear! To the ALL CAPS moment! littlemissmartypants Jul 2021 #31
When Biden's dog videohead5 Jul 2021 #26
Yep, the FB snowflake fragility standard. They get to be horrible & we don't get to call them on it ancianita Jul 2021 #30
I'm suspended ob AOC's site.. Hulk Jul 2021 #27
The right sticks together and mass reports negative posts against their side RandiFan1290 Jul 2021 #28
Maybe they object to "whore" being used? Ilsa Jul 2021 #36
I hear you. Then again, it's not just that word. ancianita Jul 2021 #37

DemocraticPatriot

(4,170 posts)
33. So you can't say "fuck them" about anyone whose opinion you oppose, on Facebook?
Mon Jul 19, 2021, 05:17 AM
Jul 2021

So noted


I think maybe Twitter's standards are a bit looser.


hahaha

ancianita

(35,812 posts)
38. See, that's the thing. I tried to find out what "community" I'm in, since I only have friends see my
Mon Jul 19, 2021, 06:36 PM
Jul 2021

posts. So I know for a fact that my friends have no such "community standards" and talk that way themselves; they gave me ample examples of them on FB messenger when I told them I got nailed again.

So all I can think is that "community standards" is some management-decided set of 'bad words.'

It's Zuckerberg's sandbox and we gotta play by his rules.

Maybe you might try going looking at posts on any right wing pages, and see all kinds of thinking are more toxic and fucked up than those two centuries' old epithets, and how somehow that's okay.

DemocraticPatriot

(4,170 posts)
39. I try to stay away from right-wing pages. They make me too angry.
Mon Jul 19, 2021, 06:52 PM
Jul 2021

I like to keep my blood pressure at a healthy level. lol

ancianita

(35,812 posts)
40. Then go to Speaker Pelosi's, Bernies, Schumer's or AOC's pages for a look.
Mon Jul 19, 2021, 07:14 PM
Jul 2021

Maybe even counter-post Replies to the attackers.

We can't avoid in the arena of public discourse, but stand up for what we stand for.

vanlassie

(5,637 posts)
2. "WHORE". Will get you in trouble every time.
Thu Jul 15, 2021, 10:01 PM
Jul 2021

I’ve been in FB AND Twitter jail for using the term “Media Whore.” No way to argue with them.

vanlassie

(5,637 posts)
5. I don't know about that. Pretty sure both times I was talking about somebody like Lindsey Graham....
Thu Jul 15, 2021, 10:05 PM
Jul 2021

Traildogbob

(8,571 posts)
22. Wait
Fri Jul 16, 2021, 12:04 AM
Jul 2021

I got banned for life on Twitter for calling Tomi Lauren a street lamp post appendage. Did not use the whore word at all. But right wingers posting shit about “Joe and the Ho”, no problem. Never been on face book, glad to be banned from twitshit.

DemocraticPatriot

(4,170 posts)
34. Oh :( That strikes me as a possible "bot response".
Mon Jul 19, 2021, 05:19 AM
Jul 2021

One should not use the word in reference to a woman, obviously, but I doubt bots can make that distinction....

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
7. They had a problem with that?
Thu Jul 15, 2021, 10:10 PM
Jul 2021

Seems pretty mild.

Last time I went to hate book (10 years ago?) a former in law’s mother told me to “eat shit and die”.

I barely knew the old hag. Never went back. Don’t need the aggravation.

FakeNoose

(32,340 posts)
23. It's not what you say on Facebook
Fri Jul 16, 2021, 12:11 AM
Jul 2021

... it's who sees it and and reports you. If you have a lot of followers, or "friends", it's guaranteed some of them are going to be ChumpHumpers. We all know how little humor they can tolerate. They're just looking for an argument, every time.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,746 posts)
8. Why I NEVER make any kind of political comments of any kind
Thu Jul 15, 2021, 10:40 PM
Jul 2021

on Facebook. On that platform, I stick with what my mother used to tell me: If you can't say something nice, then don't say anything at all.

Honestly, that's good advice, especially on FB. I find myself being driven batshit crazy by many of the posts that show up. And no, they aren't political. They are people bragging about their grandchildren, or posting photographs of a recent meal in a restaurant, or telling me about how I need to be understanding of their mental illness. Honestly? I don't give a flying fuck. But I NEVER post a comment or criticism of such posts, despite what I think of those posts.

Again, if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.

ancianita

(35,812 posts)
9. Good for you. I get it.
Thu Jul 15, 2021, 10:49 PM
Jul 2021

Benign, self involved posting is what makes it all Facelift, if you ask me. So I have news media like Mother Jones and NYT, Vice, Occupy, ACLU, SPLC, EFF, etc., along with Biden, Harris, Schumer, Warren, Sanders, AOC, Pelosi and other Democratic leaders' posts. Otherwise, what's the point?

I usually wouldn't bother with a Lindsey Graham he-said/she-said piece, but I realize now I was feeling deranged by the Sheldon Whitehouse presentation earlier. I'm aghast at how corporations can't work with but only capture government. I hate dark money whores. One of these days, their ilk won't have anything nice to say to Zuckerberg, either.

Thanks for your post, PoindexterOglethorpe.

3auld6phart

(1,016 posts)
10. Hello there
Thu Jul 15, 2021, 11:10 PM
Jul 2021
I got 39 days for calling a former Sec.of Education a skank. I’ve seen a lot
worse than that sit Thin skinned bastards.9 Yacht Betsy is a skank.

ancianita

(35,812 posts)
18. Hi there.
Fri Jul 16, 2021, 12:01 AM
Jul 2021

Yes, there is definitely a lot worse, but one must never call Republicans names because that's the Republican community standard. You should see what FB lets stand about Pelosi, though.

FoxNewsSucks

(10,375 posts)
21. I agree completely with what 9 Yacht Betsy is,
Fri Jul 16, 2021, 12:04 AM
Jul 2021

and had a post hidden here for using that term in reference to MF45's naked-model wife.

Here. Even though others on the same thread used the same term.

It's not just FB or tweeter that suffers from selective outrage.

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
11. It's BS, Ive seen far worse on the right and they only get in trouble when they severely pass the
Thu Jul 15, 2021, 11:18 PM
Jul 2021

line, much much worse than this. And it's not like what you said, wasn't true.🥴🙄

ancianita

(35,812 posts)
12. Yep. Then again, I'm a repeat offender by now, with a clearly liberal commie rap sheet.
Thu Jul 15, 2021, 11:27 PM
Jul 2021

I think there was a study done somewhere about which side of the political spectrum they have a bias for banning, and as I recall, I think it's our side. For months, the right wing comments on Pelosi's page were literally unreadable, horrible.

Regardless, I know I'll be back, because I do get a lot of good information there.

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
13. I have stayed off off Face book for the past 5 yr at
Thu Jul 15, 2021, 11:35 PM
Jul 2021

least, with the exception of Messenger. And I am much happier/less anxious than before.

ancianita

(35,812 posts)
15. Definitely that helps.
Thu Jul 15, 2021, 11:46 PM
Jul 2021

I'll put in half an hour, skim by dumb stuff, read news and check my smart friends' posts, but that's it.

Yeah, it can be psychically harmful, for sure.

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
32. Almost everyone I know, is on there all the time.
Mon Jul 19, 2021, 05:14 AM
Jul 2021

I don't think they understand people only put the positives of their life or even skew things to be far better than they are. I have tried to explain this to a close friend, yet she still gets depressed from it at times. I am well aware of this phenomenon, especially since that was me 5 yrs ago, acting like all is good, when it wasn't, I had done it since FB began. I read a study once, people that use that site everyday are 13 percent less happy than if they just stayed off.(I'm talking about people that spend a significant amount of time everyday.) That number is likely far higher now.

Response to ancianita (Original post)

ancianita

(35,812 posts)
29. Coulda been an 'okay boomer' moment I was havin' -- everybody's so against caps, and yet
Fri Jul 16, 2021, 02:37 PM
Jul 2021

Last edited Fri Jul 16, 2021, 08:45 PM - Edit history (1)

we're in an all caps moment in this country.

I forgot to give my usual explanation, which is: given that FB has no buttons for EMphasis, I use CAPS for EMphasis and not shouting.

videohead5

(2,150 posts)
26. When Biden's dog
Fri Jul 16, 2021, 12:27 AM
Jul 2021

Passed away last month some TrumpTard posted something completely horrible about Biden's dog. I went off on them. I have 4 days left until I can post again on Facebook.

 

Hulk

(6,699 posts)
27. I'm suspended ob AOC's site..
Fri Jul 16, 2021, 12:44 AM
Jul 2021

For simply stating one of theae cult leaders has always been a worthless waste. Probably said it a bit stronfer than that..😈

RandiFan1290

(6,206 posts)
28. The right sticks together and mass reports negative posts against their side
Fri Jul 16, 2021, 06:57 AM
Jul 2021

They don't stab each other in the back like others do.

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