desertpeace posted: " Facebook censors cartoon critical of Israel Annie Robbins The Palestine Information Center (PIC), an independent Palestinian news website and network had their Facebook page temporarily suspended for publishing a 20"
The Palestine Information Center (PIC), an independent Palestinian news website and network had their Facebook page temporarily suspended for publishing a 2009 cartoon by Brazilian political cartoonist Carlos Latuff. The graphic shows a woman walking and carrying a wounded child in front of an Israeli flag with one of the blue banners of the flag covering her mouth. Latuff's text issued a warning: "SHHHHHHHHHH!!! Denouncing Israeli War Crimes Is Anti-Semitism".
This is not a far flung radical concept since criticism of Israel and/or issues relating to the U.S. relationship to Israel, including criticism or mention of the Israel lobby are continually lambasted as anti-Semitic. The examples are endless, even President Obama was accused of anti Semitism.
Recalling the war crimes committed during those gruesome 22 days in the winter of 2008-2009, when Israel pummeled the Gaza Strip, killing more than 1,300 people, including over 300 children — articulated in the Goldstone Report (pdf) released in September 2009 — I asked Latuff if there was a specific incident that prompted him to draw the cartoon in 2009. "Nope, not a specific incident, just to highlight the censorship often found on Internet related to everything critical to Israel".
Accusations of anti Semitism are, arguably, the very first line of defense by Israel's ardent defenders. But draw or publish a cartoon about it? Censored on Facebook:
Rami Salaam, an administrator of PIC's English Facebook page told Mondoweiss "Cartoons are usually targeted by Facebook more than anything else. Maybe because they appeal to people everywhere. Latuff's cartoons are widely shared on our page and maybe that is why it was removed."
PIC was not warned or notified prior to the removal of the cartoon. "It just disappeared" according to Salaam. He continued, "When we tried to login we got a message saying that that cartoon was removed because it violates Facebook polices and that our account that posted the cartoon is suspended for 3 days. – The reason for the deletion and suspension is fickle and meaningless because the cartoon is not graphic nor does it incite any kind of violence. The reason given is "We removed the post below because it doesn't follow the Facebook Community Standards." They also threatened to delete the whole page."
I asked Salaam if this was an isolated incident and he mentioned PIC was suspended for a day two weeks ago for posting this photograph of "an Orthodox Jew and his daughter both carrying guns." He sent me this screenshot:
"We were also suspended and got a couple of videos removed over a month ago. The new thing we have noticed is that pictures/videos can now be removed by Facebook even if they follow the so called community standards. This is scary because soon we will not be able to post anything, it seems. So yes we do believe Facebook's pro-Israel policy is tightening the noose around our freedom of speech."
During her trip to the U.S. in November 2015, Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely met with representatives of YouTube and Google to discuss ways her ministry could "cooperate" against "inflammatory material" she claimed was inciting violence and terror attacks. Curiously, recently I searched for current videos of Israeli violence against Palestinians on both Google and Youtube and the only videos readily available dated back to last October, nothing current. Strange.
The only vulgarity about this cartoon is the truth it helps expose. Responding to the news Facebook had removed his cartoon Latuff tweeted "This censorship proves EXACTLY the point of cartoon". How ironic.
Ilustration: more about Erdogan attacking Latuff, making Latuff once again the hero of the political cartoonists.
Erdogan, Terrorism, Trump, Chicago and Stuff
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Honest Charlie
There is simply so much that is going on, or sent on, that it seemed pointless to publish as it is so obvious, but it seems that it is not.So, here it is, a great public service.
Some deranged moron shot up a Planned Parenthood clinic and is now on trial, or at least in the judicial system.As he appeared, he had a wild grin and bulging eyes and kept shouting "I'm guilty! Say it! And add that I saved babies.Get it all out."He was sent to a mental institution for evaluation.
Speaking of mass shootings, there was one in California, near Riverside.The neighbor, Marquez, immediately checked himself into a looney bin too.As to the others, you can't avoid seeing them on endless coverage on BREAKING NEWS (for a week now) and the analysis starts.
The Republican Congress immediately snapped into action.Had the fiancé, Tashfeen, been asked if she has terrorist leanings at her interview?Now this is key as any terrorist would immediately confess and say "Yes, I'm going there to carry out a terrorist mission and have a baby, not in that order."See, these terrorists are easy to spot.Just ask them and they will wilt under the pressure and confess.
Of course, Donald Trump, a confessed Republican, has announced that all Moslems should be denied entry into the country, the U.S.Well, how would you know they were terrorists?This was answered by his female in charge of publicity "Check the passports."Well, it is not on the passport."Well, it should be," was the answer.Donald Trump is coming to represent the American public in the eyes of the world.
Now the Speaker of the House, third in line, second if you start from the Vice President, immediately condemned this kind of talk.However, it seems very suspicious coming from his as he wears a beard.Moslems wear beards, we all know.
James Comey, head of the FBI, and regarded the best Director since L. Patrick Grey, says encryption is the reason they can't keep track or terrorists.See, they use "mathematical algorithms," to hide things.Now mathematical algorithms are the worse kind, even worse than chemical or biological algorithms.Maybe they could handle a historical algorithm, but a mathematical algorithm, no way.In fact, most people don't know what an algorithm is, much less than dispute him.In fact, an algorithm is not a program or an app, and most plots are planned face to face (or so I hear, of course I wouldn't know, nope, not me -- why I don't even like Ohms).
To the eyes to the world: Donald Trump's main appeal is to white people with a high school degree or less.Now the schools here are nothing to boast about, and the K-12 levels are meaningless.In sum, these people are morons and idiots.
On the other hand, a real smart guy is running against him, Ted Cruz.He says that Trump's popularity will fall.Why? Gravity, that's how.We all know gravity.He's talking Newtonian gravity, I'm sure, not some new-fangled space war, nope, good old fashioned God-given gravity.We have never started the rumor that he keeps a stash of pornographic Bibles in his office, to be sure.
Some may have heard about the Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Israel Emmanuel.There are large demonstrations demanding his resignations, a multi-racial movement, and the people are wise as they are demonstrating on Michigan Avenue where all the rich people shop and own businesses.This are, of course, provides Rahm's main support.
There is no point in trying to talk to him.He will communicate in person unlike other professional politicians, but you have to say "fuck" a lot and lace it with other interjections or he will not take you seriously.He will talk back in kind, and then say "Shut yer fuckin' mouth," and move on.But at least it's a conversation.
We finally found out what Nancy Reagan meant when her solution to the drug problem was "just say NO"NO is nitrous oxide, the stuff dentists use.Non-addictive, I understand, and a lot of fun.
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