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By John Kanelis<\/strong> \/ johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

This won’t surprise anyone in the least, but I happen to believe Facebook’s oversight board made the right call in keeping Donald Trump away from the social medium.<\/p>\n

The board made its decision known this morning, citing Trump’s incitement of the insurrection on The Sixth of January, the one that sought to overturn the results of a free and fair election that chose Joe Biden to be president and threw Trump out of office.<\/p>\n

Trump used Facebook as a method of stirring up the rioters who stormed the Capitol Building, killing four individuals — including a police officer — threatened to “Hang Mike Pence!” and sought to hunt down other elected officials.<\/p>\n

It was an insurrection against the government<\/em> and it sought to destroy the democratic process.<\/em><\/p>\n

The decision carries some stipulations, according to the New York Times, which reported:\u00a0But the board also said that Facebook\u2019s penalty of an indefinite suspension was \u201cnot appropriate,\u201d and that the company should apply a \u201cdefined penalty.\u201d The board gave Facebook six months to make its final decision on Mr. Trump\u2019s account status.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cOur sole job is to hold this extremely powerful organization, Facebook, to be held accountable,\u201d Michael McConnell, co-chair of the Oversight Board, said on a call with reporters. The decision \u201cdid not meet these standards,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n

Facebook’s Ban of Trump Upheld by Oversight Board (msn.com)<\/a><\/p>\n

I can hear the outcry building now. Conservatives are going to bitch about Facebook being too friendly to liberals, that the platform seeks to punish those who hold views that differ from their own. Baloney!<\/p>\n

As I have followed this tempest, Facebook based its decision to ban Trump because the ex-POTUS keeps telling the Big Lie about the 2020 election being “stolen” from him and that his words had a demonstrable effect on the rioters who sought to pillage and plunder the seat of our federal government.<\/p>\n

Is that really a partisan matter? No, it is not!<\/p>\n

The overseers of Facebook have given the platform six months to decide on Trump’s status. Take all the time you need and have been given, Facebook.\u00a0Donald John Trump is a menace, a disgrace and is the true “enemy of the people.”<\/p>\n\n

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