Twitter says it won't suspend Louis Farrakhan over tweet comparing Jews to termites

[demmiblue]

Source: The Hill

Twitter said Wednesday that it will not suspend Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan over a tweet comparing Jews to termites, the company confirmed to The Hill.

Farrakhan, who has been accused of making anti-Semitic remarks for years, posted a clip to Twitter of a speech he gave captioned, "I'm not an anti-Semite. I'm anti-Termite."

The tweet prompted backlash on the platform, with figures such as Chelsea Clinton blasting it as anti-Semitic.

"The responsive laughter makes my skin crawl. For everyone who rightly condemned President Trump’s rhetoric when he spoke about immigrants 'infesting our country,' this rhetoric should be equally unacceptable to you," Clinton wrote.

Link to tweet

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/411950-twitter-says-it-wont-suspend-louis-farrakhan-over-tweet-comparing-jews-to

[nycbos]

1. The silence on this post is deafening.

I am assuming that if a Republican made a disgusting anti-muslim comment people would be here full of outrage.


But antisemitism is okay to many on the left.

[ck4829]

3. As they should, let's not create a false dichotomy here

[nycbos]

6. I am not saying they shouldn't

I am saying the left should also be angry about antisemitism.

[MosheFeingold]

29. ROFLMAO

You’ll be waiting a long time.

Last week a Hasidic Jewish man was randomly beaten by a Moslem man for the crime of walking to shul while Jewish in NYC. The attacker was screaming anti-Jewish taunts in Arabic. It’s on video.

But it’s not a hate crime, according to Mayor DeBlasiio — because he doesn’t want to alienate the antisemitic groups on the leftist side.

We Jews are fair game. We get it.

[sellitman]

7. It might get spun differently

But you aren't off base totally here.

Very sad.

[demmiblue]

8. His homophobia and misogyny are also cast aside with lame-ass justifications. n/t

[leftynyc]

30. Far right and far left

meet in disgusting anti-semitism. Some people are aware of it, most turn a blind eye - on both sides of the aisle.

[JonLP24]

38. I'm far left and am against all forms of bigotry

According to polling it is proud liberals that are against racism more than moderate or conservative Democrats.

As to the OP I just got here and I have long said social media allows too much hate speech I would have deleted and banned the account as will as much more that I see. The internet is largely a toxic cesspool.

Everyone I hear of Farrakhan he is saying something offensive.

[leftynyc]

43. Glad to hear it

But with all due respect, you would have to be blind not to see anti semitism on the far left. That Sarsour twit is due zero respect for her work in the woman's movement when she not only is a fan of farrakhan but had the chutzpah to proclaim Zionists can't be feminists. Her face on woman's movement is a stain. But there she is, being forgiven for her associations. It's disgusting.

[ck4829]

2. Someone got permabanned for calling for the death of a single mosquito, but this is OK?

[MadDAsHell]

4. Crickets; apparently noone's terribly interested in getting beheaded. nt

[Loki Liesmith]

28. Who'd be getting beheaded?

NoI has little to do with Islamic terrorism.

It’s not even Islam. It’s a weird cult.

[JonLP24]

39. So is wahabbism

That is what people mean when they say "Islamic terrorism". Wahabbism is a weird cult as well.

A lot of the smarter people like Malcolm X left and converted to Sunni Islam.

[ProudLib72]

5. I'm afraid he has gone the way of Kanye

I.e. out of his fucking mind.

Actually, he's been this way for awhile now. And there are idiots who like him.

[yardwork]

25. He's always been this way. For decades.

[JI7]

27. as much as Kanye sucks there isn't really a comparison

we know Kanye has mental health issues. he is more of an attention whore .

but Farrakhan is just pure hateful, evil , bigoted scum who has been around wayyy longer than he should.

[leftynyc]

31. This is NOT new for screwy louie

He's always been disgusting when the subject was Jews.

[oberliner]

10. He's said even worse than that about Jewish people

An absolutely vile antisemite.

[uppityperson]

11. K&R for exposure

[Behind the Aegis]

12. Not surprised.

Anti-Semitism doesn't seem to bother a large enough group of people.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

13. The more this kind of shit goes on, the more I think @Jack is one of them.

Anti-Semite. White Supremacist. New American Nazi.

Take your pick.

He sure does like keeping them on his service, doesn't he?

[RhodeIslandOne]

23. @jack cares about traffic

And sadly, people still follow this asshole

[58Sunliner]

14. Sick. Another creep who hides behind religion to spew hate.

[Solly Mack]

15. That's fucked up.

[question everything]

16. I don't twit, but obviously many here are - where is the outrage aimed at twitter?

And, perhaps when some public people find themselves sitting next to this cockroach - as was during Aretha Franklin's funeral - they should move away, or simply leave.

[TexasBushwhacker]

17. He's been a vile anti-Semite for decades

Fuck him and all his followers who think like him.

[GulfCoast66]

18. He is not someone the Democratic Party should be seen as supporting.

Vile anti Semite and religious hucksters on par with Robertson.

[MosheFeingold]

32. Oh please.

“Termite” was the standard Nazi allusion about us Jews — you know, because we sneak in and eat everything good.

Learn some basic history.

[MosheFeingold]

34. Sorry

This is a reply to the post below.

[Catherine Vincent]

19. Hmm...

Doesn't sound like he was talking about jews. He thought he was being witty rhyming words, imo.

[leftynyc]

33. Then you don't know jack shit

about this disgusting excuse for a human. He's ALWAYS been a disgusting Jew hater. ALWAYS.

[john657]

37. Yeah, he was talking about Jews,

quit trying to apologize for this disgusting waste of oxygen.

[bullwinkle428]

20. I stopped listening to Mark Thompson on Sirius/XM, as Thompson is a Farrakhan sympathizer.

I just can't abide that bullshit.

[LoisB]

21. He is a nasty piece of....I thought he had gone away long ago. He needs to sit down and

shut up.

[Behind the Aegis]

22. Oh no, he is very much up in the politics of today.

Google his name and "The Women's March". It is disgustingly eye-opening how much he is still relevant, despite other anti-Semites pretending it is all in the Jews' heads.

[leftynyc]

44. I've pouted out before

I had to unsubscribe from the women's March emails because I find her being one of their faces offensive.That sansour is forgiven her association with this man she calls her mentor is a disgusting stain.

[WhoWoodaKnew]

24. He should be suspended

[JI7]

26. wish he would die already

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

35. Only his cult following take him seriously

He is a loon along the lines of pat Robertson.

[MosheFeingold]

40. I wish

Linda Sarsour (women's march leader) calls Farakhan her "mentor" . . . . along with the father of one of those those Islamist nuts in New Mexico that killed a "possessed" child and had a make shift military compound.

Antisemitism is mainstream, both left and right.

It's one of the few areas of bipartisan agreement.

[MichMan]

36. He was in Detroit last week linking reparations and climate change

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, in Detroit on Sunday, talked about themes of atonement, reconciliation and responsibility, with a nod to more timely events of the past months.

The speech by the controversial minister, which offered familiar Nation of Islam positions on race and reparations, and calling on black men to lead and protect women and families, began with a reference to God as “the God of climate and climate change” and ended with a warning that if America does not offer black people reparations, climate calamities and extreme weather would continue.


https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2018/10/14/farrakhan-reparations-blacks-climate-change-nation-islam/1613114002/

[Socal31]

41. That's pretty bad.

I have no idea what Twitter is thinking.

[area51]

42. Fucker.