Mod: The obese Orange Madman initiated a bloody terrorist assault on the United States Capitol. The Taliban seems almost restrained in comparison.WA Post: Unlike Trump, The Taliban Gets to Stay on Twitter Because They Promote Less Violence (PoliticusUSAlink): Donald Trump violated Twitter’s rules and regulations for years with little to no punishment. But after he used the site to help incite an insurrection on January 6th, he was finally banned from the platform.
The
Taliban, a terrorist group that recently took control of the
Afghani government, remains active on the website.
The Washington Post’s
Craig Timberg and
Cristiano Lima recently explained why.
The authors note that the Taliban is acting in a much more sophisticated manner than Trump ever did. “The Taliban’s social media tactics in recent months can be seen as fitting a broader charm offensive,” they write, “including recent conciliatory public remarks about pardoning those who worked with Americans and urging skilled people not to flee the country.”
Lima and
Timberg continue, “
U.S. conservatives have been demanding to know why former president
Donald Trump has been banned from
Twitter while various
Taliban figures have not. The answer, analysts said, may simply be that
Trump’s posts for years challenged platform rules against hate speech and inciting violence. Today’s
Taliban, by and large, does not.”
The actions of the
Taliban over the last 3 decades have been horrific. The fact that
Donald Trump’s language is even worse than theirs is both telling and unsurprising.
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