Facebook
is back in the news and once again in an favorable light
Drawing
conservative ire in the on going struggle conservatives have in the free speech
fight
North
Carolina passed a law that declared access to bathrooms is determined by gender
at birth
Most
of us would object to having girls share with boys identifying as girls a bathroom
berth
The
bill generated a firestorm of controversy from the LBGT community
Who
support identity not biology as the way to determine sexuality
Enter
Franklin Graham the son of Billy Graham who on Facebook posted a critique of
opponents of the law
In
2016 which now had Facebook’s algorithms finding the post to have fatal hate speech
flaws
His
account was banned for 24 hours and his post deleted
Another
example of conservative views being defeated
Fortunately
Facebook has come to its senses to repost and his account reinstate
But
the action of Facebook two years after the post show vividly a likely
conservative fate
Congress
needs to stop bickering and pass legislation to outlaw on social media these
tech giants ability to block free speech
As
long as it does not advocate violence or other illegal activity all of us
should be able to social media with our words reach
You
be the judge I defy you to be able to hate speech in the post discern
For
his post a banning even for only 24 hours should Franklin Graham earned
©
December 30, 2018 Michael P. Ridley
https://www.facebook.com/FranklinGraham/posts/2265315136857988
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