Post by robeiae on Apr 11, 2021 9:04:45 GMT -5
Don't ask me why I used that Galaxy Quest bit because I have no idea. It just came to me.
Anyway, the latest on #BLM founder and self-professed Marxist, Patrisse Cullors: www.dirt.com/gallery/more-dirt/politicians/black-lives-matter-co-founder-patrisse-khan-cullors-lands-topanga-canyon-compound-1203374803/patrissecullors_tc1/
Word is, she also may be buying some other homes, including one in the Bahamas.
Anyway, Jason Whitlock--who I think is often full of shot, fwiw--noted on twitter that this home was in an uber-white area of LA. Here's the tweet:
Oh wait, you can't see it because Twitter erased it for violating some rule. Supposedly, it was just a link to the story at The Dirt.
And on that "censoring": jonathanturley.org/2021/04/11/twitter-censors-criticism-of-blm-founder-buying-1-4-million-home-in-predominantly-white-neighborhood/
Anyway, the latest on #BLM founder and self-professed Marxist, Patrisse Cullors: www.dirt.com/gallery/more-dirt/politicians/black-lives-matter-co-founder-patrisse-khan-cullors-lands-topanga-canyon-compound-1203374803/patrissecullors_tc1/
A secluded mini-compound tucked into L.A.’s rustic and semi-remote Topanga Canyon was recently sold for a tad more than $1.4 million to a corporate entity that public records show is controlled by Patrisse Khan-Cullors, 37-year-old social justice visionary and co-founder of the galvanizing and, for some, controversial Black Lives Matter movement.
Anyway, Jason Whitlock--who I think is often full of shot, fwiw--noted on twitter that this home was in an uber-white area of LA. Here's the tweet:
Oh wait, you can't see it because Twitter erased it for violating some rule. Supposedly, it was just a link to the story at The Dirt.
And on that "censoring": jonathanturley.org/2021/04/11/twitter-censors-criticism-of-blm-founder-buying-1-4-million-home-in-predominantly-white-neighborhood/
The issue for me is not the house or claimed hypocrisy. It is the censorship of Twitter of such criticism. Cullors is a public figure who is subject to public scrutiny and commentary. Twitter is rife with a such criticism over the lifestyle choices of figures on the right ranging from Donald Trump Jr. to Rand Paul. That is an unfortunate aspect of being in a high visibility position. I would be equally concerned if criticism of Trump Jr.’s big game hunting exploits or Giuliani’s lavish tastes were censored.
Whitlock apparently is a vocal critic of BLM which he has denounced as a scam and even compared to the KKK. One does not have to agree with such statements to support his right to speak freely without corporate censorship.
Indeed, the greatest irony may not be the home purchase by the corporate support. A professed Marxist, Cullors has not only been paid handsomely by corporations like Warner but is being actively protected by corporations like Twitter. When it comes to free speech, I support them both. The question is whether both have an equal opportunity to speak on platforms like Twitter.
Whitlock apparently is a vocal critic of BLM which he has denounced as a scam and even compared to the KKK. One does not have to agree with such statements to support his right to speak freely without corporate censorship.
Indeed, the greatest irony may not be the home purchase by the corporate support. A professed Marxist, Cullors has not only been paid handsomely by corporations like Warner but is being actively protected by corporations like Twitter. When it comes to free speech, I support them both. The question is whether both have an equal opportunity to speak on platforms like Twitter.