Marcus Aurelius
07-01-2013, 10:47 AM
http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/starnes-i-got-banned-from-facebook.html
I got banned from Facebook.
They blocked me for 12 hours and removed a message I had posted invoking the National Rifle Association, Jesus and Paula Deen.
“I’m about as politically incorrect as you can get. (https://www.facebook.com/ToddStarnesFNC) I’m wearing an NRA ball cap, eating a Chick-fil-A sandwich, reading a Paula Deen cookbook and sipping a 20-ounce sweet tea while sitting in my Cracker Barrel rocking chair with the Gaither Vocal Band singing ‘Jesus Saves’ on the stereo and a Gideon’s Bible in my pocket. Yes sir, I’m politically incorrect and happy as a June bug.”
The folks over at Facebook took great offense to that message.
“We removed this from Facebook because it violates our Community Standards,” Facebook wrote me. “So you’re temporarily blocked from using this feature.”
And a few hours after banning me – Facebook had a change of heart.
“A member of our team accidentally removed something you posted on Facebook,” they told me in an email. “This was a mistake and we sincerely apologize for this error.”
In other words – Facebook blamed it on a pair of low-level employees in their Cincinnati office.
As a test, I am about to post the exact same quote on my Facebook page. Lets see what happens, shall we?;)
I got banned from Facebook.
They blocked me for 12 hours and removed a message I had posted invoking the National Rifle Association, Jesus and Paula Deen.
“I’m about as politically incorrect as you can get. (https://www.facebook.com/ToddStarnesFNC) I’m wearing an NRA ball cap, eating a Chick-fil-A sandwich, reading a Paula Deen cookbook and sipping a 20-ounce sweet tea while sitting in my Cracker Barrel rocking chair with the Gaither Vocal Band singing ‘Jesus Saves’ on the stereo and a Gideon’s Bible in my pocket. Yes sir, I’m politically incorrect and happy as a June bug.”
The folks over at Facebook took great offense to that message.
“We removed this from Facebook because it violates our Community Standards,” Facebook wrote me. “So you’re temporarily blocked from using this feature.”
And a few hours after banning me – Facebook had a change of heart.
“A member of our team accidentally removed something you posted on Facebook,” they told me in an email. “This was a mistake and we sincerely apologize for this error.”
In other words – Facebook blamed it on a pair of low-level employees in their Cincinnati office.
As a test, I am about to post the exact same quote on my Facebook page. Lets see what happens, shall we?;)