—UPDATE—
Instapundit has since been reinstated on the condition that he remove the “offensive tweet.” So while they did give him his account back they still censored him.
https://twitter.com/instapundit/status/778958882198683648
People get suspended on Twitter every day and let’s be honest, it is a private company and can honestly do as it pleases when it comes to policy and procedure. This suspension however is newsworthy because the person in question is Instapundit, aka Glenn Reynolds, a well-known columnist for USA Today and what many would call a “staple of Twitter.”
Whoa. pic.twitter.com/FXiCxIXWC3
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) September 22, 2016
Apparently in response to the riots … err… protests in Charlotte, Reynolds suggested motorists not sit in their cars waiting to be beaten to death. Sure, he was far more direct in his tweet but the intent was defense, not murder.
Huff Post and other “media” outlets are already writing about Reynolds being suspended but are not sharing the actual tweet, and of course they’re calling the people surrounding vehicles “demonstrators” instead of what whey really were, rioters.
Because you know, it makes more sense to sit in your car and wait for the angry “protesters” to beat you to death and steal your car. Sure.
https://twitter.com/Coondawg68/status/778916956594401280
Twitter suspended @Instapundit? What the hell? #Instapundit
— Tony Katz (@tonykatz) September 22, 2016
What the Hell indeed.
of all people @instapundit has been suspended. Twitter wants to get rid of all conservative voices, it seems
— Rani ~ Science Skeptic ? (@MilitaryRosary) September 22, 2016
Possible. They sure seem to suspend Conservative accounts a lot more quickly than they do the Leftist ones.
Is this a pattern?
https://twitter.com/Coondawg68/status/778917254121545729
For years Conservatives have felt social media sites like Twitter and Facebook were biased, are we starting to see proof of this?
Twitter suspension of U.S. law professor and constitutional theorist Glenn "Instapundit" Reynolds is so stupid that even DPRK bows in awe.
— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) September 22, 2016
Wait– @instapundit has been suspended? @Support shame on you.
— David Reaboi (@davereaboi) September 22, 2016
.@instapundit suspended for saying driver should run rioters over to escape, but videos of rioters assaulting homeless are cool, @twitter? pic.twitter.com/uEUKXKMWS6
— Lance Salyers (@lancesalyers) September 22, 2016
There are accounts literally championing the harm of police officers openly on Twitter, and yet they felt it made more sense to ban the guy telling people to defend themselves.
@Instapundit banned? You've got to be kidding me. PPL on here openly calling for the killing of cops, republicans and whites are good to go
— ??Tami (@Brytani_Fla) September 22, 2016
#FreeInstapundit
Editor’s note: A typo in Reynolds’ name has been corrected.
Update:
Now @instapundit being investigated by @UTKLaw over Charlotte riot tweet
Update:
‘Thoughtcrimes’ will NOT be tolerated! USA Today suspends Instapundit for one month
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