So I have just been sin-binned by FB, again. This time they censored a pic I had posted after someone made a stink about it. It had to do with something seen every day of the week at any sodomy pride march. Just some guys in skimpy leather gear with their backsides shown to an extent.
So someone – either another pansy girlie-man Christian, or a homosexual activist – made a stink. So a few hours ago I got this from FB: “Someone reported your photo for containing nudity. We’ll review your photo in the next few days. If we determine that it doesn’t follow our standards, it will be removed.”
Well, within a few hours I got this: “We removed this content because it doesn’t follow the Facebook Community Standards regarding nudity.” Well, that was quick. The thought police took very little time over that one. Strange how they will not act on all sorts of content and pics which are far more vile, gross, disgusting, blasphemous and repugnant however.
Of course as in any Stalinist show trial, your accuser remains fully anonymous. Anyone can say anything about anyone, and remain safe behind this unfair anonymity. So I guess I will never know if this was a squeamish Christian or a troll on my page.
If it was the former, then all I can say is this: if they don’t like such things, they should stop shooting the messenger and start getting rightly upset over the reality so depicted. I will never fathom clueless Christians who get angry at you for showing and revealing the truth about evil, instead of getting angry at the evil itself. Utterly mind-boggling!
And of course I had some believers complaining to me here, saying how they don’t like to look at such stuff. Hey, I don’t like to look at it either. But sometimes we need to get our heads out of the sand and face up to reality. Those who abort babies don’t want to see pictures of their “choices”. Those who had slaves did not want to know about all the injustice and inhumanity.
I seldom post such raw pics. On rare occasions I do. So I certainly do not go overboard here I feel. But sometimes we need to snap people out of their slumber – especially snoozing Christians. They must face reality, and realise just how bad our society is getting.
And for the believer there are always two balancing passages here which one must hold onto. On the one hand we are told that it is a shame to even speak of those things done in the darkness (Ephesians 5:12). But we are also told to ‘not be ignorant of Satan’s devices’ (2 Corinthians 2:11).
We must be aware of the enemy and his movements, while not overly contaminating ourselves with all this crud. So it is a balancing act. One extreme is to uncritically and unwisely fill ourselves with all this pollution. The other is to keep our heads in the sand – something which just makes it more possible for evil to flourish.
But I speak to this more fully here: https://billmuehlenberg.com/2013/04/13/i-just-dont-want-to-think-about-it/
Hypocrisy
The real point about all this FB thuggery and thought police fascism however is the sheer hypocrisy of it all. Just go to any homosexual FB page for example, and get a load of the gross and vile pics, with plenty of nudity. But dare to simply post what a sodomy pride march really looks like, and they ban you!
But we know exactly the reason for all this. Facebook long ago jumped into bed with the militant homosexual lobby. As I reported at the time, FB and the militants are working together, as this October 21, 2010 headline made clear: “Facebook Teams Up with Gay Activist Orgs to Stop ‘Hateful’ Comments”.
So FB and the sodomites are running the show, and anyone who dares to get in their way will be subject to the thought police. Nothing surprising here therefore. It is all part of the homosexual agenda being played out right before our very eyes.
I just wonder how long before I am banned altogether for daring to present truth on the pink FB pages.
However, by visiting Folsom Street Fair one realises just how much depravity is seen in the full light of day and how it is spreading to all gay pride marches around the world.
Politicians should be forced to watch these things.
David Skinner UK
Hi Bill, you are a legend. Seems so unfair that others can post photos that churn ones stomach with comments/descriptions. I just hide such pictures from my news feed after I have viewed them. Keep up the great work.
The photo probably got banned as it was too honest a depiction of how terrible these Gay Pride marches look!
May I suggest an obvious solution:
(1) Complain to Facebook about the obscene photos on one of the gay sites.
(2) If they don’t take it down, then copy it to your own FB site with a memo that it had already been approved by FB on another site.
Hi Bill. Facebook have done the same to me before and it was pretty mucht the same story. A pride parade photo, a homosexual who later told me he complained and a post deleted by Facebook.
While I understand the flawed reasoning and hypocrisy behind the decision, you still can’t escape from the fact that Facebook is saying that photos of gay pride parades are unacceptable.
What an excellent suggestion from Malcolm Smith.
I’m a Facebook tragic (I check my site about once a year) but if anyone can point me to a site with a similar photo to Bill’s I will definitely lodge an objection and let everyone know the result.
Regretfully however, FB is not a public utility & its owners can pretty much do as they please.
Well, Bill, what do you expect from a company who has “gone to bed” with the homosexual lobby? Just keep up the great work you do.
Thanks Robert – will do. You too.
For years people have said to me “why don’t you get on FB.” I refuse to. I had a total ban on FB and Google, but now Google have dropped pornography, I’m back using them. Anyone who is heavily pro-homosexual is at war with Father God.
I hear ya Ian. But it is exactly because we desperately need to get truth out into the public arena that we need to use every means available to us. FB can be used powerfully and effectively for the Kingdom. That is why I am there.
If you had put put the same photo up with but with the backsides of a couple of lesbians showing, would it have been removed too? I would say not, as female nudity is generally more readily accepted.
One of my friends recently got a 12hr ban for posting a pic critical of Kevin Rudd. But recently I complained about a cartoon picture of Tony Abbott and Gina Rinehart copulating and they did nothing.
Everyone please report this hate speech. Gay rights Activist Gary Burn’s says if you drink coffee in a Christian owned coffee shop chain – you are a child abuser.
I wasn’t aware of FB’s political/social stances. Raises an interesting question – should we get off FB because of their stance? It’s kind of like buying from a company that uses immoral practices. To consume is to support… what do you think Bill?
Thanks,
Isaac Overton
Thanks Isaac. At the moment it can be a great tool for the Kingdom, and a great means to get truth out into the public arena. That is why I use it – not to play stupid games. So until it goes too much further down the tubes, we should be using it for Kingdom work.
As to the problem of groups you custom or do business with which are pushing lousy agendas, I just wrote about that very issue here, so have a look for my thoughts on this:
I reported a page that was anti Christian and very nasty and got this reply
We reviewed your report.
Thank you for taking the time to report something that you feel may violate our Community Standards. Reports like yours are an important part of making Facebook a safe and welcoming environment. We reviewed the Page you reported for containing hate speech or symbols and found that it doesn’t violate our Community Standards.
Well, within a few hours I got this: “We removed this content because it doesn’t follow the Facebook Community Standards regarding nudity.” Well, that was quick. The thought police took very little time over that one. Strange how they will not act on all sorts of content and pics which are far more vile, gross, disgusting, blasphemous and repugnant however.
Maybe they won’t like these pictures either of men reduced to the level of beasts
http://bestboots.tumblr.com/post/38179552670/boots-15-folsom-berlin-2012-von-leatherocram
However, by visiting Folsom Street Fair one realises just how much depravity is seen in the full light of day and how it is spreading to all gay pride marches around the world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxVAnQUURwI
Politicians should be forced to watch these things.
David Skinner UK
Hi Bill, you are a legend. Seems so unfair that others can post photos that churn ones stomach with comments/descriptions. I just hide such pictures from my news feed after I have viewed them. Keep up the great work.
The photo probably got banned as it was too honest a depiction of how terrible these Gay Pride marches look!
May I suggest an obvious solution:
(1) Complain to Facebook about the obscene photos on one of the gay sites.
(2) If they don’t take it down, then copy it to your own FB site with a memo that it had already been approved by FB on another site.
Hi Bill. Facebook have done the same to me before and it was pretty mucht the same story. A pride parade photo, a homosexual who later told me he complained and a post deleted by Facebook.
While I understand the flawed reasoning and hypocrisy behind the decision, you still can’t escape from the fact that Facebook is saying that photos of gay pride parades are unacceptable.
What an excellent suggestion from Malcolm Smith.
I’m a Facebook tragic (I check my site about once a year) but if anyone can point me to a site with a similar photo to Bill’s I will definitely lodge an objection and let everyone know the result.
Regretfully however, FB is not a public utility & its owners can pretty much do as they please.
Well, Bill, what do you expect from a company who has “gone to bed” with the homosexual lobby? Just keep up the great work you do.
Thanks Robert – will do. You too.
For years people have said to me “why don’t you get on FB.” I refuse to. I had a total ban on FB and Google, but now Google have dropped pornography, I’m back using them. Anyone who is heavily pro-homosexual is at war with Father God.
I hear ya Ian. But it is exactly because we desperately need to get truth out into the public arena that we need to use every means available to us. FB can be used powerfully and effectively for the Kingdom. That is why I am there.
If you had put put the same photo up with but with the backsides of a couple of lesbians showing, would it have been removed too? I would say not, as female nudity is generally more readily accepted.
One of my friends recently got a 12hr ban for posting a pic critical of Kevin Rudd. But recently I complained about a cartoon picture of Tony Abbott and Gina Rinehart copulating and they did nothing.
Everyone please report this hate speech. Gay rights Activist Gary Burn’s says if you drink coffee in a Christian owned coffee shop chain – you are a child abuser.
https://www.facebook.com/BoycottGloriaJeans/posts/316593581803822
As you report it take some screenshots.
Reported the page too as vilifying a religious group.
https://www.facebook.com/BoycottGloriaJeans?fref=nf
I wasn’t aware of FB’s political/social stances. Raises an interesting question – should we get off FB because of their stance? It’s kind of like buying from a company that uses immoral practices. To consume is to support… what do you think Bill?
Thanks,
Isaac Overton
Thanks Isaac. At the moment it can be a great tool for the Kingdom, and a great means to get truth out into the public arena. That is why I use it – not to play stupid games. So until it goes too much further down the tubes, we should be using it for Kingdom work.
As to the problem of groups you custom or do business with which are pushing lousy agendas, I just wrote about that very issue here, so have a look for my thoughts on this:
https://billmuehlenberg.com/2014/07/03/when-the-world-goes-mad/
I reported a page that was anti Christian and very nasty and got this reply
We reviewed your report.
Thank you for taking the time to report something that you feel may violate our Community Standards. Reports like yours are an important part of making Facebook a safe and welcoming environment. We reviewed the Page you reported for containing hate speech or symbols and found that it doesn’t violate our Community Standards.