CJ Pearson, the pre-teen, conservative wunderkind who became a YouTube star on the right for his rants against President Barack Obama, had a fresh reason Wednesday to rail against the White House.
Pearson, 13, posted an image to Twitter that suggested Obama’s official Twitter account had blocked him:
Well, this sucks. pic.twitter.com/S9jESl5ybi
— CJ Pearson (@thecjpearson) September 23, 2015
The alleged Twitter snub came days after Pearson racked up another viral video hit. Pearson’s most recent screed was about the invitation Obama extended to Ahmed Mohamed, the Muslim 14-year-old who was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to class at his Texas high school, to visit the White House.
“When cops are gunned down, you don’t invite them to the White House. You never did,” he said in the video. “But when a Muslim kid builds a clock, come on by. What is this world you’re living in?”
The White House’s assistant press secretary, Frank Benenati, responded by stating that the President’s Twitter account doesn’t block any users:
Public Service Announcement: Nobody is or has ever been blocked from the @POTUS twitter account
— Frank Benenati (@Benenati44) September 23, 2015
Pearson previously accused Facebook of trying to “silence” him by deleting his profile. He was 12 years old at the time; Facebook’s terms of use require that users be at least 13 years old. Similarly, Pearson accused the White House of trying to stifle his free speech and smear him as a liar in a video he posted to Facebook Wednesday night.
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You’re never too young to be an asshole.
It’s kind of hard not to admit that the media sucks when the the comments of a smartass teenager are considered newsworthy.
“Help! Help! I’m being repressed!”
And yes, you generally don’t invite cops who have been gunned down over to the White House for a visit…that’s kind of difficult to do…unless you have a Medium who can summon the dead.
GREAT article yesterday on the difference between “Free Speech” and “Compelled Attention.”
Cory Doctorow
@doctorow
If you think “free speech” is the right to force others to listen, you actually believe in “compelled attention” #blocktogether
7:48 AM - 22 Sep 2015
Is there a way to get yourself a blocked message based on totally offensive content even if the account you’re tweeting to hasn’t blocked you? Like an automatic block feature for doing something like dropping the c-bomb?
Otherwise, photoshop.