Don Jr. Writes A Caption Longer Than The Gettysburg Address Yelling About Instagram

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Donald Trump Jr. posted an Instagram with a caption exceeding the word count of the Gettysburg Address hollering about what he perceives to be “censorship” of his account due to some amorphous “leftist activism.”

“This kind of leftist activism and censorship must finally stop. The attack on free speech cannot be allowed to continue on platforms as large as Instagram and with as much reach,” Trump Jr. wrote. “This is no longer a simple little error or coincidence as they keep claiming. This is a systematic and sustained one way attack.”

Trump Jr.’s diatribe was launched by a follower telling him that he or she could not like one of his posts.

Officials at Instagram did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

 

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Wow. I always knew that social media was censoring me and other conservatives and my experiences this week only drove the point home. That said, I never knew it was this bad. Here’s just a small sampling of DMs that I’ve gotten since I called it out yesterday. I put some together to protect people’s identity and to show the magnitude. This is insanity! Everything from 1) had to re follow you a few times in the last few weeks because I keep checking and they are unfollowing you for me 2) I’ve been blocked from liking certain conservative posts including The President of the United States 3) I’ve been locked out of my account for a time period for liking said content. 4) IG has me following liberal accounts automatically that I never wanted to follow. 5) I’m still following you but you never show up in my feed anymore 6) when I search Don Trump Jr you don’t even show up as a thing in the search function. Etc Etc… Now imagine how many people this is happening to. How many people aren’t seeing what they want to see and how many people are totally in the dark that it’s happening. If I’m getting dozens upon dozens of these comments in my DMs how many more are being effected that don’t know or wouldn’t take the time to DM an account that probably won’t see it? Just look at the comments in my post from yesterday morning of other like minded people chiming in there are thousands… and those are just the ones that I’m not being shadow banned from. The numbers must be huge and this kind of leftist activism and censorship must finally stop. The attack on free speech cannot be allowed to continue on platforms as large as Instagram and with as much reach. This is no longer a simple little error or coincidence as they keep claiming. This is a systematic and sustained one way attack. IF THIS IS HAPPENING TO YOU, I URGE YOU TO SCREEN SHOT IT EACH AND EVERY TIME AND POST IT ON ALL YOUR PLATFORMS SO WE CAN FINALLY GET THE TRUTH OUT AND OUT AND END TO THIS OPPRESSIVE NONSENSE. PLEASE HASHTAG #socialcensorship #censorship #igsensorship #fbcensorship #twittercensorship SO WE CAN ALL FOLLOW ALONG AND SEE THE TRUTH COME TO LIGHT.

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  1. If I were you, Junior, I would worry less about being “censored by social media” and more about being censured by society in the form of a long and well-deserved jail sentence.

  2. Terms of service, how do they work?


  3. This isn’t censorship, dipshit, any more than it would be censorship if I climbed onto a table at Denny’s and started airing my views and they said get down. Your admirer there screwed up some way is all. I’d think you’d be used to that.

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