In 2003, millions of people from all over the world marched against the US-led invasion of Iraq. The protest was large enough to cause a political headache for war’s architects. The war lobby had tried to sell the war using a professional “James Bond” intelligence operation: Iraq, they said, had a Dr Evil array of weaponry that could threaten western nations in as little as 45 minutes. Britain was “45 minutes FROM DOOM”
Hi Phil, Thank you for your great article. I just shared to Facebook but it was removed in less than 30 seconds! FB's explanation: 'It looks like you tried to get likes, follows, shares or video views in a misleading way...This goes against our Community Standards on Spam.' You must be right on the money! :)
Notice how utterly vague FB's RATIONALIZATION of their INSTANT censorship is. "It LOOKS Like"; "you TRIED to get" (things beneficial to you); "in a MISLEADING way" (w/o offering ANY evidence of such). They couldn't possibly have read - let alone COMPREHENDED Phil's ~3900 word article!
How did that go? Did you try to share a link, or did you mention "the digger" or "substack", what was the key to your block? I don't use facebook anymore but am interested in how they stop the process of communicating ideas.
I read an article more recently in the JPost that went into some detail on the complexities of the conflicts in Syria. I never imagined that it was so complicated. This isn't just binary as in one side is "good" and one side is "bad". There's also a false binary that there are only two sides. There are lots of players involved. Multiple groups in Syria itself, and then many outside players, including Turkey, Kurds, Iran, Russia, Israel, etc. They all have different agendas, so there's no way to simplify this down to a good side vs. a bad side. It's just a horrid mess. However, because of this mess and the multitude of players, I fail to see how mediation / negotiation will work here. Only time will sort this mess out. Unfortunately.
Also unfortunate is that Americans on the whole can't handle such complexities.
What I'd like to see is the reports from our CIA analysts on the situation. Before they have been massaged and politicized. In other words, let's us hear the messy facts. And then let us hear what you propose to do about it. And why. And for once leave the propaganda out.
Hi Phil, Thank you for your great article. I just shared to Facebook but it was removed in less than 30 seconds! FB's explanation: 'It looks like you tried to get likes, follows, shares or video views in a misleading way...This goes against our Community Standards on Spam.' You must be right on the money! :)
Notice how utterly vague FB's RATIONALIZATION of their INSTANT censorship is. "It LOOKS Like"; "you TRIED to get" (things beneficial to you); "in a MISLEADING way" (w/o offering ANY evidence of such). They couldn't possibly have read - let alone COMPREHENDED Phil's ~3900 word article!
Well said, Will ! :)
How did that go? Did you try to share a link, or did you mention "the digger" or "substack", what was the key to your block? I don't use facebook anymore but am interested in how they stop the process of communicating ideas.
I shared directly from Phil's Substack and included a short quote from the article with proper reference details mentioning 'Substack.'
Yes I had the same nonsense from Farcebook when sharing a hearing from the Scottish Covid inquiry
I read an article more recently in the JPost that went into some detail on the complexities of the conflicts in Syria. I never imagined that it was so complicated. This isn't just binary as in one side is "good" and one side is "bad". There's also a false binary that there are only two sides. There are lots of players involved. Multiple groups in Syria itself, and then many outside players, including Turkey, Kurds, Iran, Russia, Israel, etc. They all have different agendas, so there's no way to simplify this down to a good side vs. a bad side. It's just a horrid mess. However, because of this mess and the multitude of players, I fail to see how mediation / negotiation will work here. Only time will sort this mess out. Unfortunately.
Also unfortunate is that Americans on the whole can't handle such complexities.
What I'd like to see is the reports from our CIA analysts on the situation. Before they have been massaged and politicized. In other words, let's us hear the messy facts. And then let us hear what you propose to do about it. And why. And for once leave the propaganda out.
What an incisive article, and exactly on target. If only enough people could understand.