{"id":1303941,"date":"2022-02-16T12:49:22","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T17:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1303941"},"modified":"2022-02-16T17:52:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T22:52:54","slug":"conservatives-blast-twitter-for-suspending-popular-account-exposing-hypocrisy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-blast-twitter-for-suspending-popular-account-exposing-hypocrisy\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservatives Blast Twitter For Suspending Popular Account Exposing Hypocrisy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fconservatives-blast-twitter-for-suspending-popular-account-exposing-hypocrisy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1303941&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/D2F5ADAC-8307-4980-AE59-B636B70B7D6E-scaled-e1645049341258-1.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Conservative Twitter users and Republican politicians slammed Twitter after the social media platform suspended a popular account that pointed out examples of hypocrisy from prominent politicians and political activists.<\/p>\n<p>The account, \u201cDefiant L\u2019s,\u201d posted side-by-side screenshots of tweets from prominent politicians showing them taking two different sides of a single issue. The account was suspended Tuesday for allegedly violating Twitter\u2019s rules against \u201cban evasion,\u201d or opening a second account after being permanently suspended from Twitter. At the time of the suspension, the account had more than 350,000 followers.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter users were divided over which of the account\u2019s recent tweets was the impetus for the suspension. Several Twitter users pointed to one picture, showing a tweet from Hillary Clinton saying, \u201c[c]omputer scientists have apparently uncovered a covert server linking the Trump organization to a Russian-based bank,\u201d against a tweet from the New York Post about the bombshell report from special counsel John Durham, which alleged that the Clinton campaign paid a technology company to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bombshell-clinton-campaign-paid-tech-company-to-infiltrate-trump-tower-white-house-servers-durham-says\">infiltrate<\/a>\u201d servers in Trump Tower and the White House in order to establish a \u201cnarrative\u201d linking former President Donald Trump to Russia.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is the tweet that got <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefiantLs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DefiantLs<\/a> Epstein\u2019d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J7nqPtReey\">pic.twitter.com\/J7nqPtReey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benny (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1493786005672845322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Others pointed to another tweet comparing a headline in the Louisville Courier-Journal written by alleged shooter Quintez Brown against Kentucky\u2019s concealed carry laws, with a Monday headline naming Brown as the suspect in the attempted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/racial-justice-socialist-activist-quintez-brown-accused-of-attempted-murder-shooting-at-louisville-mayoral-candidate\">shooting<\/a> of Louisville mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The \u201cDefiant L\u2019s\u201d account may be history, but if so then let it at least be said that they went out like absolute kings this morning. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fmo3nxNuPw\">pic.twitter.com\/Fmo3nxNuPw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON* (@EsotericCD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EsotericCD\/status\/1493792172524646402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Podcaster and human trafficking survivor-advocate Eliza Bleu tweeted a message from the owner of the Defiant L\u2019s account. \u201cSo [Tuesday] my account @DefiantLs was suspended. The word currently is \u2018ban evasion\u2019 though I\u2019ve never had an account suspended so I\u2019ve never had a ban to evade. Regardless, I\u2019ve appealed the suspension and will keep everyone updated. Until then, I can be found on Instagram at @defiant.ls and also on [Twitter alternative] GETTR at @defiantls. Thanks for all the support and kind words. I hope to chat with you all again soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Breaking: A message from Defiant L\u2019s who\u2019s account on Twitter was suspended. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/37enaIJSjM\">pic.twitter.com\/37enaIJSjM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eliza (@elizableu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elizableu\/status\/1493742966464258049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Conservative Twitter users slammed the social media platform for the move.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo @DefiantLs made the crucial error of screenshotting tweets people on the Left didn\u2019t like \u2014 and then got suspended for that,\u201d Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro tweeted. \u201cSounds legit.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefiantLs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DefiantLs<\/a> made the crucial error of screenshotting tweets people on the Left didn\u2019t like \u2014 and then got suspended for that. Sounds legit.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro\/status\/1493747911363948547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThose libs sure are defiant about their Ls,\u201d Michael Knowles, host of \u201cThe Michael Knowles Show\u201d at The Daily Wire, wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Those libs sure are defiant about their Ls.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaeljknowles\/status\/1493942542777389061?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Is pointing out liberal hypocrisy a violation of <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@twitter<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> rules? Well [let\u2019s] find out,\u201d wrote Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio, including a copy of Defiant L\u2019s tweet about Quintez Brown.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Is pointing out liberal hypocrisy a violation of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@twitter<\/a> rules?<\/p>\n<p>Well lets find out <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DefiantLs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DefiantLs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefiantLs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DefiantLs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KljHyujfHs\">pic.twitter.com\/KljHyujfHs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcorubio\/status\/1493779071939055616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cTwitter suspending Defiant L\u2019s is the most defiant L of all,\u201d said Republican California Congressman Darrell Issa.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Twitter suspending Defiant L\u2019s is the most defiant L of all.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Darrell Issa (@repdarrellissa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/repdarrellissa\/status\/1493790902371893254?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">The highly popular, well-researched and entertaining <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@DefiantLs<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> Twitter account never did anything \u2014 literally \u2014 but juxtapose a person\u2019s past tweet to their current one in order to show hypocrisy,\u201d independent journalist Glenn Greenwald tweeted. \u201cBut since most of its targets were liberals, Twitter just banned the account.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The highly popular, well-researched and entertaining <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefiantLs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DefiantLs<\/a> Twitter account never did anything \u2014 literally \u2014 but juxtapose a person\u2019s past tweet to their current one in order to show hypocrisy. But since most of its targets were liberals, Twitter just banned the account. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S7JCLJMfzl\">https:\/\/t.co\/S7JCLJMfzl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1494009944697409544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s Defiant L\u2019s last tweet before having the account with 350K followers blown up. Big tech is playing wack-a-mole for now, but when the time comes mass bannings and more mainstream accounts will go,\u201d wrote Dave Rubin, host of the \u201cRubin Report\u201d and founder of alternative social media platform Locals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here\u2019s Defiant L\u2019s last tweet before having the account with 350K followers blown up.<\/p>\n<p>Big tech is playing wack-a-mole for now, but when the time comes mass bannings and more mainstream accounts will go.<\/p>\n<p>You can always stay in touch with me be joining <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gs1j9aPe0E\">https:\/\/t.co\/gs1j9aPe0E<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XpqJWt1O6i\">pic.twitter.com\/XpqJWt1O6i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RubinReport\/status\/1493932550997393408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A number of other responses can be found below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Utterly ridiculous. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D9CqvSBS00\">https:\/\/t.co\/D9CqvSBS00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1493759067390570506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What could <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefiantLs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DefiantLs<\/a> have possibly tweeted to warrant their accounts being suspended? Don\u2019t they simply post montages of other peoples tweets, comparing past tweets to present tweets? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Twitter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterSupport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@twittersupport<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e15p5hMaie\">pic.twitter.com\/e15p5hMaie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Viva Frei (@thevivafrei) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thevivafrei\/status\/1493936806223613953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Twitter shutting down <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefiantLs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DefiantLs<\/a> account which does nothing more than highlight leftist hypocrisy in their own words and with their own tweets is a new low even for them. They didn\u2019t shut down the accounts putting out the leftist hate\/hypocrisy just the one highlighting it. \ud83d\ude44<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr\/status\/1494001245987692544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So let me get this straight\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefiantLs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DefiantLs<\/a> merely posted screenshots \u2014 SCREENSHOTS \u2014 of liberal hypocrisy on Twitter (their own words!), and he is suspended from Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>What is going on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Twitter<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kayleighmcenany\/status\/1494016001595392002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Twitter has suspended the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefiantLs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DefiantLs<\/a> account which exists merely to illustrate liberal hypocrisy on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@twitter<\/a>. This is beyond absurd. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AQyX0eZ95g\">pic.twitter.com\/AQyX0eZ95g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1493746369697247236?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So Twitter suspended <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefiantLs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DefiantLs<\/a> for posting nothing but screenshots of public account\u2019s actual tweets.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DLoesch\/status\/1493777923014279168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As of the publishing of this article, the account has been restored, and has grown its follower account to nearly 428,000 followers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">IM. BACK. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/drII9lTcLA\">pic.twitter.com\/drII9lTcLA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Defiant L\u2019s (@DefiantLs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefiantLs\/status\/1494019836502056961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire\u2019s first original film, Shut In, has made its cinematic debut, being met with rave reviews. The Daily Wire is building an alternative to the leftist entertainment industry, one gripping movie at a time. 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