Donald Trump Jr. Says 'Red Pill' Groups Allow Conservatives to 'Express Themselves'

[Eugene]

Source: Newsweek

DONALD TRUMP JR. SAYS ‘RED PILL’ GROUPS ALLOW CONSERVATIVES TO ‘EXPRESS THEMSELVES’

BY BENJAMIN FEARNOW ON 3/18/19 AT 4:43 PM EDT

Donald Trump Jr. penned an op-ed for The Hill complaining that "Big Tech" companies are "censoring" conservatives, claiming algorithms penalized the right-wing terms "SJW" and "Red Pill" among others.

The president's son and prolific user of social media lashed out at Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other Silicon Valley companies, arguing the government should step in and regulate the private companies to ensure they stop "censoring" conservative opinions and figures. Trump's op-ed includes 19 links out to third-party sources to try and prove his anti-conservative bias theory, with 12 of those links sending readers over to Breitbart News. Trump Jr. laments "shadowbans" and Facebook's alleged "deboosting" of conservative thought, but primarily relies on the frequently discredited Project Veritas website to prove this point.

One of those claims is Facebook "deliberately tailored its algorithm to recognize the syntax and style popular among conservative in order to 'deboost' that content." Trump says the terms "mainstream media, Social Justice Warrior (SJW) and "Red Pill" are "all terms that conservatives often use to express themselves."

"Red Pill" and the concept of one being "red pilled" is rooted in the legendary 1999 science fiction film The Matrix, in which the main character can return to blissful ignorance with a blue pill or opt for truth and knowledge via the red pill. But the concept was co-opted by men's rights groups and other far-right wing online cults. Male gender inequality and rape threats from the rabid "red pill" groups caused Reddit to ban wide swaths of the community.

Much of the "Red Pill" community on Reddit has been quarantined with warnings of "highly offensive" misogynistic content. Top posts espouse absurd and bizarre macho advice to readers including, "How to Get Laid Like a Warlord" and "A girl can ONLY get horny for you if you have a stronger frame than her."

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Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jr-big-tech-red-pill-incel-opinion-hill-conservative-bias-1366792

[spanone]

1. Fuck Off Junior.

[John Fante]

2. "Conservatives"

AKA: right-wing white nationalist bigots.

[gratuitous]

3. Oh, have the diaphonous little darlings found their safe space at last?

Hidden away from all those mean gurlz where they can at last be the strong, macho he-men they were born to be!

[leftynyc]

4. Start your own platform you disgusting turd

Do these right wing imbeciles EVER stop whining?

[IluvPitties]

5. Turd Jr. is paving the way to run for president after Pappy is gone.

[smirkymonkey]

7. Never!

Over my dead body.

[Bengus81]

6. Just like how Hitler reacted to the Media until he controlled it 100%

And as we all know,that's what Trump and NEO CONS really want............

[Karadeniz]

8. Wouldn't that fall under poll tax?

[apnu]

9. Hey Junior, you're rich, go start your own Social Media network

Seriously. Deutsche Bank will give you all the cash you want, Daddy's go an in there. And you can create whatever Social Media network you want. Its a free Internet (for now), sounds like you found a niche and have the means to fill it. So quit bitching and moaning and do some fucking work for once in your life.

Rich asshole.

[Solly Mack]

10. The son of a "president" gets an op-ed to whine about how his speech is stifled.

LMAO

Poor dears.

[Initech]

11. Hey conservatives! Don't want to get banned from Twitter? Don't post hateful things!

It's that simple! You're not getting banned from Twitter and Facebook because you're conservative, you're getting banned because you're hateful douchebags. It's not Twitter, it's you.

[Codeine]

12. He wants to be King of the Incels. nt

[area51]

13. Poor little snowflake.

I guess he wants to be a social injustice warrior.

[ismnotwasm]

14. He's an MRA

Figures