Folks, guess what? I’m absolutely NOT a fan of Laura Loomer. Who is Laura Loomer you ask? She is a extremely right wing tinfoil waving crazy person in my opinion. She’s trending on social media right now because she was banned from Twitter. She’s trending because she chained herself to Twitter’s NYC headquarters in protest of that ban.

Far-right activist Laura Loomer handcuffed herself to Twitter’s New York City headquarters for about two hours on Thursday afternoon to protest the company’s banning her from the social media platform, then asked police to remove her. Loomer attached herself to the building’s front door, blocking the entrance to the building in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood in a protest that was livestreamed on Periscope, which began at about 3:45 p.m. ET. The video stream showed Loomer wearing on her chest a yellow Star of David such as many European Jews were forced to wear during the Holocaust, and a sweatshirt that read on the back, “#STOPTHEBIAS.”

What got her banned? This tweet.

“Isn’t it ironic how the twitter moment used to celebrate ‘women, LGBTQ, and minorities’ is a picture of Ilhan Omar?” she tweeted. “Ilhan is pro Sharia Ilhan is pro-FGM Under Sharia, homosexuals are oppressed & killed. Women are abused & forced to wear the hijab. Ilhan is anti Jewish.”

For someone as in-your-face as Laura Loomer is, that tweet is pretty innocuous. But you see, she went against one of the new favored Democrat darlings, Ilhan Omar. And what we are finding out is going against the Democrat Left who run social media can get you banned.

The thing is, Ilhan Omar has an incredibly problematic record which we’ve outlined here and here. Powerline has written extensively about her, and PJ Media’s David Steinberg has written about her dubious record on multiple occasions.

So essentially what Laura Loomer tweeted is correct and yet Twitter banned her. Hence her protest.

Laura Loomer has a point. Twitter is NOT an impartial platform. Louis Farrakhan was only temporarily suspended from Twitter for calling Jewish people termites. Jesse Kelly gets permanently banned and then suddenly reinstated but no one knows why. But they weren’t the only ones. Just yesterday teen conservative CJ Pearson’s account was locked, and then unlocked. Twitter’s reason? His age. Except that CJ is 16. NOT 13.

Twitter tried to ban James Woods, and that didn’t go well. Given recent events, Instapundit shuttered his twitter feed and others are considering doing so.

Twitter is also banning or permanently suspending folks for daring to use science correctly regarding folks who’ve changed their gender. It’s something called ‘deadnaming.’ Evidently calling someone by the name they were christened with is wrong and gets you banned. In other words, calling Caitlyn Jenner Bruce on Twitter is a big fat no no these days.

The platform also recently banned progressive feminist writer Meghan Murphy for questioning the premises of the transgender movement in tweets the company said violated its “hateful conduct” rules. Murphy posted the following blistering response online: “This is f**king bulls*** @twitter. I’m not allowed to say that men aren’t women or ask questions about the notion of transgenderism at all anymore? That a multi billion dollar company is censoring BASIC FACTS and silencing people who ask questions about this dogma is INSANE.”

Yes, Twitter is a private company. However, Jack’s stance that they are continually working to be non-biased is increasingly suspect. Fox News hasn’t tweeted since November 8 after the news of the attacks on Tucker Carlson’s home and his daughter were revealed.

“Shares of Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) tumbled 6 percent on Thursday after reports that Fox News had not tweeted for three weeks sparked fears of a backlash by conservatives protesting a perceived liberal bias by the company,” Reuters reports.

Twitter, in response to Laura Loomer’s protest, proffered up this explanation.

Twitter spokesperson on Laura Loomer: "We have notified the relevant authorities who are responding. The account holder was suspended for violating our policies. We apply the Twitter Rules impartially and not based on ideology." — Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) November 29, 2018

HAHAHAHAHA!! That’s incredibly laughable given all the recent bans and suspensions by Twitter.

Photo Credit: Screen capture via Periscope

Was Laura Loomer wrong to protest her ban? Nope. Not at all. Was she wrong or misguided to wear the Star of David during her protest? IMO, yes.

Three things can be true at once:

1. Loomer shouldn't have been banned from Twitter.

2. Twitter is obviously looking to purge people with unpalatable political beliefs.

3. Wearing a yellow star to protest a Twitter ban is RIDICULOUS. — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 29, 2018

Yes, exactly.

Reporter: "Why are you wearing the Star of David?"

Laura Loomer: "This is like book burning. Because this is what the Nazi's did…this is political warfare" — Kassy Dillon (@KassyDillon) November 29, 2018

Was Twitter wrong to ban Laura Loomer? In my opinion, yes. The platform has seriously misstepped in recent weeks. The platform’s explanation above regarding her ban is ludicrous.

All those who stood up for @JesseKellyDC who are now mocking Laura Loomer for protesting her Twitter ban because she dared to criticize Sharia & Ihlan Omar: You don't get it. You never will. — Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) November 29, 2018

Twitter has a censorship and bias problem and it’s not Laura Loomer.

Feature Photo Credit: screen capture via Periscope