The Luckier You Get

Tuesday, July 18 - I politely but firmly appealed my blog’s termination via the link Tumblr emailed me.

Friday, July 21 - I will again politely but firmly appeal via this link.

Tuesday, July 25 - Having waited a week with no results, I will once again appeal, and give them 48 hours before I email support and whichever other Tumblr decision-makers I can find (like the CEO). I’ll also hop on Twitter and do the same there.

Friday, July 28 - I will follow through on that promise, including a time-sensitive warning of escalation, because there are First Amendment issues at hand.

To Whom It May Concern,

My blog (URL: rabbits-of-negative-euphoria, Title: The Hat Is Paramount) was terminated on July 18th. I appealed it that night, but have received no reply. The termination was apparently on the basis of a quotation by Michael Knowles I posted which was wrongly labeled as encouraging, promoting, or inciting violence or “hatred of, or dehumanizing, individuals or groups based on race, ethnic or national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or disease.” The post did no such thing; it was a valid critique of an abstract idea in the proverbial marketplace, not any one person or group of persons. As you may read, the Knowles quotation expresses compassion and empathy for the very group I have been accused of maligning. I have run this blog for 10 years without any T&S censures leveled against me in all that time. Please correct this error and reinstate it.

Thank you.

I’ll be back either Tuesday or upon receipt of a reply.

To Whom It May Concern,

My blog (URL: rabbits-of-negative-euphoria, Title: The Hat Is Paramount) was terminated on July 18th. I appealed it that night, a week ago, and again the following Friday, but have received no reply. The termination was apparently on the basis of a quotation by Michael Knowles I posted which was wrongly labeled as encouraging, promoting, or inciting violence or “hatred of, or dehumanizing, individuals or groups based on race, ethnic or national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or disease.” The post did no such thing; it was a valid critique of an abstract idea in the proverbial marketplace, not any one person or group of persons. As you may read, the Knowles quotation expresses compassion and empathy for the very group I have been accused of maligning. I have run this blog for 10 years without any T&S censures leveled against me in all that time. Please correct this error and reinstate it.

Should my blog not be restored 48 hours from now, I will contact other Tumblr decision-makers.

Thank you.

Tuesday, July 18 - I politely but firmly appealed my blog’s termination via the link Tumblr emailed me.

Friday, July 21 - I will again politely but firmly appeal via this link.

Tuesday, July 25 - Having waited a week with no results, I will once again appeal, and give them 48 hours before I email support and whichever other Tumblr decision-makers I can find (like the CEO). I’ll also hop on Twitter and do the same there.

Friday, July 28 - I will follow through on that promise, including a time-sensitive warning of escalation, because there are First Amendment issues at hand.

To Whom It May Concern,

My blog (URL: rabbits-of-negative-euphoria, Title: The Hat Is Paramount) was terminated on July 18th. I appealed it that night, but have received no reply. The termination was apparently on the basis of a quotation by Michael Knowles I posted which was wrongly labeled as encouraging, promoting, or inciting violence or “hatred of, or dehumanizing, individuals or groups based on race, ethnic or national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or disease.” The post did no such thing; it was a valid critique of an abstract idea in the proverbial marketplace, not any one person or group of persons. As you may read, the Knowles quotation expresses compassion and empathy for the very group I have been accused of maligning. I have run this blog for 10 years without any T&S censures leveled against me in all that time. Please correct this error and reinstate it.

Thank you.

I’ll be back either Tuesday or upon receipt of a reply.

My blog has been terminated on the basis of a quotation by Michael Knowles I posted which was wrongly labeled as encouraging, promoting, or inciting violence or “hatred of, or dehumanizing, individuals or groups based on race, ethnic or national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or disease.” The post did no such thing; it was a valid critique of an abstract idea in the proverbial marketplace, not any one person or group of persons. As you may read, the Knowles quotation expresses compassion and empathy for the very group I have been accused of maligning. I have run this blog for 10 years without any T&S censures leveled against me in all that time. Please correct this error and reinstate it.

and this is the quotation for which my blog was terminated:

“For the good of society, and especially for the good of the poor people who have fallen prey to this confusion, transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely.”

I posted it by itself with no commentary. They are not my words, they are the words of one of America’s most popular commentators at the third biggest political event in the nation. Even if it could be called hate speech (it cannot), it would not be my speech.

And Tumblr should know, as a social media platform with over 100 million active monthly users, that a bill passed the Texas Senate which would make this kind of censorship against a Texas citizen such as myself illegal.

They killed my girl, rabbits-of-negative-euphoria. While she was on hiatus no less. The crime? A queued post quoting Michael Knowles during the CPAC. Yes that's right, covering the 3rd biggest political event in the US by quoting one of the speakers will get your entire blog nuked from Tumblr. A blog with 10+ years of good standing. Seriously? Quoting Michael Knowles is hate speech by the person who quotes him? Are we to be afraid of journalism now on this blogging platform?

the prospect of drawing this is what motivated me to do my taxes