Sports journalist Jason Whitlock said he was locked out of his Twitter account after criticizing a Black Lives Matter founder but added that he won’t back down to the tech giant.
“BLM is one of Big Tech’s sacred cows. I’ve been harping on the fraudulence and the financial grift of BLM for years. I think Twitter has been looking for an excuse to de-platform me,” Whitlock said.
“They want you to remove the tweet to start your 12-hour sentence. Why should I remove the tweet? They have already removed it. I sat back and said I’m going to do nothing and see where this story goes,” he added.
Whitlock said he was locked out on Friday after posting a tweet criticizing Marxist Black Lives Matter founder Patrisse Cullors for buying a $1.4 million home in an exclusive Los Angeles neighborhood.
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“Black Lives Matter founder buys $1.4 million home in Topanga, which has a black population of 1.4%. She’s with her people!” the tweet read.
.@WhitlockJason tells me Twitter just locked his account over this pic.twitter.com/WPxhi2p1aX
— Ryan Glasspiegel (@sportsrapport) April 9, 2021
He was criticized by commenters for the tweet and responded to one, saying: “Do you even comprehend my take? She had a lot of options on where to live. She chose one of the whitest places in California. She’ll have her pick of white cops and white people to complain about. That’s a choice, bro.”
Do you even comprehend my take? She had a lot of options on where to live. She chose one of the whitest places in California. She’ll have her pick of white cops and white people to complain about. That’s a choice, bro. https://t.co/rBkOnSjb4u
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) April 9, 2021
He explained that he lost access to his account “because I revealed personal information about someone” by sharing the Dirt.com link.
“I’m going to play Nelson Mandela in the Twitter jail,” he joked, adding that the lock has given him more publicity.
A Twitter spokesperson told the Washington Examiner: “The Tweet you referenced violated the Twitter Rules on private information, and the account owner was required to delete the violative Tweet.”
“I find it hypocritical,” Whitlock said of Cullors. “There is so much hypocrisy. She’s acting like a capitalist.”
It was reported that Cullors, who describes herself as a “trained Marxist,” bought four properties totaling about $3 million in recent days. The purchases have even sparked calls from a local Black Lives Matter chapter chief for an investigation.
“If you go around calling yourself a socialist, you have to ask how much of her own personal money is going to charitable causes,” Hawk Newsome, the head of the greater New York City chapter of Black Lives Matter, said. “It’s really sad because it makes people doubt the validity of the movement and overlook the fact that it’s the people that carry this movement.”
The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation noted, however, that Newsome has never been a part of the official organization.
Whitlock has long criticized Black Lives Matter, calling it the “antithesis of Dr. Martin Luther King’s Civil Rights Movement.”
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“BLM is a secular (anti-religion) movement. Its founders admit being trained Marxist. Marxism rejects all religions,” Whitlock said in August, when protests and riots continued after the death of George Floyd on Memorial day.
“BLM is the antithesis of Dr. Martin Luther King’s Civil Rights Movement, which was founded in Christian love,” he wrote.
The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation issued a statement on Cullors’s recent purchases on Tuesday, saying that the narrative being spread is “generated by right-wing forces.”
“Patrisse Cullors is the Executive Director of Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF). She serves in this role in a volunteer capacity and does not receive a salary or benefits. Patrisse has received a total of $120,000 since the organization’s inception in 2013, for duties such as serving as spokesperson and engaging in political education work. Patrisse did not receive any compensation after 2019,” the statement said. “BLMGNF cannot and did not commit any organizational resources toward the purchase of personal property by any employee or volunteer.”
“Patrisse’s work for Black people over the years has made her and others who align with the fight for Black liberation targets of racist violence. The narratives being spread about Patrisse have been generated by right-wing forces intent on reducing the support and influence of a movement that is larger than any one organization. This right-wing offensive not only puts Patrisse, her child and her loved ones in harm’s way, it also continues a tradition of terror by white supremacists against Black activists,” the statement continued.
“All Black activists know the fear these malicious and serious actions are meant to instill: the fear of being silenced, the trauma of being targeted, the torture of feeling one’s family is exposed to danger just for speaking out against unjust systems,” it added. “We have seen this tactic of terror time and again, but our movement will not be silenced.”
