The Peasant Takes On Twitter

Just the other day I was online, visiting my social media sites  

which include Twitter. As you, my fantastic readers know, 

your favorite Peasant posts when I have a new blog piece

ready to go. Well, when I went to Twitter and tried to sign 

in, I saw this message instead of my Twitter page:

"Enter your mobile phone number to receive a text message 

with a confirmation code. You'll use the code to verify this 

is really your number."

I clicked the Help option to investigate this. I saw another

message, this one saying that my account "has been locked

for security purposes". The page with the message went on 

to say that "If you are logged into your account and see that

(it) has been locked ..." and gave the reasons for their locking

down my Twitter account. Among them are "suspicious 

behavior" and your account "... may have been compromised".

Now, there's a lot of malicious mischief online from hackers.

However, the message page also said that perhaps my account

has been locked because of "violation of Twitter rules", which

encompasses "Twitter's abusive behavior policy" that lists

"guidelines for our hateful conduct policy". In the past few 

years we have seen these rules of Twitter's to be used to shut

up and shut out conservative voices, including that of a 

recent president. To many lefties, conservatism is hatred

and advocating for conservative principles in government

is hate speech. It's their way of quashing dissent, an essential

freedom covered by our Constitution's First Amendment

protecting free speech, so that they can form a totalitarian

state in which this freedom will be curtailed or eliminated

altogether. 

Is this what is happening with my Twitter account? Or was 

there a legitimate threat to the security of my account, and

Twitter moved to counter it? Time and further investigation 

by your pursuing Peasant will reveal the truth. In the meantime

I shall be without my Twitter page for a while. My advice

for my readers who are also on Twitter is to keep up with

the Peasant on Facebook and MeWe; there you shall see my

announcements of my latest blog pieces to enjoy. We'll 

still get together every week, don't fret! 

Oh, these are troublesome times we are facing, with the threats

to our constitutionally guaranteed and protected freedoms

increasing every day. Let us be and remain vigilant, especially

concerning our social media site accounts.

MEM