on thom hartmann

[orleans]

i was listening to some of his show today and he said his fb page was taken down; his show's fb page is still up but his personal page was taken down at fb. he said he had to upload a copy of his driver's license (and he did it six times) but it was still down and there is no one to contact.

he also said he was having essentially the same problem here at du.

did anyone else catch this part of his show? (i don't think i heard the entire thing.) or anyone know what happened?

just wondering

[rusty quoin]

1. I heard part of it but I didn't get it. If ever there was someone so light in extremes, that's Thom

[notinkansas]

2. Yes. I heard him say that.

He said he was kicked off democraticunderground and had no idea why.

I can't imagine what could be going on here.

[Eyeball_Kid]

3. that's distressing to hear. Hartmann made positive comments about DU, but

I also heard him make a negative comment about one of the long time regular posters on DU.

I don't know anything about the hierarchy of people running DU. I wonder if Hartmann said something that pushed him out, like offending someone in a position of power.

[notinkansas]

4. If someone's feelings were hurt

is that legitimate reason to ban someone like Thom Hartmann? Really?

[canetoad]

15. He hasn't been banned

He is still a member. He is not FFRd. His last post was on October 10th.

[GusBob]

5. Wtf? He promotes DU all the time

He has his detractors here from 2016 primaries and
his work with RT

ironically this thread may be at risk if it is deemed to interfere with forum moderation

[Hekate]

6. Chill, people. Thom's account is still Active...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=197528

It is not that hard to check his profile.

My recollection is that every time something like this happens, the person is experiencing some glitch in their very own computer.

Please contact him and let him know.

[orleans]

7. glad to hear that. thanks

and i didn't think i could do a search here because i don't have a star

if i can do a poster name search --then it's been so long since i've tried i've forgotten how.

anyway, i'm glad to hear he's still here.

now wtf is with fb?? (i don't expect you to know but if his computer was hiccuping here maybe that would explain the fb crap. or maybe he's too blatant about his views on the king of fb--i don't know

[Hekate]

17. I don't use fb any more, but afaict fb values controversy that moves on their alogrithms more than

...it values truth. I doubt Thom got up their nose in any significant way, all things considered.

Periodically checking ID seems reasonable -- after all, DU itself periodically logs its members off and requires they log in again.

As for fb's motives, who knows? Maybe they want to tell detractors they're trying to rein in bots or something.

[mfcorey1]

8. He might be a victim of some scammers.

[NightWatcher]

9. He also said he maintained creative control of the show he had on RT last election cycle.

He has been compromised.

[notinkansas]

11. ?

and ??

[NightWatcher]

13. Hartmann had a show on the Russian propaganda network

He cannot be trusted.

[notinkansas]

14. I trust him.

!

[appalachiablue]

16. Chris Hedges, Ed Schultz, Max Keiser, Mike Papantonio,

Lee Camp, Jessie Ventura and son Tyrel, Sean Stone (son of Oliver) and other American media figures have, or have had shows on RT in the last 5+ years. Thom adds another voice for democracy and reason, especially needed in the current US consolidated news media atmosphere.

[live love laugh]

12. FB asked for my ID too a year ago

I still haven’t provided it. I engaged in lots of political “wars” with Republiclowns there.

I have heard from at least two other nonpolitical people who were also required to send them ID and were reactivated.