Is Facebook carrying water for the Bush Family?

[markpkessinger]

I just heard from two friends on Facebook who have had posts concerning Prescott Bush's connections with the Nazis taken down by Facebook. In response, I posted a 2004 Guardian investigative piece on the subject, "How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power." So far, my post is still up.

Has anyone else here encountered this? If so, Facebook needs to be called out in a very public way for it. In the meantime, I would urge those who have Facebook accounts to post this or other articles on this topic. Facebook should not be permitted to scrub clean the Bush family's troublesome past!

[Drunken Irishman]

1. No. I've never had any of my posts removed from Facebook.

[markpkessinger]

2. Facebook has certainly been known to take down posts . . .

. . . My question is whether anyone here has encountered it specifically with regard to this topic.

[Drunken Irishman]

5. I get that. I haven't. I've posted a lot of anti-Bush, anti-Republican stuff over the years.

Never had a post removed.

AS for the Nazi? I think I've seen it before - but some pages with NAZI BUSH XXX or something might get banned.

[Agnosticsherbet]

3. I've seen stories about Presscott Bush's Nazi connections many times.

None of them have been taken down that I remember. The only thing I see taken down regularly are pictures of nursing mothers.

[markpkessinger]

4. Glad to hear it . . .

Yes, nursing mothers and breast cancer survivors.

[HappyMe]

6. I have never had anything on my page removed.

I would imagine if you stick the word 'nazi' on your FB page, it's gonna get dumped.

I will certainly not put that on my FB page.

[markpkessinger]

7. Really?

Even when it is an article from a respected news source that has been historically documented? I mean, it's not like we're talking about the the Sun here.

[HappyMe]

8. Yes, really.

I don't do a bunch of politics on FB. I have immediate family and very close friends as 'friends'. We use it to catch up and enjoy one another's company. None of us are interested in turning it into a political discussion.

[markpkessinger]

9. OK, I understand that . . .

. . . Your comment came across as if it were somehow improper or verboten ever to discuss anything having to do with the Nazis. But you seem to be saying you have made a personal choice not to use Facebook to discuss anything political -- that's a rather different matter, and I totally understand that.

[HappyMe]

11. If politics do get mentioned in passing,

it's usually something current. We aren't likely to talk about nazis or even the Bush family.

[TBF]

10. I tend to use it that way

As well but many people use it to express personal or political opinions. Each to their own.

[HappyMe]

13. I know that there are a lot of people that use it as a

political forum. That's fine for them. I get my fill of politics here.

[iscooterliberally]

12. I just searched for Prescott Bush on Facebook.

Tons of Occupy Wall Street posts about him popped up for me. There's a Salon article and a Truthout piece too. Most of them seem to be about the Bush-Nazi connection. On another note, I once tried to get a post removed. It was the only time I ever tried and it was a disturbing video of a woman smashing her head against her keyboard until her face was all swollen and bleeding. Facebook refused to remove it even though it was clearly self-abuse. Their message was for me to ask the person who posted it to remove it. If it weren't for all the animal rescue connections I have made in the last 6 years, I would have no use for Facebook. I guess it is what you make of it. Besides, I don't think anyone or anything can scrub clean the Bush family's past. That ship sailed years ago. People just believe what they want 'cognitive dissonance' be damned. Sometimes Facebook can be more like Assbook if you know what I mean.

[markpkessinger]

14. I, too, tried to get a post -- no, a page -- taken down . . .

. . . because it was clearly dedicated to glorifying the abuse of women, with similar pics, videos, etc., to the one you describe. They refused. Appalling.

[markpkessinger]

17. At least this confirms that Facebook has not historically scrubbed such posts . . .

. . . and that is certainly good to know. It doesn't entirely rule out the possibility that they are scrubbing current posts on the topic, but it is certainly encouraging.

[iscooterliberally]

20. It could be one rogue post scrubber, or some weird algorithm setting.

You should repost and see what happens. You might have to change something slightly to see if it sticks.

[kimbutgar]

15. I just put this on my Facebook page

We'll see if they remove.

[Quantess]

16. The only thing I posted that mysteriously disappeared was a post supportive of protests in Egypt.

It is true that there are grunt-worker facebook employees, in places like India, who delete posts they think are inappropriate.

I have read that "inappropriate" usually means penis photos, bare boobs, snuff videos, etc. Political stuff is far less likely to be deleted, I think.

But why did just my post about Egypt get removed, when so many other people posted freely about how glad they were for the Egyptian people standing up for themselves..? No idea, really. I suppose it's up to the individual employee to delete according to their whim.

[markpkessinger]

18. That sounds almost as arbitrary as the old HuffPo comments! n/t

[bigwillq]

19. Never had a post removed by Facebook (nt)