In a move that is certain to provoke more accusations of Twitter censorship, this morning Twitter has suspended the account of Glenn Reynolds, aka @instapundit and creator of the Instapundit blog, a University of Tennessee law professor and a conservative columnist for USA TODAY, following a tweet that urged motorists to run over demonstrators blocking traffic in Charlotte, N.C., caused an uproar.
In response to a tweet from a TV news station in Charlotte that showed protesters on Interstate 277, the @Instapundit account wrote, “Run them down.”
As the Huffington Post notes, his post inspired many on the social media network to suggest that USA Today and the university drop Reynolds:
@UTKLaw are you aware of the statement that Glenn Reynolds made? https://t.co/4N8MLYDZym
— Amber Dawn (@Amber_Aquarius) September 22, 2016
@UTKLaw are you aware of the statement that Glenn Reynolds made? https://t.co/4N8MLYDZym
— Amber Dawn (@Amber_Aquarius) September 22, 2016
@Tennessean @sbarchenger @KnoxvilleNews @UTKLaw @UTKnoxville
Fire Law Professor Glenn Harlan Reynolds for his tweet pic.twitter.com/uz4YkotWfs— Optimist long memory (@Rockmedia) September 22, 2016
UTK Law Dean @mdwilson_utk, are you aware of what Glenn Reynolds AKA @Instapundit is encouraging? @HHeadWrites @claritchka pic.twitter.com/pVfOSNUIZt
— duncan ? (@publictransprt) September 22, 2016
Was Reynolds’ statement an expression of free speech or an incitement to violence? According to Twitter, the answer is the latter: as of this moment, the @instapundit account remains suspended.
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