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X has become an increasingly politically aggressive platform, with studies<\/a> showing the use of hate speech has rapidly increased on X since being purchased by Elon<\/strong> Musk<\/strong> in 2022 and has continued<\/a> to maintain the same elevated rate of hate speech since, especially with the relaxation of content moderation. Additionally, the rate of disinformation has increased significantly, so much so the European Commission<\/a> has made a “formal, legally binding request for information to X over its handling of hate speech, misinformation, and violent terrorist content related to the war,” (CBS News). And the EC didn’t stop there, accusing the platform<\/a> of “manipulating the platform’s systems to give far-right posts and politicians greater visibility over other political groups” (The Guardian<\/a>) with studies supporting<\/a> that observation with documentation of their own of the rate at which misinformation \u2013 and disinformation \u2013\u00a0are spread across the platform.<\/p>\n So, if you haven’t had the pleasure of skimming through Frankie Palmeri<\/strong>‘s \u2013\u00a0vocalist of Emmure<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 personal X account<\/a>, then\u2026 well, lucky you.<\/p>\n Just yesterday, Palmeri<\/strong><\/strong> called NYC mayoral candidate Zohran<\/strong> Mamdani<\/strong> a “delusional fucking r*****” for wanting to make public buses in the city free, and then the day before, ridiculed Joe<\/strong> Rogan<\/strong> for asking Donald<\/strong> Trump<\/strong> to “have a fucking heart” regarding the immigrants being illegally seized from their homes, work places, and courthouses, as well as retweeting videos of Palestinians returning to Gaza crediting Trump<\/strong> with “saving thousands of lives. The killing has stopped and that’s what matters.” Even more, celebrating the suppression of free speech when historian Mark<\/strong> Bray<\/strong> was denied travel outside of the country \u2013\u00a0because he wrote a book about Antifa, with Palmeri<\/strong><\/strong>‘s reaction containing a smirking, sunglasses emoji and the text, “Times up, freaks.”<\/p>\n However, the two most notable tweets are rather vile, dehumanizing tweets that feel far more antagonistic than ‘celebratory’ of the ceasefire in Gaza. Considered a genocide<\/a> by the UN Commission, this is the second ceasefire, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin<\/strong> Netanyahu<\/strong> illegally breaking the first ceasefire and a Foreign Policy Advisor to Netanyahu<\/strong> saying Israel has “to control Gaza,” not instilling the utmost faith that this ceasefire will last (ABC News<\/a>). So, protestors were still out, and Palmeri<\/strong><\/strong> made that into his problem.<\/p>\n Frankie Palmeri<\/strong><\/strong>‘s first tweet said:<\/p>\n “Palestine is now free. Wonder what kind of mental gymnastics people are doing to discredit Donald<\/strong> Trump<\/strong> for his involvement.
You can all remove the flags from your bio of a country you never intended to visit in your lifetime and move on to your next performative cross to bare.”<\/em><\/p>\n