FaceBook Suspension

Good Monday morning, dear pilgrims of the remaining days of The Season of The Epiphany. It seems that while Facebook might be okay with celebrating every last beam of Light, they are not okay with celebrating Black History Month - especially those that lift up and honor Black Women and Drag Queens, after we've been explicitly told by The Commander In Chief that we're not supposed to do that.

We're not supposed to be "woke". It's much better for them when our eyes are closed or we're looking the other way. 

I suppose that if The Associated Press can get thrown out of the White House Press Corp because they refuse to play the silly game of calling the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America (where the heck did THAT come from?), and told that they are banned because they "publish misinformation" (which is a new level of irony, considering the source), then my little Facebook column celebrating Black Women for 28 days is bound to piss off Mr. Zuckerberger's new MAGA friends.

So my Facebook account has been "suspended". Supposedly, the offense is that I had the incorrect password on my linked Instagram account. Which is beyond odd.

I think that is an indication that I've been hacked.

I have 180 days (which is the way techies say "6 months") to appeal, but I must do it on my Instagram account. But there's no place I can find to do that. Well, not without my Facebook account. Which is supposed to provide a "document" that provides that information. Which I've downloaded but can't open because "there's a temporary technical problem."

I'm not buying any of it. I think I've been hacked.

Yes, I've changed all my passwords but it may be too late for that.

This is what happened after Zuck dismissed his Fact-Check department and, instead, allowed the MAGA Flying Monkeys to "self-monitor and report" offensive posts.

Personally? I think my post celebrating the one and only, the fabulous, Marsha P. Johnson, the drag queen hero of Stonewall, pushed them right over the edge. I can't remember how many times that post was shared but it was a lot.

The MAGA Flying Monkeys weren't having it.

That, and the fact that I have (had?) over 5,000 "friends" and over 2,000 "followers". That was just a few too many "woke" people on their corner of Social Media for them.

So, I don't know how long this "suspension" will last. Long enough for the MAGA Flying Monkeys to decide that I've learned my lesson and will be a good girl. Or, maybe they think I'll open up a new account and start all over again.

Not. Gonna. Happen.

I think this is a good time to get off my butt and start that Substack account I've been meaning to try and figure out how to put it all together. I've had this blog for a thousand years. Well, okay. That's an exaggeration, which I'm prone to, but MAGA calls it misinformation.

My first published post was June 9, 2006. Yikes! 19 years.

Anyway, as that Peter Allen song goes, "Everything old is new again."

Dancin' at church, Long Island jazzy parties
Waiter bring us some more Baccardi
We'll order now what they ordered then
'Cause everything old is new again.

So, back to blogging it is. And, the creation of a new version of the blog - the Substack. Which will be posted on BlueSky, which is the newer, kinder version of Twitter. (Sing it with me, "Everything old is new again." It just has a new name.)

You can find me over there as The Rev Dr. Elizabeth Kaeton @ekaeton.bsky.social

And, if I come off "time out"? Well, I'm not sure. I'll see how life is without Facebook. I suspect there will be some improvements - like my general mood. Enough to cause me to think long and hard about keeping my Facebook account just so I can check in on other folks and see what brilliance you all are up to.

We'll see.

I'm going to keep writing. I don't mean to sound harsh but I have never done it for you or for social media. I do it to keep my own sanity. I do it to give voice to my spirituality. What I post is always the result of my reading and meditating and prayer.

Maybe that shows through. Maybe that's why so many of you were friends or followers. Maybe you recognized the Epiphany Light of which I try to be a follower and a vehicle and wanted to follow and be a vehicle of it, as well.

And, the MAGA Flying Monkeys hate that. Really. Hate. That. They like it dark. And, chaotic. And, confusing. They hate "woke".

Not to worry. I'm not going to stop. I'll just find other ways of posting. The only downside I can see is that you'll have to leave your comments here and my responses won't always be in "real time".

And, if you wish, you can share my musings on your FB page for your friends and followers by sharing the link to this FB page. Or, Substack page when I get it (and get someone to help me set it up). Or share it on your BlueSky account from mine.

Of course, I won't be able to read your posts and musings on your FB page - not for a while, I suspect - but do post them on BlueSky. I'll read them. You can also post a link to your BlueSky postings here, in the comments.

There's more than one way to beat a MAGA Flying Monkey at their own silly, pathetic games.

I hope something good happens to you today.

Bom dia.