I Was (Briefly) Suspended on X.com

I have been recently active on X.com. It is my personal attempt to support and contribute to Elon Musk's venture. (I admire Musk's attempts to maintain one of the few free speech platforms in the world.)

So it came as a surprise to have my account suspended:

"Violent speech"? As you can imagine, I was flummoxed by the notice. I searched the comment to figure out what I had done to violate the rules. It turns out it was an exchange involving a woman who minimized (doubted?) that President Trump had been shot in the ear at the Butler rally, and who really wished Trump were dead because of what she imagined his abortion policy to be. I snarkily responded that that Trump was very nearly killed with a bullet to the brain, but that her brain was elsewhere in her anatomy so that "were she to be" shot in the head it would not be fatal. In my mind, I was describing a cartoon event and not advocating that she or anyone else should be shot. But the algorithm thought otherwise.

I contemplated having a human review my post and exonerate me. But, I thought, that might take a while. So I just deleted my post. Within a few hours, I was restored to full functionality. Did I make the right decision?

I realized that what had started as thoughtful posting on X had devolved to reactive snark. It wasn't a good look.

One should always observe the Golden Rule without regard to whether that person merits it. Trust me, you'll feel better about yourself.