Saudi Censorship on Facebook

As you may have already guessed, I'm not exactly a friend of the Saudi government. I think they're a barbaric government that brutalizes their people and fund terrorism. I also think their specific brand of Islam (Wahabi Islam), is barbaric and inhumane. I said as much on Facebook a few weeks ago. Within minutes, I was locked out of facebook, and given a "24 hour cooling off period".

The post was a link to the following article (archived on archive.org):
Maldives Police Use Pickaxes To Destroy Artwork Deemed Un-Islamic
The text of my post was this:

Apparently, criticizing Wahabi Islam is now an offense on Facebook. I was locked out of everything. I couldn't message any friends to let them know. I couldn't access any pages I had created. I couldn't engage in any of the my business groups. Nothing. I could basically only see my newsfeed and timeline.

I requested a review on free speech grounds, and it was denied. No message explaining why. The status simply changed to "denied".

As a protest, I downloaded all my Facebook data and closed my account. A friend of mine, who works at Facebook, looked at it and told me it was reported by someone who was not on my friends list. He said he couldn't say who reported it, but he did say the IP address was in Saudi Arabia.

The barbarians struck at the heart of American Liberty by silencing me. I have little doubt they'll report this post as "islamophobic". I don't give a fuck. They can shove their illiberal sensibilities up their asses. Fuck Saudi Arabia!

On a more positive note: I now have more free time to dedicate to my blog and my business. I also find that, without all the drama from the outrage brigade, I'm much happier.

BTW, for those of you who would claim I'm Islamophobic, I disagree entirely. I think there are plenty of Muslims around the world who don't want to throw me off a high building for being gay. Even in Britain, only 18% of Muslims think being gay should be legal. Look at page 596 of the following poll:
ICM/Channel 4 Muslim Opinion Poll
52% of British Muslims think it would be just fine to reinstate sodomy laws and outlaw gay marriage. The study doesn't break it down by country of origin on that question, but I suspect those of Saudi origin are overwhelmingly in the "throw them off a building" camp. The word "Islamophobia" denotes an irrational fear. My fear of Wahabism and the Saudi state is not an irrational fear. They've demonstrated their animosity for LGBT people by beheading us in "chop chop square". They are barbarians, stuck in the 6th century. People like that make me glad I live in America, where at least I have the second amendment, and we know what to do with terrorists.