Supermodel Emily Ratajkowski: Facebook banning President Trump gives big tech the 'MOST POWER' — and now it 'can shut any of us up'



Supermodel Emily Ratajkowski told her 1.5 million Twitter followers Thursday that Facebook indefinitely banning President Donald Trump in the wake of the U.S. Capitol siege gives big tech the "MOST POWER" — and makes clear that it "can shut any of us up."

This gives Facebook/tech/Zuck THE MOST POWER. If he can shut the president up/off he can shut any of us up/off
— Emily Ratajkowski (@Emily Ratajkowski)1610043781.0

She followed up her tweet with a protective caveat, saying she realizes "this is going to be an unpopular take but seems worth pointing out."

How did her followers react?

It's common for the Twitter mob to quickly lash out at celebrities who even appear to question criticism or harsh treatment of Trump, and it was no different in Ratajkowski's case:

  • "Are you f***in serious girl??????" stand-up comic Krystyna Hutchinson asked.
  • "THATS what you choose to speak on today?" another commenter asked the supermodel. "Not the territorials or unjust treatment of minorities in this country?? I wish someone would censor you."
  • "Even Republicans have said he is squarely to blame," another user said in regard to Trump. "You worship this man for what?"
  • "This is such a privileged take, omfg," another user declared. "You think a marginalized person can talk a bigot out of bigotry? Reason rarely wins online debate. People believe what they want to believe & look for confirmation. This fantasy world where you can change people through more speech is absurd."

But a surprising number of others agreed with Ratajkowski:

  • "Been yelling this for yrs but w/ the left monopolizing media & actually promoting censorship of conservatives it went unheard," one user said. "But get ready cuz the left is just getting warmed up. Next they'll be making lists & assigning re-education camps for those of us engaging in wrong think."
  • "The president of Iran has a twitter account & the leader of the free world doesn't lol," another commenter observed.
  • "Welcome to our concerns about leftist media power," another user replied.
  • "I've said it before, the right cannot ever win the culture war as long as they allow the left to control the means of communication," another commenter said. "Zuckerberg, Dorsey, and Pichai are the people Patriots should be going after, then the big media, then they can tackle the political class."
  • "Thank you Emily," another user wrote. "Though we may not agree on politics, we certainly believe that no one should be allowed to stop Free Speech. Thank you for taking a stand."

She's particularly concerned about the left losing its voice

Ratajkowski also tweeted an explanation for her position, noting that "my concern is that this gives big tech the opportunity to shut down 'leftist extremists' who are important political organizers."

My concern is that this gives big tech the opportunity to shut down “leftist extremists” who are important political organizers.
— Emily Ratajkowski (@Emily Ratajkowski)1610045424.0

And she's suspicious about something else

She also wondered if the ease with which rioters stormed Capitol made it "wildly convenient" for big tech to institute "censorship."

Anything else?

Ratajkowski is kind of a mixed bag when it comes to left-wing politics and being a "woke" celebrity.

In October she seemed to climb aboard the gender revolution train, writing in Vogue that she and her husband "won't know the gender" of their baby "until our child is 18" and "they'll let us know then."

And while Ratajkowski publicly backed Democratic socialist presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in 2016 and took some heat for partnering with Planned Parenthood a year earlier, in 2017 she stood up for Melania Trump after a New York Times journalist called the first lady a "hooker."

Pregnant Emily Ratajkowski Fears Giving Birth To A White Male Unaware Of His Privilege

In her recent Vogue essay, model Emily Ratajkowski signals her most progressive beliefs, only to find herself wrestling with the pesky reality that is biology.

Pregnant supermodel Emily Ratajkowski says she and her husband 'won't know' baby's gender 'until our child is 18' and 'they'll let us know then'



It's become standard fare for leftist celebrities to proclaim they're letting their children choose their genders. And pregnant supermodel Emily Ratajkowski is the latest, writing in Vogue that she and her husband "won't know the gender" of their baby "until our child is 18" and "they'll let us know then."

What are the details?

Ratajkowski added to her essay, "I like the idea of forcing as few gender stereotypes on my child as possible" but that she doesn't like "that we force gender-based preconceptions onto people, let alone babies. I want to be a parent who allows my child to show themself to me. And yet I realize that while I may hope my child can determine their own place in the world, they will, no matter what, be faced with the undeniable constraints and constructions of gender before they can speak or, hell, even be born."

Indeed, the woke pronoun thing is primed and ready to go.

Still, she acknowledged that she's asked her husband — actor-producer Sebastian Bear-McClard — if he wants a boy, and that "he refuses to give me an answer, swearing that he doesn't have a preference. But one Sunday as he's watching football he makes a remark about how it'd be fun to have a little boy to watch with."

Ratajkowski said she shot back, "Girls watch football, too!"

One thing's for sure, though: The supermodel has fears about raising a son — particularly due to the child's inevitable whiteness.

"I've known far too many white men who move through the world unaware of their privilege, and I've been traumatized by many of my experiences with them," Ratajkowski wrote. "And boys too; it's shocking to realize how early young boys gain a sense of entitlement — to girls' bodies and to the world in general. I'm not scared of raising a 'bad guy,' as many of the men I've known who abuse their power do so unintentionally. But I'm terrified of inadvertently cultivating the carelessness and the lack of awareness that are so convenient for men. It feels much more daunting to create an understanding of privilege in a child than to teach simple black-and-white morality. How do I raise a child who learns to like themself while also teaching them about their position of power in the world?"

'Nothing worse than the undisturbed sleep of a white man in a patriarchal world'

She then shared a story about a friend's struggle with white males — namely her husband and new baby boy:

My friend who is the mother to a three-year-old boy tells me that she didn't think she cared about gender until her doctor broke the news that she was having a son. She burst into tears in her office. "And then I continued to cry for a whole month," she says matter-of-factly. After a difficult birth experience, she developed postpartum depression and decided that she resented her husband more than she'd ever imagined possible. She told me she particularly hated — and she made an actual, physical list that she kept in her journal, editing it daily — how peacefully he slept. "There is nothing worse than the undisturbed sleep of a white man in a patriarchal world." She shakes her head. "It was hard to come to terms with the fact that I was bringing yet another white man into the world. But now I adore him and can't imagine it any other way." She also eventually learned to love her husband again. The sound of his perfect sleep next to her at night is now tolerable.

Anything else?

Ratajkowski is no stranger to expressing left-wing views. She publicly backed Democratic socialist presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in 2016 and took some heat for partnering with Planned Parenthood a year earlier. But in fairness, Ratajkowski in 2017 said she stood up for Melania Trump after a New York Times journalist called the first lady a "hooker."