On Wednesday, Facebook told Examiner that " Lawn Jockey Alert ," a page that attacks conservative minorities with racial slurs, does not violate the site's community standards.
Throughout the page, posts can be found attacking prominent conservatives like Allen West with overtly racist terms like "Uncle Tom" or worse.
A post at Wisegeek.com said the initial use of the African-American lawn jockey was considered to be ugly and racist.
In 2012, Fox Chicago reported that an antique shop owner sparked controversy over a black-faced iron lawn statue that neighbors called racist.
The page also displays as its banner a picture that reminds one of slavery.
From the name of the page -- and everything it implies -- to the banner and the content, the page clearly violates Facebook's standards which specifically state that individuals or groups cannot "attack others based on their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability or medical condition."
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is a favorite target of the page, with one post calling him the "Lawn jockey of the year."
Another post attacks Louisiana State Senator Elbert Guillory, a black Republican who recently switched from the Democratic Party.
Other posts openly use the "n-word," but Facebook says the page does not violate their terms of service.
This schizophrenic application of Facebook's standards is nothing new.
As we reported in July, Facebook said the page "Zimmerman must DIE" did not violate their standards.
In June, Facebook initially said a page calling for the beheading of anyone who disrespects the Prophet Mohammed also did not violate their community standards. That page was finally removed.
As a result of what many see as the site's "arbitrary and capricious" policies that seem to target conservatives while giving a free pass to others, over 19,000 users have signed on to a "Facebook Blackout" event set for Aug. 25.
Organizers of the event are asking participants to temporarily suspend their accounts that day for a period of 24 hours.
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