Brutally honest and abrasive as heck – or “sneaky as Eff” yet polite about it

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I wrote yesterday I got kicked off LinkedIn – or perhaps “temporarily banned” would be a better experience.

This morning, I received the following –

> Response (06/03/2021 23:39 CST)
> Hi Rahul,

> I’m so sorry that I don’t have a quick answer to your inquiry. Due to
> the sensitive nature of your request, I’ve forwarded this message to
> our Safety team.
> Please understand that your issue may require some additional
> research, which may delay their response. Someone from that team will
> get back to you as quickly as possible.
> If you’re able to access your account, you can check the status of
> your case at any time from the Your cases tab on LinkedIn Help. Learn
> more here: <chopped?
>
> Thanks for your patience as we look into this for you.
>
>
> Regards,
>
><name chopped>
> Member Support Consultant
>

This was after I messaged them multiple times on Twitter (no answer) – and then (finally) found a support form (thanks to another dude who via his blog pointed me that way) that allowed me to “vent” and explain the issue.

I’ve explained it here – https://rahulmookerjee.com/index.php/blog/item/673-so-it-s-official-pinked-out-linked-in-is-pandering-to-china-as-well-pathetic . . .

And so, I wasn’t exactly surprised to get that “copy and paste” reply but nothing else.

I sent them this in response (there’s a reason I’m telling you all this) –

Hello,

OK, please let me know – I will wait for you guys to get back. It was
most disconcerting the way this has been done especially given that
certain trolls etc on there are free to publish what they like – while
those that speak the truth are censored, and not just that – what really
worried me, as I said below, was LinkedIn asking for passport info etc
which will no doubt be shared either directly or indirectly with the
authorities in China (and we all know what happens then!).

Please let me know. No, I cannot access my account which is why I wrote
to you in the first place.

Thank you.

Best,

Rahul

Isn’t it funny the trolls etc (and I’ve been most verbose about them before, as y’all know) are given a free rein – whereas those that say it like it get “ostracized” and banned?

So be it.

I’m not about to kow tow and pander to any BS just because some social media site deems it .. ah, but let’s get into that below with their next reply.

Hi Rahul,

Thanks for reaching out. Your account has been restricted due to multiple violations of our Professional Community Policies. Sharing unprofessional or abusive content goes against our policies.

Shared Post 6/3/2021:

Brats and Nazi feminists, whiners, pissers, moaners, and those soooooooooo stressed by so called #covid19 (plague from China ) – you need one thing – a KICK UP THE ASS! (and no I ain’t interested in “you teach me English I teach you Chinese’). I wouldnt learn Chinese if you paid me to do so (other than what I’ve learne dmyself) – if you dont like that – PISS OFF!!

NOTHING PISSES ME OFF MORE THAN THESE GODDAMNED FREEBIE seeking wackos and timewasting lunatics, and of course the pander to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee “me, me, me” Idiots!

https://lnkd.in/eN-gskT

#life #pathetic #brats

Comment Posted 5/27/2021: Please stop Tom Tomming and making ridiculous, retarded, monkey strung statements. What I said was 100% true. Check your own facts first, if you’ve got half a brain to do so!

You can appeal this restriction by replying to this email with your explicit consent that you will abide by the LinkedIn User Agreement and Professional Community Policies.

• User Agreement: <chopped>
• Professional Community Policies: <chopped>

If you have any questions regarding your appeal you can reply to this email. Thank you for being part of the LinkedIn community.

Regards,

Now, I believe yesterday’s emails, and a couple the day before explain the issues above, and why I posted what I did?

Anyway –

Hi <name chopped> –

Thanks for getting back to me. While the language in the posts beneath may be somewhat abrasive, I believe it has to be seen in context. The first “shared” post beneath – there was a reason I said what I did, and the reason is mentioned in the link there. Ditto for the second statement i.e. it was a reply to another statement (I Cannot paste it here right now) which was simply not true, albeit worded more “carefully”.

While I’m sorry to have violated the “unprofessional” content rules, would you not agree that at the end of the day it is better to be honest and abrasive rather than sneaky yet “polite about it”?

Please let me know. There are no other questions I have, I’d just like to know your (and by extension, LinkedIn’s) opinion in general on this if you don’t mind . . .

With regard to this, “You can appeal this restriction by replying to this email with your explicit consent that you will abide by the LinkedIn User Agreement and Professional Community Policies.” , I’ll be happy to abide by them – please go ahead and reactivate my account. What I am NOT ok with is sharing my ID details – I do not approve of ANYONE reporting those to governments anywhere, especially not dictatorships like in China for obvious reasons.

Please let me know if this works for you.

Thank you!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

So, a few things –

You’ll notice that they’ve not addressed my main gripe in all this i.e. “collecting identifiable information to be used by LinkedIn, even though they really don’t need it -t heir main purpose is to send to the CCP most likely “for the record”, and we all know the sort of record that is … ”

Not that the See Xi Pee isn’t watching these posts anyway, but even they need a bit of an official reason at times.

If you’re wondering why Freakbook and the rest are banned in China, but Bill Hates aka Winblows producing Microsoft owned LinkedIn is and has been allowed in the PRC for years – well – as I said yesterday – this is a clue!

They’re the worst of the lot when it comes to pandering and China tom tommming which I cannot stand.

Anyway, look.

I’d be happy to “apologize” for the language of the posts if I needed to, although given the context in which they were made, and what I replied to (utter misleading BS and trolling basically)- I dont think I need to.

But what really irritated me was their demand for me to submit a passport or some other form of government issued ID “for their records”.

There’s no way I’m doin gthat.

Period!

Not to mention the overriding question I asked in the subject line of this email.

Whats better – to be sneaky, devious, and underhand – or in your face, brutally frank and “not liked” but honest?

I dont know.

It all boils down to what a customer Charles Mitchell said about my books and workouts …

Don’t ever become a pussy trainer just so you can sell more books!

Never will, bro.

And neither will my brutally honest and frank style change. Thats one reason I charge the prices I do – thats one reason I do not put up with BS – and thats, even above fitness (though don’t get me wrong – the books DO back the talk up as you can tell) that people are willing to “follow” me – because they know they will get the truth from me – unabridged, politically incorrect if need be, and utterly UNVARNISHED, with no concern for sensibilities.

And in this increasingly sissifed world we live in, that is exactly what is needed.

I’ve been this way all my life.

I dont plan on changing any time soon, LinkedIn or not . . .

And then another comment – one of the very few things I agreed upon with my Dad but he said this in 2004 I believe when I was in China doing job #2.