Twitter suspends alt-right figureheads

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 3:09 PM UTC

legodt wrote: post #200

MichaelBurge wrote: post #131

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Just to give an example of how this would sound if it were reversed: Liberals are inciting violence using paid operatives(probably including the recent riots), have shot Trump supporters, use powerful institutions(Twitter, universities, etc.) to shut down speech they disagree with, and their most recent presidential candidate has historically been opposed to gay marriage and took foreign money from a country that exe…

These are all true, and I'm not a liberal so I'm cool with this. There are things I don't like, such as your complaint about Twitter overstepping it's bounds. Hell, I'll even do you one better. Liberals love pipelining more people to prison, they love unnecessary voter registration beuracracy, and they love supporting institutions that keep the poor poorer and the rich richer. Racism is a bipartisan issue it's just t…

Post by tomp » Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 3:10 PM UTC

legodt wrote: post #149

altaway wrote: post #123

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No, they are posting anti-white bigotry and threats to kill the President. Twitters "cultural background training" for its new mods surely contains the progressive stance that you can't be racist against white people.

How can you be racist against the ruling, privileged class? Sure, white people can have it bad too, but we still have all the privilige and automatic perks. It isn't bigotry as much as self defense against how many white people are still deeply entrenched in racism. As a whole, white people are still oppressors.

Post by FilterSweep » Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 3:10 PM UTC

striking wrote: post #134

robbiemitchell wrote: post #81

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They're not being banned for their opinions, they're being banned for their actions on Twitter.

Can you point to some of those actions? I'm having trouble finding any evidence that shows they should be banned. Now, I think their viewpoints are disgusting too. But their views don't affect people, their actions do.

Post by CoryG89 » Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 3:13 PM UTC

aaron-lebo wrote: post #147

legodt wrote: post #136

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This is clearly a satirical response to the type of logic used by white supremacists to bolster a concept of genetic superiority over other ethnicities. Imagine just for a moment being black and hearing the inverse of this statement every day online

Have you not heard of the Nation of Islam? You know that the 7/7 Dallas shooter (Micah Johnson) was inspired by black supremacist hate speech, right?

Post by legodt » Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 3:13 PM UTC

tomp wrote: post #213

legodt wrote: post #149

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How can you be racist against the ruling, privileged class? Sure, white people can have it bad too, but we still have all the privilige and automatic perks. It isn't bigotry as much as self defense against how many white people are still deeply entrenched in racism. As a whole, white people are still oppressors.

Even thinking of "whites" as "privileged" is racism. In reality, different people are different (shocker, I know). Obama's family (half-black) is much more privileged than many white straight men that are homeless. If instead of race you focused on circumstances that actually matter (bad family background, poverty, uneducated, jobless), you'd achieve much more.