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It does seem tame, but a quick search suggests it may be an anti-semitic dog whistle.
It seems like every comment by someone the left doesn’t like is a kind of dog whistle.
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It seems like every comment by someone the left doesn’t like is a kind of dog whistle.
Doesn't mean they're wrong. There's a reason they don't like those words/phrases.
If you have watched Alex Jones before you will know he happily speaks his mind and is not afraid to come across as offensive or crazy.
It is not in his character to hide secret meanings in his content.
Honestly, "Those are the eyes of a rat" is a fairly tame insult compared to the kind of toxic drivel Jones usually says, and seems like weak grounds for termination. He should've been kicked off long ago, but I fear that having this particular example be the "final straw" is only going to strengthen the alt-right's persecution complex.
It does seem tame, but a quick search suggests it may be an anti-semitic dog whistle.
Honestly, "Those are the eyes of a rat" is a fairly tame insult compared to the kind of toxic drivel Jones usually says, and seems like weak grounds for termination. He should've been kicked off long ago, but I fear that having this particular example be the "final straw" is only going to strengthen the alt-right's persecution complex.
It does seem tame, but a quick search suggests it may be an anti-semitic dog whistle.
The next step is simply to point at the myriad of other times anyone called someone a rat on Twitter and Twitter is left to defend a position of shutting people down over what they were thinking when they wrote something.
They should have used one of the many better reasons they had for this this case.
Honestly, "Those are the eyes of a rat" is a fairly tame insult compared to the kind of toxic drivel Jones usually says, and seems like weak grounds for termination. He should've been kicked off long ago, but I fear that having this particular example be the "final straw" is only going to strengthen the alt-right's persecution complex.
It does seem tame, but a quick search suggests it may be an anti-semitic dog whistle.
> “Those are the eyes of a rat,” There's no way they can ban him for saying that yet still claim to enforce the rules equally for all political affiliations. There have been thousands (maybe more) tweets by people with blue verification checkmarks calling Trump an orange oompa loopa and much worse. No one has been banned for that (rightfully so imo). There's been a ton of pressure on Twitter to ban Jones but using th…
It's not the government, they absolutely can ban people for anything they want and they don't have to be consistent about it. There's nothing you can do about this it than deleting your account, complaining about them on the internet, and/or acquiring a seat on their board of directors and effecting change from within. I suppose a hostile takeover of the entire company should be mentioned, too.
Furthermore, "neutrality" is a figment of your imagination.
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Doesn't mean they're wrong. There's a reason they don't like those words/phrases.
> Doesn't mean they're wrong. If you have watched Alex Jones before you will know he happily speaks his mind and is not afraid to come across as offensive or crazy. It is not in his character to hide secret meanings in his content.
No matter what you think of Jones: Silicon Valley is digging their own grave with their blatantly obvious double standards towards "hate speech" and other forms of harassment.
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It seems like every comment by someone the left doesn’t like is a kind of dog whistle.
Ah. the good old: lets criticize a generalization by making a generalization. Always a strong argument :)
> “Those are the eyes of a rat,” There's no way they can ban him for saying that yet still claim to enforce the rules equally for all political affiliations. There have been thousands (maybe more) tweets by people with blue verification checkmarks calling Trump an orange oompa loopa and much worse. No one has been banned for that (rightfully so imo). There's been a ton of pressure on Twitter to ban Jones but using th…
There's no way they can ban him for saying that yet still claim to enforce the rules equally for all political affiliations. It's not the government, they absolutely can ban people for anything they want and they don't have to be consistent about it. There's nothing you can do about this it than deleting your account, complaining about them on the internet, and/or acquiring a seat on their board of directors and effe…