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Twitter suspends Trump's campaign account TeamTrump for violating its rules

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Re: Twitter suspends Trump's campaign account TeamTrump for violating its rules

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Post by Acrobatic_Road »

btmiller wrote: post #94
Acrobatic_Road wrote: post #36

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A tolerant society that doesn't "tolerate intolerance" (your words) is an intolerant society. We are heading toward authoritarianism.

I’m afraid absolute freedom is slightly overrated. You have to draw the line somewhere. I’m okay with where it’s been drawn today. It’s a “you’ll know it when you see it” thing. This isn’t authoritarianism, and we can still rightfully claim to be a tolerant society with sound rejection and banishment of hate speech. Hypothetical example, my religion does not believe in gay marriage, yet I don’t prohibit others from p…

>with sound rejection and banishment of hate speech

Unless it's directed at white people. That one's been embraced by our tolerant overlords.

Re: Twitter suspends Trump's campaign account TeamTrump for violating its rules

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Post by ethbr0 »

erichocean wrote: post #64
app4soft wrote: post #57

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Here is better explained article on "The Washington Post".[0] P.S. He is also removed from Mastodon[1] too: > The page you were looking for doesn't exist here anymore. [0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/08/twitter... [1] https://mastodon.social/@realDonaldTrump

When Biden moves to the White House, he should remove Trump's Presidential portrait from the wall. Completely unperson the guy, like he never existed.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Son_of_Man#/media/File%3... except, an orange

Re: Twitter suspends Trump's campaign account TeamTrump for violating its rules

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Post by lsiebert »

ErikVandeWater wrote: post #74

Is anyone concerned by the coordinated efforts of Facebook Google, Twitter, Discord, Reddit, and Apple today? If these groups and individuals that were banned were violating the TOS before, why did they leave them in place for so long? How do these companies decide when to enforce their rules, since obviously it's not immediately? And do they make deals with one another (I'll ban someone you don't like if you ban som…

Well, probably because the rhetoric was presumed entirely rhetorical, and then Trump supporters including white supremacists invaded the Capital building talking about hunting down members of congress to ensure Trump's victory and 5 people died.

And I don't think they had deals, it's more like nobody wants to be the last place where Trump is posting.

Re: Twitter suspends Trump's campaign account TeamTrump for violating its rules

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Post by wtfiswiththis »

ErikVandeWater wrote: post #74

Is anyone concerned by the coordinated efforts of Facebook Google, Twitter, Discord, Reddit, and Apple today? If these groups and individuals that were banned were violating the TOS before, why did they leave them in place for so long? How do these companies decide when to enforce their rules, since obviously it's not immediately? And do they make deals with one another (I'll ban someone you don't like if you ban som…

No. They led a coup. There should be hangings. End of discussion.

Re: Twitter suspends Trump's campaign account TeamTrump for violating its rules

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Post by another_sock »

sn_master wrote: post #110
another_sock wrote: post #92

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That is a conspiracy theory. You need to be medicated and deplatformed.

I am afraid to ask if your comment is serious or sarcasm

Well it's sarcasm in this case, but it won't be when you see it elsewhere.

Re: Twitter suspends Trump's campaign account TeamTrump for violating its rules

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Post by geomark »

omarchowdhury wrote: post #41
save_ferris wrote: post #21

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> He entered into a contract with Twitter, broke it, and Twitter ended things on their side. I agree, and I'm not saying that Twitter acted in the wrong here. Imagine a hypothetical scenario where Dorsey threatens a president to say or not say something under penalty of deplatforming. That's a pretty significant lever to have over POTUS. That's the point I'm trying to make here.

> Imagine a hypothetical scenario where Dorsey threatens a president to say or not say something under penalty of deplatforming. The threat would be a criminal offense.

Threatening to deplatform is a criminal offense? What a world we live in.

Re: Twitter suspends Trump's campaign account TeamTrump for violating its rules

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Post by erichocean »

another_sock wrote: post #88
erichocean wrote: post #64

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When Biden moves to the White House, he should remove Trump's Presidential portrait from the wall. Completely unperson the guy, like he never existed.

Yes like that picture of Stalin and Nikolai Yezhov!

Or like tearing down Confederate statues. There's no need to commemorate hate.

Re: Twitter suspends Trump's campaign account TeamTrump for violating its rules

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Post by happytoexplain »

ErikVandeWater wrote: post #74

Is anyone concerned by the coordinated efforts of Facebook Google, Twitter, Discord, Reddit, and Apple today? If these groups and individuals that were banned were violating the TOS before, why did they leave them in place for so long? How do these companies decide when to enforce their rules, since obviously it's not immediately? And do they make deals with one another (I'll ban someone you don't like if you ban som…

A historic event occurred - how could you take that to mean it was coordinated?

Re: Twitter suspends Trump's campaign account TeamTrump for violating its rules

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Post by ajross »

Acrobatic_Road wrote: post #97
ajross wrote: post #56

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> We are heading toward authoritarianism. We had a coup attempt on Wednesday! We're already there. This is the attempt to recover. Maybe it won't work. I'm not super hopeful. But in a country where the president can aim a riot at congress, his ability to tweet doesn't really seem like the freedom we should be most concerned about.

>coup attempt It wasn't even close to a coup. https://mises.org/wire/capitol-riot-wasnt-coup-it-wasnt-even... >This is the attempt to recover. This is a massive step forward to authoritarianism. Internet monopolies colluding to censor the internet, politicians calling for protestors to be put on the no fly list without due process, growing calls for the government to censor the internet, and more to come.

> It wasn't even close to a coup

You'd never say that if it wasn't "your people" in there. Never. Don't claim to be a patriot ever again if you think dismissing the first successful attack on a congressional session (hell, the VP was in there too) in the history of the republic is a good argument to make. Hell, five people died. That's more than at the Reichstag fire (I checked with Godwin, by the way, he approves).

This was a moment of deep shame. And comments like yours make it worse.

Re: Twitter suspends Trump's campaign account TeamTrump for violating its rules

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Post by wtfiswiththis »

another_sock wrote: post #107
[deleted] wrote: post #95

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Do you have a link from a state-sanctioned and social media site approved source where I can read about this?

Clutch those treasonous pearls of yours.
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