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Re: The Babylon Bee's Twitter account is no longer suspended

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Truth and satire are intertwined in a special way that makes satire be so powerful. Also Babylon Bee said they were satirizing USA Today as listing her as a top woman of the year.

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Women lost nothing because someone who might have been born in the wrong body and accomplished a lot receives an award for their accomplishment. It's not a zero sum game. Women wouldn't be better off by not letting these people live their real lives.

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They selected Rachel Levine as their pick for "Man of the Year", although she is a transgender woman. Babylon Bee says that she is a man, and the truth cannot be hate speech. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Levine Honestly I would agree with Babylon Bee if it would be just for satire, like giving a funny award to a transgender woman, I get it, but they are not in it for the jokes, they are in it for the truth as…

In that link, why doesn't Wikipedia mention the subject's "Born" name, like they do with others who change their name? Natalie Portman, Teller, Elton John, just to name a few.

Actors don't change their name because they're changing their identity, actors often act under a different name because they are required to have a unique name to participate in certain organisations (e.g: screen actors guild). An actor may be known as Natalie Portman but who knows what's on her passport? Transgender people are typically changing their identity, which is a different process.

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They selected Rachel Levine as their pick for "Man of the Year", although she is a transgender woman. Babylon Bee says that she is a man, and the truth cannot be hate speech. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Levine Honestly I would agree with Babylon Bee if it would be just for satire, like giving a funny award to a transgender woman, I get it, but they are not in it for the jokes, they are in it for the truth as…

In that link, why doesn't Wikipedia mention the subject's "Born" name, like they do with others who change their name? Natalie Portman, Teller, Elton John, just to name a few.

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Re: The Babylon Bee's Twitter account is no longer suspended

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Interesting, I wonder if they bulk unsuspended a bunch of accounts, or if they're doing it selectively. If they're bulk doing it, they must have a way to differentiate between suspended bots and suspended people. realdonaldtrump is still suspended but I imagine that one is coming back.

edit/add: Now that twitter is private, they don't have to publicly disclose mdau or revenue right? It will be interesting to know if Musk's changes grow or shrink twitter.

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post #5

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They selected Rachel Levine as their pick for "Man of the Year", although she is a transgender woman. Babylon Bee says that she is a man, and the truth cannot be hate speech. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Levine Honestly I would agree with Babylon Bee if it would be just for satire, like giving a funny award to a transgender woman, I get it, but they are not in it for the jokes, they are in it for the truth as…

In that link, why doesn't Wikipedia mention the subject's "Born" name, like they do with others who change their name? Natalie Portman, Teller, Elton John, just to name a few.

Wikipedia's name policy is to include names that someone was notable under.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Biog...

This includes trans individuals, such as Chelsea Manning or Elliot Page, who have their birth name in their respective articles. For some reason, these Wikipedia editorial decisions are extra controversial around trans people, so Wikipedia has a MOS section to explicitly address this in the case of biographies of trans people:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Biog...

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post #5

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They selected Rachel Levine as their pick for "Man of the Year", although she is a transgender woman. Babylon Bee says that she is a man, and the truth cannot be hate speech. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Levine Honestly I would agree with Babylon Bee if it would be just for satire, like giving a funny award to a transgender woman, I get it, but they are not in it for the jokes, they are in it for the truth as…

In that link, why doesn't Wikipedia mention the subject's "Born" name, like they do with others who change their name? Natalie Portman, Teller, Elton John, just to name a few.

Because "Wikipedia Is Badly Biased" according to founder Larry Sanger: https://larrysanger.org/2020/05/wikipedia-is-badly-biased/

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In that link, why doesn't Wikipedia mention the subject's "Born" name, like they do with others who change their name? Natalie Portman, Teller, Elton John, just to name a few.

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Re: The Babylon Bee's Twitter account is no longer suspended

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Why was it suspended in the first place?

It was locked, in a process where they force you to explicitly admit your tweet broke the rules before you can get your account back. There's more context here: https://babylonbee.com/news/twitter-has-shut-down-the-bee

> in a process where they force you to explicitly admit your tweet broke the rules before you can get your account back.

What a power move. That sounds like a struggle session.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denunciation_rally

Re: The Babylon Bee's Twitter account is no longer suspended

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Why was it suspended in the first place?

My Twitter feed is full of “There are only two genders. Test” And links to medical papers on myocarditis. Two things that would get you banned quick.

Yeah, I'm seeing a big uptick in myocarditis stuff too. That's despite being very selective about who I follow; it's showing up in the replies. The disinfo crowd (not just on that topic) is off to an even quicker start than I expected. Just in time for the midterm elections, too. :(
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