The Babylon Bee's Twitter account is no longer suspended

Post by ghostpepper » Fri, Oct 28, 2022, 4:21 PM UTC

socialismisok wrote: post #104

mrkstu wrote: post #80

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I'm not sure if they felt 'attacked'- more that they were standing up for their right to do what they do (satire) without being censored and giving into the censorship by deleting the tweet. The 'mis-gendering' in this case was absolutely truthful in a scientific sense, thereby making their point that truth being somehow harmful in today's society. Whether you agree that's a 'good' point or not it seems to fall squar…

It's not "absolutely true in the scientific sense", except at the "I have an understanding of high school level biology and sociology" sense. Sex and gender are both significantly more complex than just chromosomes, genitalia, or organs. If you are interested, I'm happy to dive into a good faith discussion of where the science actually falls.

Post by Covzire » Fri, Oct 28, 2022, 4:21 PM UTC

socialismisok wrote: post #52

outside1234 wrote: post #45

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What were they banned for? Looking through the content, I don't see any of the egregious hate speech or incitement of violence that we've seen in other bans like Trump.

They gave a trans woman their man of the year award and tweeted about it. Twitter said misgendering is against their rules and blocked the account until they deleted the tweet. Babylon Bee felt attacked and refused to delete the tweet, so they just left their own account locked.

Post by pessimizer » Fri, Oct 28, 2022, 4:22 PM UTC

notacoward wrote: post #64

purpleblue wrote: post #37

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Myocarditis in young men below the age of 18 from the vaccine is real and verified. This was even shown by the CDC during the ACIP meeting for the bivalent booster. It's roughly about 1 in 5000 chance of getting myocarditis, and about 1/3 of the patients are still suffering from it 90 days after diagnosis.

I'm sure it is real, but that's not the point. A fact can be true but still be amplified far beyond its actual significance relative to other things that are also true, and that seems like what's happening here. I'm seeing a lot of people citing the exact same highly-dubious articles, which takes us further from figuring out the empirical truth on a complex set of issues. Those citations are also often accompanied by…

Post by fallingknife » Fri, Oct 28, 2022, 4:23 PM UTC

socialismisok wrote: post #104

mrkstu wrote: post #80

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I'm not sure if they felt 'attacked'- more that they were standing up for their right to do what they do (satire) without being censored and giving into the censorship by deleting the tweet. The 'mis-gendering' in this case was absolutely truthful in a scientific sense, thereby making their point that truth being somehow harmful in today's society. Whether you agree that's a 'good' point or not it seems to fall squar…

It's not "absolutely true in the scientific sense", except at the "I have an understanding of high school level biology and sociology" sense. Sex and gender are both significantly more complex than just chromosomes, genitalia, or organs. If you are interested, I'm happy to dive into a good faith discussion of where the science actually falls.

Post by ndlzk » Fri, Oct 28, 2022, 4:23 PM UTC

threeseed wrote: post #128

ndlzk wrote: post #93

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I think you should be banned for such a comment. There is an inherent distinction between being born with something versus something you acquired during your life. Many trans people live their entire lives not feeling like they belong in the body they were born in. For them it's no different to being born black, white etc.