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Re: Twitter bans 7k QAnon accounts, limits 150k others as part of broad crackdown

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Post by stevebmark »

YarickR2 wrote: post #16
stevebmark wrote: post #11

It's been encouraging to see companies grow a backbone and crack down on harassment and hate campaigns, and not hide behind cowardly cries of "free speech." Twitter has taken too much time to do this, but recently they've been doing it more. Even Reddit, notorious for powering and consciously allowing hate campaigns, has cracked down more. It's also been interesting that the proponents of allowing these campaigns to…

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This is an example of the intellectually dishonest juggling act I'm talking about.

Re: Twitter bans 7k QAnon accounts, limits 150k others as part of broad crackdown

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Post by fearingreprisal »

stevebmark wrote: post #11

It's been encouraging to see companies grow a backbone and crack down on harassment and hate campaigns, and not hide behind cowardly cries of "free speech." Twitter has taken too much time to do this, but recently they've been doing it more. Even Reddit, notorious for powering and consciously allowing hate campaigns, has cracked down more. It's also been interesting that the proponents of allowing these campaigns to…

> ...to jump from banning hate campaigns on private platforms, to total censorship, is an impressively intellectually dishonest juggling act.

I don't know how unintelligent you have to be to not see the connection here. I'll assume you're just being disingenuous. I don't follow or support QAnon, I think it's nonsense. I however recognise these kinds of sweeping bans as an effort to corral online speech into a restricted orthodoxy of opinion. Free speech is not just the speech that you agree with. There's been such a large body of literature written on the importance of free speech as a right. There's no point me pontificating at length here, if you haven't figured out the importance of free speech by now, God help you.

Give yourself a big pat on the back friendo. You've got the right opinions and you're on """ThE rIgHt SiDe Of HiStOrY""".

Re: Twitter bans 7k QAnon accounts, limits 150k others as part of broad crackdown

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Post by amiga_500 »

The USA is such a mess.

Can't have free speech because too many voters are conspiracy nuts. Can't ban content because free speech.

The level of ignorance has to be seen to be believed, on sites like 4chan.

Education can clear this impasse, but is it too late?

Re: Twitter bans 7k QAnon accounts, limits 150k others as part of broad crackdown

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Post by thephyber »

skindoe wrote: post #21
bynormous wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

By following the digital trail - https://www.insider.com/wayfair-human-trafficking-conspiracy...

That's not the evidence you think it is. In sports analogies That would be the equivalent of brian windhorst tweeting out something and then you saying that it came "Directly from LeBron James". People are not responsible for what their ignorant fans say.

That's a feature of QAnon, not a bug.

If none of us knows the identity of "Q" then anyone can pretend to be their prophet and there is no way to confirm nor disconfirm. This is why I describe QAnon as a LARP -- it's easy for the average person to participate without knowing any rules (because there are none).

Re: Twitter bans 7k QAnon accounts, limits 150k others as part of broad crackdown

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Post by [deleted] »

prepend wrote: post #17
slouch wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He retweeted a video wherein a man yelled white power.

I watched the video and it seemed pretty obvious that the old man responded mockingly to the other person accusing him of white power. I don’t think the driver was actually chanting white power as a claim that white power was his desire. Now, there’s certainly an argument for not making such a response and to channel anger better and not joke about such things. But I don’t think retweeting that video is a show of sup…

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Post by dvtrn »

prepend wrote: post #17
slouch wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He retweeted a video wherein a man yelled white power.

I watched the video and it seemed pretty obvious that the old man responded mockingly to the other person accusing him of white power. I don’t think the driver was actually chanting white power as a claim that white power was his desire. Now, there’s certainly an argument for not making such a response and to channel anger better and not joke about such things. But I don’t think retweeting that video is a show of sup…

Poor taste is much more likely.

Was that not the very point of some people’s frustration? Why does the intentions of the person on the video need justification, rationalization or explanation?

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Post by codeddesign »

I’d like to see Antifa added to this growing list as well.

The article states this group has “ties to dangerous real-world activities”. Does anyone know of any? Or is this just conjecture? The article’s statement was fairly vague.

Re: Twitter bans 7k QAnon accounts, limits 150k others as part of broad crackdown

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Post by flutterdude420 »

skindoe wrote: post #22
yladiz wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Who determines what is hateful? In this case, Twitter.

Sounds Orwellian

Does it? There are other privately owned platforms you can use to accuse Hilary Clinton of pedophaelic blood rituals and satanic mind control.

When Ingsoc comes in to ban reporters from asking unflattering questions at presidential news conferences then maybe we can talk.

Re: Twitter bans 7k QAnon accounts, limits 150k others as part of broad crackdown

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Post by pvg »

prepend wrote: post #17
slouch wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He retweeted a video wherein a man yelled white power.

I watched the video and it seemed pretty obvious that the old man responded mockingly to the other person accusing him of white power. I don’t think the driver was actually chanting white power as a claim that white power was his desire. Now, there’s certainly an argument for not making such a response and to channel anger better and not joke about such things. But I don’t think retweeting that video is a show of sup…

This falls under the Rule of Goats

https://twitter.com/popehat/status/858722120620265473

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