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/r/The_Donald has in its sidebar, literally, that people that do not wholly support Trump are not welcome. That being said, I'm okay with that. It's not a plac
by striking 10y ago
/r/The_Donald has in its sidebar, literally, that people that do not wholly support Trump are not welcome.
That being said, I'm okay with that. It's not a place for reasonable discussion, it's just shitpostland.
However. Twitter prides itself on being a serious social network with considerations for free speech and the "new media"... being banned from something like that just because of what you believe is silly.
- robbiemitchell 10y agoThey're not being banned for their opinions, they're being banned for their actions on Twitter.
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- striking 10y agoCan you point to some of those actions? I'm having trouble finding any evidence that shows they should be banned. Now, I think their viewpoints are disgusting too. But their views don't affect people, their actions do.
- FilterSweep 10y agoHave you suddenly lost your ability to create a relevant Google/DDG query? I can't, for the life of me, understand how you can't find evidence (example of Alt-right figurehead Milo Yiannopoulos): http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/leslie-jones-twitter-troll-regrets-attacking-ghostbusters-actress/story?id=41808886 http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/leslie-jones-twitter-tro... Now, whether he should be banned for what he did is up for contention. But he knows what he did, and he knows how he attacked her.
- striking 10y agoYiannopoulos was banned months ago. I'm talking about the current article and the views and actions of those who were freshly banned.