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Yes, milo yiannopoulos'a criticism of the ghostbusters movie. Show me the actual "hate speech". It's become common for any criticism of liberals to be framed as

by troisx 9y ago

Yes, milo yiannopoulos'a criticism of the ghostbusters movie. Show me the actual "hate speech". It's become common for any criticism of liberals to be framed as hate speech.

openasocket 9y ago
Milo wasn't banned for hate speech: he was banned for encouraging harassment of Leslie Jones.
- just2n 9y ago
  This is false. She directed her followers to attack him, not the other way around.
acdha 9y ago
If all he'd done was criticize a movie or a celebrity, nothing would have happened but what what he actually did was to repeat racist slurs[1] and incite other people to attack her by reposting fake screenshots as if they're real[2], and continuing long after it was clear that she wasn't interested in hearing from him or the rest of the GamerGate brigades. As a private company, Twitter is under no obligation to provide anyone with a forum and their terms of service (https://twitter.com/tos https://twitter.com/tos and https://support.twitter.com/articles/18311 https://support.twitter.com/articles/18311) very clearly exclude that kind of behaviour: > Harassment: You may not incite or engage in the targeted abuse or harassment of others. > Hateful conduct: You may not promote violence against or directly attack or threaten other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or disease. 1. Called her an ape, echoing a long history of racist comparisons: https://twitter.com/Lesdoggg/status/755182965060169728 https://twitter.com/Lesdoggg/status/755182965060169728 2. Examples at http://www.vox.com/2016/7/20/12226070/milo-yiannopoulus-twitter-ban-explained http://www.vox.com/2016/7/20/12226070/milo-yiannopoulus-twit...
- throwaway287391 9y ago
  > 1. Called her an ape, echoing a long history of racist comparisons: https://twitter.com/Lesdoggg/status/755182965060169728 https://twitter.com/Lesdoggg/status/755182965060169728 Not to defend Milo here (it certainly sounds like he deserved to be banned for harassment), but the tweet in this screenshot doesn't seem to be him? It's from "evyarb9000", and from a quick Google search, Milo's username was "Nero". (He must have grabbed that handle pretty early on...)
  - acdha 9y ago
    That's not him but I thought he retweeted it but unfortunately all of the history disappeared with his account.
odonnellryan 9y ago
> Horrible to compare Black Lives Matter to ISIS. ISIS is coherent, effective and well-organised. twitter.com/MADBLACKTWINK/ > We need aspirational role models. We need fantasy. We need the unattainable. We need something to strive for. Fuck feminism. > Michelle's a tranny, not a queen. Drag queens are fierce, fabulous, ballsy, hilarious & brave. Trannies are insane. > Liberals: the problem with putting Muslims at the top of your victimhood hierarchy is that THEY WANT TO KILL EVERYONE ELSE ON THE LIST > Muslims are like the common cold and leftists are like Aids. It's easy to fight off a cold... unless you have Aids. pic.twitter.com/S9amPR1YVa Etc.

by troisx 9y ago

Yes, milo yiannopoulos'a criticism of the ghostbusters movie. Show me the actual "hate speech". It's become common for any criticism of liberals to be framed as hate speech.

openasocket 9y ago

Milo wasn't banned for hate speech: he was banned for encouraging harassment of Leslie Jones.

just2n 9y ago
This is false. She directed her followers to attack him, not the other way around.

acdha 9y ago

If all he'd done was criticize a movie or a celebrity, nothing would have happened but what what he actually did was to repeat racist slurs[1] and incite other people to attack her by reposting fake screenshots as if they're real[2], and continuing long after it was clear that she wasn't interested in hearing from him or the rest of the GamerGate brigades. As a private company, Twitter is under no obligation to provide anyone with a forum and their terms of service (https://twitter.com/tos https://twitter.com/tos and https://support.twitter.com/articles/18311 https://support.twitter.com/articles/18311) very clearly exclude that kind of behaviour: > Harassment: You may not incite or engage in the targeted abuse or harassment of others. > Hateful conduct: You may not promote violence against or directly attack or threaten other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or disease. 1. Called her an ape, echoing a long history of racist comparisons: https://twitter.com/Lesdoggg/status/755182965060169728 https://twitter.com/Lesdoggg/status/755182965060169728 2. Examples at http://www.vox.com/2016/7/20/12226070/milo-yiannopoulus-twitter-ban-explained http://www.vox.com/2016/7/20/12226070/milo-yiannopoulus-twit...

throwaway287391 9y ago
> 1. Called her an ape, echoing a long history of racist comparisons: https://twitter.com/Lesdoggg/status/755182965060169728 https://twitter.com/Lesdoggg/status/755182965060169728 Not to defend Milo here (it certainly sounds like he deserved to be banned for harassment), but the tweet in this screenshot doesn't seem to be him? It's from "evyarb9000", and from a quick Google search, Milo's username was "Nero". (He must have grabbed that handle pretty early on...)
- acdha 9y ago
  That's not him but I thought he retweeted it but unfortunately all of the history disappeared with his account.

odonnellryan 9y ago

> Horrible to compare Black Lives Matter to ISIS. ISIS is coherent, effective and well-organised. twitter.com/MADBLACKTWINK/ > We need aspirational role models. We need fantasy. We need the unattainable. We need something to strive for. Fuck feminism. > Michelle's a tranny, not a queen. Drag queens are fierce, fabulous, ballsy, hilarious & brave. Trannies are insane. > Liberals: the problem with putting Muslims at the top of your victimhood hierarchy is that THEY WANT TO KILL EVERYONE ELSE ON THE LIST > Muslims are like the common cold and leftists are like Aids. It's easy to fight off a cold... unless you have Aids. pic.twitter.com/S9amPR1YVa Etc.