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Platforms aren't neutral parties and have to make calls like this. "Political leanings" is misdirection. Participating in attempts to block NGO (affiliated wit

Platforms aren't neutral parties and have to make calls like this. "Political leanings" is misdirection. Participating in attempts to block NGO (affiliated with Doctors without Borders) ships performing maritime search and rescue missions for migrants is particularly heinous. If it must be spelled out, this is acting to prevent the rescue of drowning refugees. Are you really supporting freedom of expression by allowing your platform to support people who don't support others right to exist?

xupybd 9y ago
I think the argument is to do with political leanings. Some believe that NGO boats incentivize human trafficking. If this is true more people will die via human trafficking than would if these NGO were interrupted. While that argument is not super solid it is a political one and to Ban her based on her intention to report on this seems political to me.
- TheCowboy 9y ago
  You can rephrase this as much as you want, but this is not just "her intention to report on this". This is obstructing humanitarian efforts in a way that leads to loss of life. You're claiming the motivations here are to protect the lives of migrants by limiting "incentived human trafficking", but the motive is white nationalism. http://www.dw.com/en/defend-europe-identitarians-charter-a-ship-to-return-migrants-to-africa/a-39702947 http://www.dw.com/en/defend-europe-identitarians-charter-a-s...
  - xupybd 9y ago
    Most of those quotes are from the activist group Hope not Hate. They are a group on the left saying a group on the right is bad. Can you see how this is a deeply political issue? I hear far too often that people on the right are white nationalist, yet I see no one presenting evidence they are. There are some white nationalist on the right but I don't think it's fair to tar everyone on the right with the same brush.

xupybd 9y ago

I think the argument is to do with political leanings. Some believe that NGO boats incentivize human trafficking. If this is true more people will die via human trafficking than would if these NGO were interrupted. While that argument is not super solid it is a political one and to Ban her based on her intention to report on this seems political to me.

TheCowboy 9y ago
You can rephrase this as much as you want, but this is not just "her intention to report on this". This is obstructing humanitarian efforts in a way that leads to loss of life. You're claiming the motivations here are to protect the lives of migrants by limiting "incentived human trafficking", but the motive is white nationalism. http://www.dw.com/en/defend-europe-identitarians-charter-a-ship-to-return-migrants-to-africa/a-39702947 http://www.dw.com/en/defend-europe-identitarians-charter-a-s...
- xupybd 9y ago
  Most of those quotes are from the activist group Hope not Hate. They are a group on the left saying a group on the right is bad. Can you see how this is a deeply political issue? I hear far too often that people on the right are white nationalist, yet I see no one presenting evidence they are. There are some white nationalist on the right but I don't think it's fair to tar everyone on the right with the same brush.