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My point is there is a clear bias as to which extremists get banned from Twitter. I'm not saying Alex Jones is representative of the right.
by yters 8y ago
My point is there is a clear bias as to which extremists get banned from Twitter. I'm not saying Alex Jones is representative of the right.
- happytoexplain 8y agoI haven't seen evidence of this personally, so to me it's not "clear", but I also think there's a sparsity of data (these bannings are mostly few, high-profile cases). However, I absolutely do not doubt that it COULD happen, given the chance. Do you have anybody in mind that you would consider his opposite, politically, but comparable in the damaging/far-reaching nature of his rhetoric?
- yters 8y agoOne example that springs to mind would be Spike Lee posting the home addresses of a couple that had nothing to do with the Zimmerman case. It wouldn't be licit even if he had the addresses correct. And in general I see very virulent rants directed against pro-life people, with death threats and the like.