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Meh. Look at the official PR of gab, and tell me again they're solely concerned with free speech: https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1056266704148262912 https:

Meh. Look at the official PR of gab, and tell me again they're solely concerned with free speech: https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1056266704148262912 https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1056266704148262912 https://twitter.com/ClenchedFisk/status/1027690034718224384?s=20 https://twitter.com/ClenchedFisk/status/1027690034718224384?... are a good start, but there's lots more (even though they're currently deleting some of it). They're trolling and not actually concerned with free speech. It's just a way to sow division for them.

leereeves 8y ago
One of those tweets satirically calls for "open borders for Israel". What's wrong with pointing out that Israel is an ethnostate with tightly controlled immigration? It's a useful example for those advocating tighter immigration controls in the US. Satire isn't trolling. I don't know the context in which Gab made that tweet but I've seen "open borders for Israel" in other contexts, where it was used to advocate adopting policies more like Israel's, not merely to sow division.
- anarazel 8y ago
  Comeon, you're cherry-picking. The comment about inferring a position on free-speech from Krassenstein's name clearly was a play on his name sounding Jewish. [EDIT: WRONG: And the retweet in the other link was just after the shooting (along with a lot of other trolling) - hardly the reaction of an organization horrified about what happened.] EDIT: The tweet referenced above actually significantly earlier. They deleted many tweets, so it's a bit hard to figure out when what exactly happened.
  - leereeves 8y ago
    The retweet by PopeHat was after the shooting, but the tweet from Gab was on August 9th. Taking that out of context now and claiming it was a response to the shooting is dishonest.
    - anarazel 8y ago
      Oh, if that's true, I'm sorry. They did tweet a lot of stuff around that time, but so much of it is deleted, that it's hard to remember exactly what is what. Edited post to note uncertainty. Not that I think that makes the post any more acceptable. Edit: leereeves was/is right.
      - leereeves 8y ago
        It's one of the tweets in the second link as well, where you can see the date.

leereeves 8y ago

One of those tweets satirically calls for "open borders for Israel". What's wrong with pointing out that Israel is an ethnostate with tightly controlled immigration? It's a useful example for those advocating tighter immigration controls in the US. Satire isn't trolling. I don't know the context in which Gab made that tweet but I've seen "open borders for Israel" in other contexts, where it was used to advocate adopting policies more like Israel's, not merely to sow division.

anarazel 8y ago
Comeon, you're cherry-picking. The comment about inferring a position on free-speech from Krassenstein's name clearly was a play on his name sounding Jewish. [EDIT: WRONG: And the retweet in the other link was just after the shooting (along with a lot of other trolling) - hardly the reaction of an organization horrified about what happened.] EDIT: The tweet referenced above actually significantly earlier. They deleted many tweets, so it's a bit hard to figure out when what exactly happened.
- leereeves 8y ago
  The retweet by PopeHat was after the shooting, but the tweet from Gab was on August 9th. Taking that out of context now and claiming it was a response to the shooting is dishonest.
  - anarazel 8y ago
    Oh, if that's true, I'm sorry. They did tweet a lot of stuff around that time, but so much of it is deleted, that it's hard to remember exactly what is what. Edited post to note uncertainty. Not that I think that makes the post any more acceptable. Edit: leereeves was/is right.
    - leereeves 8y ago
      It's one of the tweets in the second link as well, where you can see the date.