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Do you have examples of these calls for beheadings of non conservatives?
by 6nf 6y ago
Do you have examples of these calls for beheadings of non conservatives?
- bleepblorp 6y agoOP is probably referring to the Steve Bannon's recent statement calling for the beheading of Dr. Fauci. This has been very widely covered, even by Trumpist media. See: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/steven-bannon-behead-fauci-fbi-christophre-wray-trump-b1627108.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-electio... https://www.newsweek.com/bannon-calls-fauci-beheading-1545287 https://www.newsweek.com/bannon-calls-fauci-beheading-154528... https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/05/steve-bannon-makes-beheading-comment-about-fauci-on-war-room-podcast-.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/05/steve-bannon-makes-beheading... https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/steve-bannon-s-twitter-account-suspended-after-calling-for-execution-of-dr-fauci-and-fbi-director-wray/ar-BB1aJY6O https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/steve-bannon-s-twitter-acc... https://nypost.com/2020/11/06/twitter-bans-steve-bannon-for-instigating-violence-against-fauci-and-wray/ https://nypost.com/2020/11/06/twitter-bans-steve-bannon-for-... This kind of political speech has no place in a democratic society. The fact that it comes down to social media and Internet providers to regulate it, however, is reflective of a policy failure. Keeping calls for extremist violence out of the public sphere ought to be the responsibility of the criminal legal system, not private business.
- 6nf 6y agoOk but Bannon was permanently banned from Twitter for this