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OP 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 medi
by bleepblorp 6y ago
OP 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