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Yes. The idea of censoring anyone strikes me as extraordinarily distasteful, but I understand that there's a grey area there, i.e. we don't allow kiddie porn,

Yes. The idea of censoring anyone strikes me as extraordinarily distasteful, but I understand that there's a grey area there, i.e. we don't allow kiddie porn, violent threats, etc... Censoring a former president of the United States because you disagree with his politics? I can't think of any reasonable justification for this in a liberal society. The only societies that are interested in doing this sort of thing are the kinds of "one-party" autocratic authoritarian regimes who fear dissent as a threat to their power.

dbbk 4y ago
> Censoring a former president of the United States because you disagree with his politics? > I can't think of any reasonable justification for this in a liberal society. No platform has censored him for disagreeing with his politics. They banned him for inciting violence, which he did.
- _-david-_ 4y ago
  Did you read Twitter's post explaining which of his tweets were inciting violence? There were 2 tweets >The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!” And >“To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.” There is no way any reasonable and objective person could come to the conclusion that either of those are inciting violence.
- AbrahamParangi 4y ago
  One man’s mostly peaceful political protest is another man’s violent insurrection. The idea that Trump was censored for apolitical reasons seems… not credible.
myvoiceismypass 4y ago
He was not banned for his politics, he was banned for inciting violence. “… We have determined that these Tweets are in violation of the Glorification of Violence Policy and the user @realDonaldTrump should be immediately permanently suspended from the service,” Twitter wrote.
- _-david-_ 4y ago
  Did you read the tweets they claimed are incitement to violence? >The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!” And >“To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.” How on earth are either of those incitement to violence?
amanaplanacanal 4y ago
Pretty sure it wasn’t his politics they had an issue with, but incitements to violence.
- claytongulick 4y ago
  It should be pretty easy to quote his incitements then, correct? Here's a couple direct examples from other politicians: “We've got to stay on the street, and we've got to get more active, we've got to get more confrontational. We've got to make sure that they know that we mean business.” - April 17, 2021, Representative Maxine Waters "Once you have a group that is marginalized, once someone doesn't have access to clean water, they have no choice but to riot" - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Radio Interview, July 2019 It should be easy to find examples of Trump saying something similar, right?

dbbk 4y ago

> Censoring a former president of the United States because you disagree with his politics? > I can't think of any reasonable justification for this in a liberal society. No platform has censored him for disagreeing with his politics. They banned him for inciting violence, which he did.

_-david-_ 4y ago
Did you read Twitter's post explaining which of his tweets were inciting violence? There were 2 tweets >The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!” And >“To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.” There is no way any reasonable and objective person could come to the conclusion that either of those are inciting violence.
AbrahamParangi 4y ago
One man’s mostly peaceful political protest is another man’s violent insurrection. The idea that Trump was censored for apolitical reasons seems… not credible.

myvoiceismypass 4y ago

He was not banned for his politics, he was banned for inciting violence. “… We have determined that these Tweets are in violation of the Glorification of Violence Policy and the user @realDonaldTrump should be immediately permanently suspended from the service,” Twitter wrote.

_-david-_ 4y ago
Did you read the tweets they claimed are incitement to violence? >The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!” And >“To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.” How on earth are either of those incitement to violence?

amanaplanacanal 4y ago

Pretty sure it wasn’t his politics they had an issue with, but incitements to violence.

claytongulick 4y ago
It should be pretty easy to quote his incitements then, correct? Here's a couple direct examples from other politicians: “We've got to stay on the street, and we've got to get more active, we've got to get more confrontational. We've got to make sure that they know that we mean business.” - April 17, 2021, Representative Maxine Waters "Once you have a group that is marginalized, once someone doesn't have access to clean water, they have no choice but to riot" - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Radio Interview, July 2019 It should be easy to find examples of Trump saying something similar, right?