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>targeting conservative voices solely based on ideology. Clearly happening, yet even here already we have four people so far claiming that it doesn't, and peop

>targeting conservative voices solely based on ideology. Clearly happening, yet even here already we have four people so far claiming that it doesn't, and people flagging/downvoting you for telling the truth. They banned a conservative satire publication ffs. The Babylon Bee. "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." —George Orwell, 1984

WaxProlix 4y ago
I see people asking for examples of conservative voices being targeted, not just blanket "nuh uh!"s. The Bee was banned for violating the rules and promoting transphobia. Is that the "conservative voices... ideology" you're thinking of?
zimpenfish 4y ago
> They banned a conservative satire publication ffs. The Babylon Bee. Nitpick: suspended until they deleted a tweet which they have refused to do.
- NaturalPhallacy 4y ago
  Nitpick: I respect them for not going through the little Maoist Struggle Session that twitter built for people it found guilty of wrongthink.
phailhaus 4y ago
So why aren't there any sources demonstrating this "clear bias" you're so sure of? There are actual numbers demonstrating pro-right-wing bias, and yet your only response is "no there isn't! I saw a right wing person get banned the other day!" How is this supposed to be convincing?
adamsmith143 4y ago
Yeah it's crazy that Twitter banned all Conservatives from twitter and not just ones that blatantly and repeatedly broke their guidelines. Oh wait...
- NaturalPhallacy 4y ago
slg 4y ago
The problem is that when leftists and centrist say "censored for conservative views" they think of lower taxes and deregulation, but when conservatives point to examples of which views get censored, it is always "Oh, you know the ones"[1]. The Babylon Bee was suspended for targeted harassment. Harassment is not a conservative view. [1] - https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1050391663552671744 https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/105039166355267174...
- somenameforme 4y ago
  This is the article they were indefinitely suspended for posting: https://babylonbee.com/news/the-babylon-bees-man-of-the-year-is-rachel-levine https://babylonbee.com/news/the-babylon-bees-man-of-the-year... That's only "targeted harassment" when redefining words in an arbitrary and disingenuous fashion. The article is not even especially mean hearted, let alone "targeted harassment." And then factor in the fact that the subject is a high ranking and public political figure on top of all of this.
  - slg 4y ago
    >The article is not even especially mean hearted The article is saying that Levine's entire gender identity is a lie. You honestly don't see anything mean spirited about that? Levine is a random bureaucrat that no one in the public would know the name of if she wasn't trans. By singling her out, conservative media and the Babylon Bee are encouraging people to harass her for no other reason than her transness.
    - NaturalPhallacy 4y ago

WaxProlix 4y ago

I see people asking for examples of conservative voices being targeted, not just blanket "nuh uh!"s. The Bee was banned for violating the rules and promoting transphobia. Is that the "conservative voices... ideology" you're thinking of?

zimpenfish 4y ago

> They banned a conservative satire publication ffs. The Babylon Bee. Nitpick: suspended until they deleted a tweet which they have refused to do.

NaturalPhallacy 4y ago
Nitpick: I respect them for not going through the little Maoist Struggle Session that twitter built for people it found guilty of wrongthink.

phailhaus 4y ago

So why aren't there any sources demonstrating this "clear bias" you're so sure of? There are actual numbers demonstrating pro-right-wing bias, and yet your only response is "no there isn't! I saw a right wing person get banned the other day!" How is this supposed to be convincing?

adamsmith143 4y ago

Yeah it's crazy that Twitter banned all Conservatives from twitter and not just ones that blatantly and repeatedly broke their guidelines. Oh wait...

NaturalPhallacy 4y ago

slg 4y ago

The problem is that when leftists and centrist say "censored for conservative views" they think of lower taxes and deregulation, but when conservatives point to examples of which views get censored, it is always "Oh, you know the ones"[1]. The Babylon Bee was suspended for targeted harassment. Harassment is not a conservative view. [1] - https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1050391663552671744 https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/105039166355267174...

somenameforme 4y ago
This is the article they were indefinitely suspended for posting: https://babylonbee.com/news/the-babylon-bees-man-of-the-year-is-rachel-levine https://babylonbee.com/news/the-babylon-bees-man-of-the-year... That's only "targeted harassment" when redefining words in an arbitrary and disingenuous fashion. The article is not even especially mean hearted, let alone "targeted harassment." And then factor in the fact that the subject is a high ranking and public political figure on top of all of this.
- slg 4y ago
  >The article is not even especially mean hearted The article is saying that Levine's entire gender identity is a lie. You honestly don't see anything mean spirited about that? Levine is a random bureaucrat that no one in the public would know the name of if she wasn't trans. By singling her out, conservative media and the Babylon Bee are encouraging people to harass her for no other reason than her transness.
  - NaturalPhallacy 4y ago