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It was insane that this ever happened, honestly. I'm interested to hear what history decides, but it's hard to sympathize with.

cma 4y ago
Didn't he break rules normal people would be banned for?
- mc32 4y ago
  Well, at least Twitter did have a rule which allowed people the US gov't had on sanctions list to have accounts. As well we had other heads of state protest bans on other heads of state.
- Jordrok 4y ago
  Absolutely. Any other normal person would have had their account permanently banned with no recourse.
  - disgruntledphd2 4y ago
    He should have been banned for his Mexicans speech in 2016, according to Facebooks own rules.
atkailash 4y ago
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peterashford 4y ago
Obviously, your intuition differs, but my view (as a New Zealander) is that Trump absolutely broke the terms of use of the platforms he was on and deserved being banned. Free speech means that you can't be imprisoned for your political views, not that everyone owes you a platform.
- blockwriter 4y ago
  It does mean more than not being imprisoned. For example, if the government came to Facebook and told them to remove all posts by a certain politician, violations of the platform’s rules notwithstanding, I believe that would also be a violation of America’s first amendment.
  - eyelidlessness 4y ago
    But that didn’t happen.
    - blockwriter 4y ago
      Yes, just an example.
  - deleted 4y ago
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- refurb 4y ago
  But what specific terms did he break? https://www.oversightboard.com/news/226612455899839-oversight-board-upholds-former-president-trump-s-suspension-finds-facebook-failed-to-impose-proper-penalty/ https://www.oversightboard.com/news/226612455899839-oversigh... They said his comment "We have to have peace. So go home. We love you. You're very special." and "from great patriots who have been badly, unfairly treated for so long. Go home with love in peace. Remember this day forever!" As "praising or supporting people committing violence". He literally said "we have to have peace" and "go home" and that, to you, is "deserving being banned"?
  - nh23423fefe 4y ago
    [flagged]
    - refurb 4y ago
      Flagged for personal attack.

cma 4y ago

Didn't he break rules normal people would be banned for?

mc32 4y ago
Well, at least Twitter did have a rule which allowed people the US gov't had on sanctions list to have accounts. As well we had other heads of state protest bans on other heads of state.
Jordrok 4y ago
Absolutely. Any other normal person would have had their account permanently banned with no recourse.
- disgruntledphd2 4y ago
  He should have been banned for his Mexicans speech in 2016, according to Facebooks own rules.

atkailash 4y ago

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peterashford 4y ago

Obviously, your intuition differs, but my view (as a New Zealander) is that Trump absolutely broke the terms of use of the platforms he was on and deserved being banned. Free speech means that you can't be imprisoned for your political views, not that everyone owes you a platform.

blockwriter 4y ago
It does mean more than not being imprisoned. For example, if the government came to Facebook and told them to remove all posts by a certain politician, violations of the platform’s rules notwithstanding, I believe that would also be a violation of America’s first amendment.
- eyelidlessness 4y ago
  But that didn’t happen.
  - blockwriter 4y ago
    Yes, just an example.
- deleted 4y ago
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refurb 4y ago
But what specific terms did he break? https://www.oversightboard.com/news/226612455899839-oversight-board-upholds-former-president-trump-s-suspension-finds-facebook-failed-to-impose-proper-penalty/ https://www.oversightboard.com/news/226612455899839-oversigh... They said his comment "We have to have peace. So go home. We love you. You're very special." and "from great patriots who have been badly, unfairly treated for so long. Go home with love in peace. Remember this day forever!" As "praising or supporting people committing violence". He literally said "we have to have peace" and "go home" and that, to you, is "deserving being banned"?
- nh23423fefe 4y ago
  [flagged]
  - refurb 4y ago
    Flagged for personal attack.