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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe so-called #TwitterPurge is a real thing and its happening to Trumps supporters
Jayda Fransen, the leader of Britain First, the far-right political organization that produced the controversial videos, joined Jared Taylor, editor of American Renaissance, a white supremacist publication, in discovering that their ability to use the social media network had been taken away. American Renaissances account, which was verified by Twitter prior to the purge, was also suspended from the site.
Traditionalist Workers Party, a neo-Nazi group; and Occidental Dissent, a white nationalist publication, were also removed from Twitter. Those groups were instrumental in organizing the so-called White Lives Matter rally that took place in Tennessee this October.
[link:https://www.rawstory.com/2017/12/the-so-called-twitterpurge-is-a-real-thing-and-its-happening-to-trumps-supporters/|
Poor Nazi's get the boot..... oh my! Wanna bet they gonna get all snowflake about it??
J_William_Ryan
(1,753 posts)Rightwing nitwits are already whining about free speech, when in fact free speech doesnt apply to private entities.
Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)Question? Are you being arrested for your comments? Then your freedom of speech is not being infringed upon. Twitter has rights to, and I have the right to say you suck.
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)similar protections enshrined in government. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I understand all about Free Speech -- but it's not like we don't have other restrictions on speech, such as:
* Can't yell fire in a crowded theater
* Can't lie in ads -- plus all kinds of FDA restrictions and stuff
* Can't conspire to commit a crime
* Can't libel someone
* Can't lie to the FBI, or on certain government forms
* Child pornography
And more I'm not remembering this early in the morning.
If the hate speech to be outlawed is well defined -- as Twitter has done, IMO -- I just think it's time to wise up and ratchet up our ACTUAL commitment to equality. There is no earthly reason this country should just shrug over honest-to-God NAZIS roaming our streets and fomenting hate.
freddyvh
(276 posts)all keep asking
"what about antifa?"
what about blm?"
Squinch
(50,955 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)Seems that it wouldn't be a hard task to make everyone prove they are real.
kedrys
(7,678 posts)...half the piglizards followers vanish overnight.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Takket
(21,575 posts)IronLionZion
(45,450 posts)Nay
(12,051 posts)to dozens of clueless MFers who are going on and on about "the Constitution"!
Dude, I can tell you don't know one damn thing about the Constitution if you haven't yet internalized this fact. I can tell you just listen to Rush Limbaugh screaming "Konstitushun! Konstitushun!" in your ear, and you go around and repeat it like the parrot you are.
47of74
(18,470 posts)onetexan
(13,042 posts)IronLionZion
(45,450 posts)because no matter how shitty it is, the president's tweets are newsworthy and are his way of communicating with the public.
BlueWI
(1,736 posts)7962
(11,841 posts)Have they already done that? Or is this just a ploy to get media?
Get rid of ALL the extremists
Every time we have a "lone wolf" act, its said they were radicalized by watching online videos. Where are those posted? Why are they ALLOWED to be posted?