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Twitter Reinstates White Nationalist Leader's Account (buzzfeed.com)
An anonymous reader quotes BuzzFeed:
On Saturday evening, Twitter reinstated -- with verification -- the account of Richard Spencer, a leading figure of the so-called alt-right movement, and the head of the white nationalist think tank, The National Policy Institute. Spencer's account was suspended mid-November as part of a larger cull of prominent alt-right accounts... However, according to Twitter, Spencer was banned on a technicality: creating multiple accounts with overlapping uses. Twitter's multiple account policy was put in place as a safeguard to help curb dog piling and targeted harassment. [Twitter] offered to reinstate one of Spencer's accounts if he agreed to follow the company's protocols.
Vox says the move "raises the question of to what extent Twitter intends to enforce the 'hateful conduct' policy." But the suspension had also been criticized by David Frum, a senior editor at the Atlantic, who wrote that "The culture of offense-taking, platform-denying, and heckler-vetoing...lets loudmouths and thugs present themselves as heroes of free thought. They do not deserve this opportunity... today, a neo-Nazi has more right to build an arsenal of weapons and drill a militia than to speak on Twitter." But BuzzFeed points out that though the account's been reinstated, Spencer "is now tip-toeing around the company's three strike policy, which carries a permanent suspension."
Vox says the move "raises the question of to what extent Twitter intends to enforce the 'hateful conduct' policy." But the suspension had also been criticized by David Frum, a senior editor at the Atlantic, who wrote that "The culture of offense-taking, platform-denying, and heckler-vetoing...lets loudmouths and thugs present themselves as heroes of free thought. They do not deserve this opportunity... today, a neo-Nazi has more right to build an arsenal of weapons and drill a militia than to speak on Twitter." But BuzzFeed points out that though the account's been reinstated, Spencer "is now tip-toeing around the company's three strike policy, which carries a permanent suspension."
Let me guess. You're fat. You're lazy. You haven't hit the gym in years if ever. And you've fucked a relatively small number of women.
People like you just don't matter anymore. You're all talk, all action. Watch the Q&A with Spencer at Texas A&M - every faggot pussy hurling threats like yourself is a total fucking loser.
Fear not, when we take control of this country, we will indeed show YOU mercy. But you will be deported.
When your mom tells you to keep it down when you're recording your GamerGate podcast, is that sensor sheep too?
You still bitter you backed the wrong horse? There there. Have a blanket and go cry in the corner for a while. You can chant to yourself that Gamergate is still only 300 people, and not one of the top 800 subs on reddit now.
Om, nomnomnom...
Religion is not a protected attribute. It's a choice, and is not an excuse for not following the law.
This should be obvious. If your religion required you to rob a bank every other Sunday, do you think it would be acceptable to do so? Maybe you are the only follower of this religion, but who has the right to determine what is a religion and what isn't?
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SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC