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Jan 9 2021 12:58am
he's back with a multi

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Jan 9 2021 12:59am
Quote (BannyMcBannerson @ Jan 9 2021 01:52am)
Trumo is not being censored.
The state is not pursuing him over speech.
Twitter (a private company) is refusing him their platform.
There's a difference.


You've clearly never read de Tocqueville
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Quote (EndlessSky @ Jan 9 2021 07:59am)
You've clearly never read de Tocqueville


I haven't.
Link the relevant part to his/her argument that Twitter is a government agency.
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Jan 9 2021 01:08am
Quote (BannyMcBannerson @ Jan 9 2021 02:05am)
I haven't.
Link the relevant part to his/her argument that Twitter is a government agency.


https://oll.libertyfund.org/quotes/281
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This has no bearing on the current argument.

Trump is not being targeted by the state to quell his speech. He is not being made unable to express his opinion in the public domain.

A private company has decided to refuse him service/membership of their platform.

Twitter is not the government, nor is it a government agency.

This post was edited by BannyMcBannerson on Jan 9 2021 01:17am
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Jan 9 2021 01:29am
Quote (BannyMcBannerson @ Jan 9 2021 02:15am)
This has no bearing on the current argument.

Trump is not being targeted by the state to quell his speech. He is not being made unable to express his opinion in the public domain.

A private company has decided to refuse him service/membership of their platform.

Twitter is not the government, nor is it a government agency.


Twitter executives met with Democratic committees last week.

This was obviously the fucking reason are you comatose?
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Jan 9 2021 01:30am
Quote (EndlessSky @ Jan 9 2021 08:29am)
Twitter executives met with Democratic committees last week.

This was obviously the fucking reason are you comatose?


Got any evidence of government officials directing Twitter to ban Trump?


Edit: and again, you don't have a right to Twitter. Could be mistaken (I'm not a user), but I assume they state in their user agreement that they can suspend/block/delete your account for any and all reasons.

This post was edited by BannyMcBannerson on Jan 9 2021 01:37am
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Jan 9 2021 01:49am
Quote (BannyMcBannerson @ Jan 9 2021 02:30am)
Got any evidence of government officials directing Twitter to ban Trump?


Edit: and again, you don't have a right to Twitter. Could be mistaken (I'm not a user), but I assume they state in their user agreement that they can suspend/block/delete your account for any and all reasons.


This evil is going to have blowback on you and all of your descendants. You shouldn't support it.
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Jan 9 2021 01:53am
Quote (BannyMcBannerson @ Jan 9 2021 02:30am)
Got any evidence of government officials directing Twitter to ban Trump?


1. yes many of them publicly called for twitter to ban him

2. censorship doesn't have to be committed by government for it to be censorship
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Jan 9 2021 01:56am
Why is censorship inherently bad in a private platform?
I was banned from d2jsp for years and i well and truly deserved it.
If you violate the rules of a private entity they should have the right to remove you from their platform and anything other than this would lead to sheer chaos.
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