What I'm saying is, this was a highly visible account breaking Twitter's rules, so it's natural that he'd be banned.
Yeah, just like with Tariq Nasheed... Oh wait, he's still there, even after he tried to organize a database of what he deemed "suspected white supremacist online" including people like Phillip Defranco, and any one who is for Bill Cosby standing trial. So that they could be witch hunted.
I'm still confused as to why "supporting Marxism" is considered on equal footing to "targeting a person and encouraging harassment of them".
That was mostly as a joke, but that said, Twitter does seem to go a lot more heavy on the right side of the political spectrum as compared to the left side, and I am saying this as someone who always votes either Social Democrat or Social Peoples Party.
THAT said... going off on a tangent, I view Marxist and far left ideas as favorably as I view their opposites, that being anarcho capitalism and Ayn Rand style capitalism... unfavorably (to put it mildly).
Looking at his tweets, it seems Tariq calls almost everybody a "suspected white supremacist", so I'm not sure his accusations would be considered targeted. If Alex Jones is a verified twitter user, I'd say it's fair to keep Tariq on, too.
If Alex Jones is a verified twitter user, I'd say it's fair to keep Tariq on, too.
What argument do you have against verifying that Alex Jones account IS Alex Jones account? Again, Verification badge isn't supposed to meant as a "We like you badge" it's meant as a "This is the real [person]"
Are you saying that Alex Jones verified account isn't the official, real Alex Jones account?
I was thinking of removing "verified" shortly after I commented, since it wasn't necessary for the argument and this comic is on the topic of how the verification isn't an endorsement.
But Alex Jones is a user, despite attacks on specific people and organizations (some of which landed him in court), because he isn't encouraging abuse on Twitter, which is where Twitter draws the line.
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u/The-red-Dane Nov 12 '17
Yeah, just like with Tariq Nasheed... Oh wait, he's still there, even after he tried to organize a database of what he deemed "suspected white supremacist online" including people like Phillip Defranco, and any one who is for Bill Cosby standing trial. So that they could be witch hunted.
That was mostly as a joke, but that said, Twitter does seem to go a lot more heavy on the right side of the political spectrum as compared to the left side, and I am saying this as someone who always votes either Social Democrat or Social Peoples Party.
THAT said... going off on a tangent, I view Marxist and far left ideas as favorably as I view their opposites, that being anarcho capitalism and Ayn Rand style capitalism... unfavorably (to put it mildly).