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Twitter has just banned Milo Yiannopoulos permanently
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Milo has consistently violated Twitter TOS, being suspended twice.
You are not the arbiter of who gets to use Twitter. There is no Evidence necessary. Twitter CEO could have just said "FUCK MILO" and banned him.
benicillin
Banned
lmao this is some of the best news i've heard all week. the internet already feels like a better place.
I don't see him directing anyone?
He has a website. Reach out to him there. See if you can reason with him. We'll wait.
ItWasMeantToBe19
Banned
So many future posters of "can't trust Jews!" memes on /pol/ in this thread.
Hip Hop
Member
Why?
eBay Huckster
Member
they'd have to permaban its regular users to see any real effect there, since they already brigade every other goddamn political subreddit
OniBarubary
Banned
I do not believe for a second that a study done with 56 canvassers to 500 some odd houses in a specific area is a study that can realistically conclude this.
If we're talking about mom and pop who are just ignorant of it and needed to be talked to about it, sure. Or someone who grew up without knowing better, okay.
But we're not talking about them.
We're talking about Gamer Gaters. We're talking about MRAs. We're talking about people who gleefully call black people gorillas on Twitter. People who say that a woman dressed in a revealing outfit should have known better. People who post on Youtube and Yahoo and Twitter calling Trans people freaks and perverts. People who say a young black unarmed kid should've known better than to be black around cops. People who are actively, disgustingly bigoted and prejudiced.
I am 100% without a doubt in my mind certain that having calm and repeated explanatory conversations with Milo and people like him will do absolutely nothing to change their views or better them as people.
partyphone
Banned
he had over 300k followers who are primed to attack anyone he abuses.
TestOfTide
Banned
Your own source (likely) disproves the point everyone else is trying to make:
Yes there are people who can be reasoned with, but there are those that cannot, such as Milo and his fans. You don't try to reason with those types, you just shame and humiliate them.
Silver Arrows
Banned
Indeed. Reminds me of the good ol' days of the GG thread, where the same constant cycle of account suicides occurred.
That's cool if you to continue being purposely thick.
Haunted
Member
So let me get this straight, years of using Twitter's platform to harass women and minorities and that wasn't enough to provoke a ban. But as soon as a handful of higher-profile celebrities leave because of the guy's despicable harassment campaigns, Twitter takes action.
Can't see that as being too praiseworthy, only if that's the start of a "clean up" campaign by Twitter.
Can't see that as being too praiseworthy, only if that's the start of a "clean up" campaign by Twitter.
And_Gignac
Member
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MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Yeah true, pretty sure they only did something because the media noticed.
Can we stop with this hatred over a few posts on a message board? You don't have to like or agree with someone but at least try to stay out of the gutter.
partyphone
Banned
he organized harassment
no he's just harrassing a woman and has a bunch of gators following him. What could go wrong!
Does he have to out right say it?
Here's Milo photoshopping
https://twitter.com/RaygunBrown/status/755258967928938496
benicillin
Banned
I can already see them quoting users in this thread on 4chan and being like 'oh man isn't neogaf the worst i was just asking questions and they kicked me out of their safe space!'
Seductivpancakes
Member
Honestly this is proof that you can't change the minds of some people if they're being obtuse on purpose.
So how long are you going to feign ignorance and pretend that anyone is stupid enough to literally make a public "go harass her guys!" announcement?
What smoking gun are you looking for?
And if you are still not convinced and need some more evidence, have a more up to date summary of the actions of his harassment campaign. You can even ctrl-f "Milo" to expedite reading it - though with 48 mentions of his name it might still take you a while.
I agree whole-heartedly that this took waaay too long, but at least it's something.
twittter isnt gonna cut their userbase in half
TestOfTide
Banned
Normally I would agree, but the person I replied to showed their true colors when he complained that Twitter was somehow being turned into a "safe space".
Notice that there is someone else I am replying to that I am much more respectful to.
So ban those people. I mean Milo is an asshole and if Twitter wants to ban all people that act like assholes on twitter then they can go ahead, but they banned Milo for instigating a harassment campaign, which doesn't seem to be true.
Don't hurt them NSQuote
faceless007
Member
If only we didn't have more than 2 years of examining the collective coordinated behavior of these maladjusted sociopathic trolls and watching it escalate completely undeterred by counter-arguments to prove that no, engaging with these people will not change their minds oh wait no that's exactly what we have
"hello anonymous stranger, would you consider not printing out a photo of my face, ejaculating on it, and sending it to me? or not spamming me with pics of gore and furry lolicon? It's really quite rude and hurtful."
"wow, you're right. i had a moment of self reflection and decided i was definitely in the wrong here."
I understand that but you know as well as I that it changes nothing and only ends in a ban.
This argument only works if you pretend signal boosting isn't a thing.
Already Torn
Banned
Why should it being a message board make any difference? If you're saying detestable shit you're saying detestable shit you know?
partyphone
Banned
do you just not understand what gamergate is?
and yes, they need to ban all of his followers who engaged in harassment. simply banning milo isn't enough.
eBay Huckster
Member
but faceless, surely people who (individually) send hundreds if not thousands of tweets containing every kind of -ism under the sun can be reasoned with
Except that wasn't all it was? But you can ignore the comments that don't fit your narrative. Go ahead.
talk about disingenuous bullshit
If that's the case, and then that's what people want to know.
I mean it's good that he's banned, I have the misfortune of knowing his name.
But don't make up stuff.
I know that Twitter doesn't have to give evidence for their decisions.
If that's how they want to play it, then it's expected it will not go down well with some people.
Silver Arrows
Banned
Your telling me they can't be? Why I never!
Well Milo sure does
If posting falsely edited tweets is bannable offense then ban him for that. I mean literally anything he posts mentioning another twitter user could be considered a harassment campaign by this logic.
SlipperyFishes
Banned
I'd speak my mind here but I'd get banned for sure but if you're trying to say that he's not an abusive fuck then I don't know what to say.
Milo is an abysmal human much like his army of hate mongers.
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