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Twitter has just banned Milo Yiannopoulos permanently
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NoblesseOblige
Banned
Nah. This is perfectly how you handle them. The reason GAF is so great is it doesn't tolerate garbage like Milo and his pawns.
Inferno313
Banned
Breitbart is like the Fox News of the Internet, except even worse.
EnlightenedMint
Member
Oh the tears will be delicious lol
If you follow wrestling:
@MATTHARDYBRAND
I DELETE ALL #BrotherNeros.. Do not challenge my #BROKEN brilliance.
https://twitter.com/MATTHARDYBRAND/status/755589702799986689
@MATTHARDYBRAND
I DELETE ALL #BrotherNeros.. Do not challenge my #BROKEN brilliance.
https://twitter.com/MATTHARDYBRAND/status/755589702799986689
Of course they don't. It only counts as free speech if it's THEM that's doing it.
Yep. It's nice they did something, but it's literally one person, and how long did it take to finally do something?
RustyNails
Member
We dont need diet-KKK misogynist zealots given an equal platform for harassing minorities either. They can go to hell.
Holy shit.
How would you handle the accounts that harass minorities?
Silver Arrows
Banned
Yes, it's exactly how you handle these fuckers. Send them back into the fucking caves they came from.
brandonh83
Banned
Pushing them away also validates the fact that they're annoying, rude, and that nobody wants to listen to their shit.
People need to stop with this bullshit narrative.
They can all pool their resources and make their own social media platform from which to spew their hatred and bigotry. They can call it Shitter. I'm sure it'll take off.
LUFTRAUSER
Banned
Who fucking cares. I'm done with these people. Done. If they are so fucking far up their own asses that they think being silenced for being an asshole is some kind persecution, they deserve to be silenced. They deserve to be ignored. Their "beliefs" are validated by every fucking thing that happens to them anyway. They need a reality check.
This is literally only possible because of the Internet. If these spineless degenerates said even half of what they say online IRL they'd get the shit beat out of them, and they would fucking deserve it.
Silver Arrows
Banned
It absolves them of dealing with harassment, why bother Slayven?
i don't actually believe this btw
I really don't get it. No one is obligated to keep a genuine mother fucker around them.
TestOfTide
Banned
Wrong. People like Milo are best dealt with by being humiliated, shamed, and silenced.
Hell, if we consider the fact that people like Milo (including Milo himself) have been involved in spreading people's personal info and how that leads to swatting, I would say they deserve to have their lives put in actual danger. Maybe some actual fear for their lives will make them stop endangering others.
DontBeThatGuy
Member
Keep quiet they say, ignore the trolls they say.
NoblesseOblige
Banned
Beautiful!
Big Green Anus
Member
What is Matt Hardy saying? I'm quite confused.
Because this will get them headlines, your garden variety hater, racist, etc no one gives a shit about. Come on.
Scientist Supreme!
Banned
Yep.
Twitter still has problems to fix but I'm still happy this finally happened.
Glass Shark
Banned
This took far too long and it's a drop in the bucket compared to the work Twitter has ahead of them if they actually want to do something about harassment
Intheflorsh
Banned
This was what I wanted to see.
It's been long overdue for Twitter to take action, but I'm glad they did.
something something June 21, 1788 something something
IdreamofHIME
Member
Let him get a megaphone and a soap box to say his free speech. Twitter is a private website. Can do what they want.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Fuck Milo, and fuck his supporters, none of them deserve a platform to spew their bullshit in anyway shape or form.
No I get it, but Twitter really needs to start cracking down.
He recently fought a wrestler that he calls Brother Nero in a match called the Final Deletion, and his current character won and "deleted" that Brother Nero. Nero is also Milo's twitter handle so he's taking credit for Twitter deleting Milo.
paragonpro
Banned
Good. God damn scum bag. I saw what was said to leslie jones and it was horrific. Im of the opinion that no ones political views should be silenced, and I still stand by that, but when you attack some with so much vitriol you deserve everything you get back
Youtube actively promotes those people.
Milo has been a shitstain on Twitter for YEARS. Involved in and essential to the beginnings of Gamergate, as well as the continued spread of the Alt-Right movement on Twitter and Reddit.
All he does is lie.
He has no legitimate platform or speech, he is a vile person who lies in order to get people to abuse innocent folks. I was a target of his abuse, and many other no-name people on Twitter were as well. Zoe Quinn was a target of his abuse, and many other women in video gaming.
The only sour note to this otherwise FANTASTIC news is that he is being banned only now, after going after a well liked celebrity. He should have been banned 2 years ago.
Now go through his followers and ban all of them too. A public forum is not a place for encouragements of abuse and lies.
All he does is lie.
He has no legitimate platform or speech, he is a vile person who lies in order to get people to abuse innocent folks. I was a target of his abuse, and many other no-name people on Twitter were as well. Zoe Quinn was a target of his abuse, and many other women in video gaming.
The only sour note to this otherwise FANTASTIC news is that he is being banned only now, after going after a well liked celebrity. He should have been banned 2 years ago.
Now go through his followers and ban all of them too. A public forum is not a place for encouragements of abuse and lies.
Silver Arrows
Banned
Apparently some people have been on the internet for so long they have become desensitized to the shit people can spew, and think all you need to do is press an ignore button and call it a day.
I hope this is the start of something. Took way too fucking long and no, bigots don't fucking deserve a voice and platform. They're a bunch of sad, pathetic losers.
Love Matt Hardy.
LUFTRAUSER
Banned
Freedom to travel doesn't mean you can drive without a license, and freedom of speech shouldn't shield you from consequence when you use a platform like the Internet.
Sorry, I strongly disagree. Taking away Milo's biggest soapbox takes away the most effective way to spread his toxic views, so I think this is a good thing.Twitter attracts way, waaaaay more people than Breitbart/8chan/KotakuInAction/etc.
So you push them into louder echo chambers?
Frankly, I can appreciate when someone with a racist or ignorant view is cast out, but removing them from the conversation only leads these people into more radical groups.
At least when they're on Twitter, they're able to see other people's opinions without the ideological perspective that these echo chamber groups force onto their underlings.
It's not about tolerating shitty people's views, it's about stopping the cycle of hate groups.
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