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[Sinfamy]

Mile is a complete dick, but that's practically his entire shtick.
But there's still thousands of pro-ISIS Twitter accounts spreading hatred and attracting youths.
Priorities.

 

[Cyan]

something something June 21, 1788 something something

You sound like the kind of person who doesn't believe that America is the greatest best country god has ever given man on the face of the earth.

 

[Tubobutts]

I wonder if they'll actually do more or stop with him.

 

[Isotope]

Better late than never; thank fucking goodness.

 

[Mesoian]

No no no no no.

This is not how you handle people with horrible views. Pushing them away only validates their beliefs and solidifies their fan base further.

It absolutely 100% is.

Twitter isn't america. There's no freedom of speech there. It's a fucking corporate tool and the longer they take the lax position of "WELL I DON'T KNOW GUYS! WE JUST RUNS THE SERVERS, IT'S UP TO OTHER PEOPLE TO BEHAVE THEMSELVES", teh longer they passively allow people to continue harrassing others for literally no reason.

If anything, twitter needs to clamp down tighter on harrassment and hate speech.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Yesssssss

 

[BiggNife]

e: nevermind it was definitely a joke

 

[marrec]

I hope this is the start of something. Took way too fucking long and no, bigots don't fucking deserves voice. They're a bunch of sad, pathetic losers.

ONE HUNDRED PERCENT

This is not a question of censorship or free speech or "giving into trolls".

This is a question of delegitimizing an entire movement based on the idea that you can constantly lie and make up shit about people in order to spread abuse and hate.

Fuck ANYONE who has ever participated in Milo's hate circles, I hope they're ALL banned from Twitter and anywhere else that hosts their bile.

 

[thetrin]

Twitter should've been doing something for ages now, but it's nice to see them finally step up and do something. I'm hoping they're more aggressive about this in the future. Too many people get harassed on Twitter.

 

[Sou Da]

Milo is something else, I have never seen Internet savy dudes so willing to be exploited until he came along.

 

[darkwing-buck]

Had to look up who this guy was, what a scumbag.

 

[Hellwarden]

And nothing of value was lost.

 

[Vyse24]

What is Matt Hardy saying? I'm quite confused.

For those who don't follow, lemme explain: Matt Hardy has developed a gimmick where he is "Broken", and recently went after his brother Jeff, who he started calling "Brother Nero" (Nero is Jeffs middle name). To settle the feud, Matt decided to hold something called the Final Deletion which, if you haven't seen, must be watched because OMG it is both the best and worst thing you'll ever see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvACWh8k7Io

Spoiler: Matt won, so "Brother Nero" is, uh, deleted.

 

[Killer Queen]

Good, fuck that asshole.

 

[Brashnir]

You sound like the kind of person who doesn't believe that America is the greatest best country god has ever given man on the face of the earth.

Au contraire, that's the date that the US Constitution was ratified.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

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.

Yeah, sure. Let them create their own little pathetic echo chambers. When you let the filth spill out and pollute the mainstream that's how you get Trump.

 

[Already Torn]

But there's still thousands of pro-ISIS Twitter accounts spreading hatred and attracting youths.
Priorities.

I mean, he's probably done more harm as a single individual.

I disagree strongly with people who think this will only make things worse because of some echo chambers or whatever. It's not like r/politics was banned from Twitter.

 

[LUFTRAUSER]

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.

It is not our fucking responsibility to be these bastards' babysitters. Our communities don't exist just to absorb their hate. If they want to ruin their lives degrade their minds and debase their humanity spewing vitriol at each other we shouldn't have to deal with it. They are a cancer that we have for too long allowed to metastasize into the wider Internet. It is time to find the tumors and cut them out.

 

[Boke1879]

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.

Nero doesn't give a shit about other's opinions. He should have never been allowed to use his influence to promote bullying. Now he got banned.

 

[Nabs]

Fucking finally.

 

[TestOfTide]

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.

You force their asses to think twice before spewing hate by any means necessary.

 

[Yabberwocky]

Fan-fucking-tastic. Poor Leslie, I hope she's doing okay.

 

[Strike]

Damn. Didn't even know they did that. Good on them. He's a shitheel.

 

[Averon]

He'll just make another account after the heat die down.

 

[GamerJM]

Good. I hope he can reach a realization that he's been spreading hateful racist and misogynist garbage and do whatever he can do to try and undo the damage he's done.

 

[AntChum]

Too good for him, but it will have to do until we've perfected rocket technology; prick needs to be blasted into the Sun.

 

[Einchy]

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.

And how's that working so far?

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

I would've banned every single one of his followers too.

 

[Cyan]

Au contraire, that's the date that the US Constitution was ratified.

What are you, some kind of commie? July 4, 1776 is when freedom was invented.

 

[BiggNife]

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.

You have to look at the other side to this, though.

Milo is far more likely to get more followers to his cause through a huge, open platform like twitter than sites like Breitbart and 8chan. It's a much larger pool of people that he can spread his toxic opinions to. Banning him limits his reach.

 

[Puck Beaverton]

Twitter banned him to repair their PR after the Jones thing blew up. They'll go back to not giving a fuck next week and we'll continue to get threads about Twitter abuse.

It's nice but I am not patting Twitter on the back. It was overdue and they had to be forced to do it.

 

[User1608]

ONE HUNDRED PERCENT

This is not a question of censorship or free speech or "giving into trolls".

This is a question of delegitimizing an entire movement based on the idea that you can constantly lie and make up shit about people in order to spread abuse and hate.

Fuck ANYONE who has ever participated in Milo's hate circles, I hope they're ALL banned from Twitter and anywhere else that hosts their bile.

Amen, and I'm sorry about the abuse you've endured.

 

[Brashnir]

What are you, some kind of commie? July 4, 1776 is when freedom was invented.

I used a French phrase in my last post; obviously I'm both a commie and a coward. I relent.

 

[Sou Da]

Also I'm glad he's gone but let's not pretend this isn't the easiest thing in the world to spin. He can martyr up in a hot minute.

 

[The Kree]

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.

This is not a group of people or a cause you wanna go to bat for on any level. Think it through.

 

[Slayven]

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.

You act like these people are rational and willing to change.

 

[SlickShoesRUCrazy]

Good, fuck that piece of shit and his followers.

 

[Puck Beaverton]

Also I'm glad he's gone but let's not pretend this isn't the easiest thing in the world to spin. He can martyr up in a hot minute.

I would be shocked if he didn't.

 

[Father_Brain]

Twitter banned him to repair their PR after the Jones thing blew up. They'll go back to not giving a fuck next week and we'll continue to get threads about Twitter abuse.

It's nice but I am not patting Twitter on the back. It was overdue and they had to be forced to do it.

Probably, but one can always hope :/

 

[GamerJM]

You act like these people are rational and willing to change.

I think all people can change. That being said I think the banning was warranted because he's responsible for harassment and hate speech.

 

[GulAtiCa]

Finally. Twitter needed to do this to many of it's racist members years ago

 

[PopeReal]

What a piece of shit. Hopefully those organizing gamergators are next.

 

[faceless007]

No no no no no.

This is not how you handle people with horrible views. Pushing them away only validates their beliefs and solidifies their fan base further.

I think someone with even a cursory knowledge of Milo would realize that it simply wasn't possible for him or his followers to be any more self-assured of their own righteousness than they already were, so as far as the problem goes, taking action on the basis of how it's likely to affect their thought processes or future actions is likely a lose-lose proposition. The purpose of banning him isn't to try to get him or his followers to alter their beliefs; it's to deprive him of a tool he was able to freely use with disturbing effectiveness to coordinate and execute his malicious campaigns. Without that tool and its massive userbase, doing what he was always intent on doing at that scale becomes much more difficult. Of course that feeds into his inflated persecution complex, but literally a day doesn't go by without something happening that does that anyway.

 

[cartographer]

Really goes to show how little Twitter cares that it took this long. Do better.

Also I'm glad he's gone but let's not pretend this isn't the easiest thing in the world to spin. He can martyr up in a hot minute.

He'd do that no matter what. Nothing changes on that front. At least they got that piece of trash off their platform.

 

[Media]

Also I'm glad he's gone but let's not pretend this isn't the easiest thing in the world to spin. He can martyr up in a hot minute.

At least maybe those who freak the fuck out on twitter over his banning will be easy to also track and ban? Maybe.

 

[Scientist Supreme!]

And how's that working so far?

That is always the funniest part of those arguments. This is really all it takes to unravel them.

 

[Brashnir]

You act like these people are rational and willing to change.

You don't win by getting the shitlords to change. You win by taking away their avenues for recruitment.

 

[LiquidSolid]

If you follow wrestling:

@MATTHARDYBRAND
I DELETE ALL #BrotherNeros.. Do not challenge my #BROKEN brilliance.
https://twitter.com/MATTHARDYBRAND/status/755589702799986689

/dead

This is good news but it's pretty pathetic it took this long. Twitter should be doing far, far more on this front instead of just turning a blind eye to all the bullshit that happens on their service.

 

[BocoDragon]

Also I'm glad he's gone but let's not pretend this isn't the easiest thing in the world to spin. He can martyr up in a hot minute.

Yeah, but at least he's been cut off from a LOT of his audience.

He'd better hope they actively visit Breitbart or subscribe to his podcast... because one of his main channels is gone.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

And nothing of value was lost.

Hopefully it's an IP ban so he won't join a day later under a fake name or some shit like that.

And even then people would still say Breitbart is a legit news source.