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A comment on Twitter Just Permanently Suspended Conservative Writer Milo Yiannopoulos. Parent comment

Re:Twitter Just Permanently Suspended Conservative Writer Mi... by dmpk2k on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @01:54AM (#12127142)
Alas, there isn't really anything there about what he has been saying, just someone else saying he's a terrible person. Well, okay, but I'd like to make my own mind up about whether someone is hateful or not.

The best I can tell is that he can be an asshole.

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Re:Twitter Just Permanently Suspended Conservative Writer Mi... by throwaway-hn123 on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @06:15AM (#12127925)
> Well, okay, but I'd like to make my own mind up about whether someone is hateful or not.

Bit odd for you to be so concerned about making up your own mind, yet be so reliant on other people providing you sources.

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Re:Twitter Just Permanently Suspended Conservative Writer Mi... by dmpk2k on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @07:37AM (#12128222)
If someone makes a claim, the onus is on them to provide compelling evidence to justify that claim.

Besides, I have taken a preliminary look; Milo seems to be an outspoken asshole (and thus poisoning the discourse), but not an outright hateful bigot... feel free to provide evidence to the contrary.

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Re:Twitter Just Permanently Suspended Conservative Writer Mi... by throwaway-hn123 on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @05:43PM (#12132765)
No no, feel free to do a bit of Googling and find out for yourself.
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Re:Twitter Just Permanently Suspended Conservative Writer Mi... by lastres0rt on Thursday July 21, 2016 @08:13AM (#12136282)
Pretty sure you're expected to do your own research here.

What do you think this is, Reddit?

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Re:Twitter Just Permanently Suspended Conservative Writer Mi... by jshevek on Monday July 25, 2016 @01:11PM (#12160034)
> Alas, there isn't really anything there about what he has been saying, just someone else saying he's a terrible person.

This is a good characterization of the media's overall response to twitter's banning of Milo. Everyone just keeps saying "he's a terrible person" in dozens of different forms - some rather extreme - but rarely is any real evidence presented. If they present any evidence at all, they cherry pick and take things out of context.

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