Patreon Bars Anti-Feminist for Racist Speech, Inciting Revolt

Re:Patreon Bars Anti-Feminist for Racist Speech, Inciting Re... by imron on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @04:50PM (#18765234)

> Businesses don't refuse particular customers out of a sense of social justice - they do it because continuing to service their customers harms their reputation, and thus their business

And yet this case shows the exact opposite, and they are hemorrhaging users and money for it.

> I'm saying that it's not good to require business to provide a platform for their hate.

The Overton window really has shifted too far if you consider the things Sargon of Akkad says as hate speech.

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Re:Patreon Bars Anti-Feminist for Racist Speech, Inciting Re... by austhrow743 on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @05:25PM (#18765443)

Something being a poor business decision in retrospect doesn't mean it was made knowing that it would be a poor business decision.

Patreon fucked up the execution. Reddit has been throwing out more and more undesirables and it's been working out well for them.

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