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A comment on Twitter locked my account for a nine year old tweet. Parent comment

Re:Twitter locked my account for a nine year old tweet by katbyte on Friday August 16, 2019 @08:42AM (#20714570)
It’s wealth and maybe being from a race and sex that generally isn’t raked over the coals for simply being black or a women?

White male politicians don’t get much flak for being white or male.

Black women politician would get so much for both her race and gender.

As a women I’d never want to be in the public eye for this reason.

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Re:Twitter locked my account for a nine year old tweet by ejefz on Friday August 16, 2019 @09:05AM (#20714749)
>White male politicians don’t get much flak for being white or male.

Obviously you've never had an account on Twitter

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Re:Twitter locked my account for a nine year old tweet by nailer on Friday August 16, 2019 @04:56PM (#20719615)
This is a new account on HN, but the downvotes are surprising, seeing as most people here have indeed used Twitter before.
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Re:Twitter locked my account for a nine year old tweet by luckylion on Friday August 16, 2019 @09:02AM (#20714721)
> White male politicians don’t get much flak for being white or male.

"Stupid white men" was a huge success a few years back.

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Re:Twitter locked my account for a nine year old tweet by nailer on Friday August 16, 2019 @11:00AM (#20715814)
Not disputing the sentiment, but if you're referring to Michael Moore's book, the full title is "Stupid White Men ...And Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation!" - ie, he's not being racist or sexist but rather saying that's a very simplistic excuse.
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