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Re:Twitter removes two Bolsonaro tweets questioning virus qu... by rumanator on Monday March 30, 2020 @07:19AM (#22727024)
> I guess the question is: why don't they censor Trump / Pelosi / etc for example?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

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Re:Twitter removes two Bolsonaro tweets questioning virus qu... by disgruntledphd2 on Monday March 30, 2020 @08:04AM (#22727311)
This is a fair question.

Once upon a time, I was aware of a similar problem on another social network.

The trouble was, a senior elected official in the US was violating the terms and conditions of the site.

The solution: create an exemption for them.

Let's be honest, doing this in Brazil is pretty low-risk for Twitter, doing it in the US could be existential.

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Re:Twitter removes two Bolsonaro tweets questioning virus qu... by thu2111 on Monday March 30, 2020 @10:24AM (#22728244)
That's a bad answer. Double standards are a problem and deserve to be called out. Twitter punches when it thinks someone can't punch back.
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Re:Twitter removes two Bolsonaro tweets questioning virus qu... by juusto on Monday March 30, 2020 @08:00AM (#22727285)
Can't it get more whataboutists than just using a link on whataboutism?

I am not trying to be argumentative here but the question stands, treating one and another politician with a different set of parameters is a bit weird.

BTW, I disagree with both of them. I am not trying to defend one or another.

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