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Re:Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump by joncrane on Friday January 08, 2021 @07:30PM (#25693361)
>suppose that Bill Clinton, George Bush, or Barack Obama had declined to attend the inauguration of there predecessors. That would surely trigger a crisis worthy of de-platforming.

What? Let's say Obama had declined to attend Trump's inauguration. I don't think Twitter would ban him for that.

Re:Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump by umvi on Friday January 08, 2021 @09:04PM (#25695303)
Yeah, I can't imagine that scenario at all. In fact, Obama publicly refusing to attend Trump's inauguration would have probably been met with thunderous applause from the "not my president" crowd.
Re:Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump by arolihas on Saturday January 09, 2021 @02:40PM (#25703847)
Maybe if he had declined to attend and refused to recognize the results of the election by falsely claiming fraud and spreading misinformation? And encouraged people to storm the capitol? Maybe then it’d make sense for Obama to have been banned.