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Re:Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump by wolco5 on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:34PM (#25694788)
Using that logic you are banning him because riots happened; Banning him for actions that occurred outside of twitter.

Is the beginning where people get banned from social media for being part of a unwanted group. A case could be made for preventing anyone who has gone to jail from being on the platform in the efforts to cutdown on future crime / increase children safety, etc.

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Re:Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump by hn_throwaway_99 on Saturday January 09, 2021 @12:59AM (#25697800)
Riots didn't "just happen". They happened because Trump held a rally telling his followers the lie that what was going on in the Capitol was stealing the election from him, and to march on the Capitol. His tweets were part of that message. The fact that those two particular tweets were not the most egregious ones he's ever made is pretty irrelevant.
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