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Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter by bko on Monday April 04, 2022 @12:29PM (#30908557)
Sure. No one is arguing you shouldn't be able to ridicule someone online (I guess it depends on who you're ridiculing right?). But I don't think you should get banned from the platform for doing so. That's the problem people have with Twitter. Especially since its very inconsistently applied and very out of touch with what the overwhelming majority of the country believes.

There's also a cultural aspect that can't really be solved by Twitter, like petitioning someone to be fired for making a gay joke ten years ago.

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Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter by stjohnswarts on Monday April 04, 2022 @04:48PM (#30911773)
Don't the owners of twitter get some say? If you can't keep your argument with some nazi p.o.s. dialed down to an 8, why should they have to host either of you? I mean they own the platform, you and the nazi can take it to DMs on some other platform.
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Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter by TameAntelope on Monday April 04, 2022 @12:31PM (#30908583)
Twitter agrees! You are not banned from that platform for ridiculing anyone.
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Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter by bko on Monday April 04, 2022 @01:34PM (#30909535)
Twitter suspended someone for saying "Ok dude..."

[0] https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ok-dude-twitter-susp...

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Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter by TameAntelope on Monday April 04, 2022 @01:41PM (#30909617)
@ZubyMusic tweeted 44 minutes ago, so no he was not banned.
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Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter by stjohnswarts on Monday April 04, 2022 @04:53PM (#30911812)
I guess that the "appeal" was ruled reasonable and zuby made it back? Of course Washington Examiner will never follow up on the matter as they're well known, like Fox, to print front page knee jerks and way-back-page retractions.
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Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter by TameAntelope on Monday April 04, 2022 @08:55PM (#30913974)
Washington Examiner is not known for its accurate reporting. [0]

[0] https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/washington-examiner/

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Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter by tekknik on Monday April 04, 2022 @09:42PM (#30914329)
Sure, but it doesn’t change what I wrote. In fact your non-peer reviewed site had this to say about CNN:

“ CNN typically utilizes loaded emotional words in sensational headlines such as this: Trump pounces on Justice Department report findings.”

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/left/cnn-bias/

So are we gonna be biased or call every guilty party out?

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Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter by TameAntelope on Monday April 04, 2022 @11:14PM (#30914931)
So you're saying, "What about CNN?" then? [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

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Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter by tekknik on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @12:39AM (#30915353)
Or just disproving your statement. Depending on your mental capacity.

Or was your statement made such that only the right wing makes such headlines?

Or are you russian and just trying to sow division?

Which is it?

Also you still didn’t change what I said, just avoided it by trying to claim “whataboutism”. Fight it all you want, it’s not going to change the truth.

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Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter by TameAntelope on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @02:29AM (#30915897)
Which statement does, "What about CNN?" disprove?
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Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter by tekknik on Thursday April 14, 2022 @09:53AM (#31027023)
Your implication that only Fox spits out clickbait. You seem to be dead set on hiding behind whataboutism and ignoring the facts. You want to smear Fox’s name, but fight veraciously to defend CNN. That’s all anybody needs to know, and is clearly on display in your comments here.
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