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Re:The Babylon Bee's Twitter account is no longer suspended by Test0129 on Friday October 28, 2022 @12:16PM (#33373447)
> all they had to do is delete their tweet

He could've gotten a lighter sentence if he just accepted the plea deal! Do you understand how silly this sounds.

Moreover, they awarded Rachael Levine "Man of the Year" as a parody because they are a parody website that is right-leaning. Of all the things you could class as so-called "transphobia" this is what you choose? They never deserved to be banned. Additionally, I can go, right now, to Twitter and find a literally gold mine of rule breakers who lean far left that seem to never get touched. Strange, that.

I personally am excited for the reckoning. Twitter is absolute disaster and hopefully the left leaning bad actors get the bans they have deserved since 2016. I've read absolutely disgusting things, especially regarding white people ("white"-phobia in your terminology?) that should be banned and in many times investigated by the FBI. Hopefully we see those bans come down soon. There's a huge difference between Parler and what gets banned on Twitter. To the point you could consider Twitter a very good approximation of Parler for the left. It's time these bad actors get the bans they deserve.

Re:The Babylon Bee's Twitter account is no longer suspended by fsociety999 on Friday October 28, 2022 @12:30PM (#33373668)
While I agree that the Bee should never have been banned, the answer to this problem is less censorship, not more. It sounds like you are calling for people who have different ideological views from you to be banned, but that is not how a healthy society should function.

There are already tools you can use on Twitter and other platforms to ignore content you don’t want to see (mute or block, for example). Banning someone should only be done in extreme circumstances like if someone is breaking the law or making literal calls to violence.

Re:The Babylon Bee's Twitter account is no longer suspended by Test0129 on Friday October 28, 2022 @01:45PM (#33374701)
> It sounds like you are calling for people who have different ideological views from you to be banned, but that is not how a healthy society should function.

It only sounds this way because I targeted the left here. I only did that because it’s Twitter. I would rather have the extremes removed from the platform regardless. It’s already enough of a mess as it is.

Re:The Babylon Bee's Twitter account is no longer suspended by elforce002 on Friday October 28, 2022 @12:30PM (#33373671)
You and me both.
Re:The Babylon Bee's Twitter account is no longer suspended by facedpython on Friday October 28, 2022 @12:33PM (#33373714)
>so-called "transphobia" this is what you choose? They never deserved to be banned

This is exactly what this is. This reminds me of the right-wing anti-gay comics of the last decade; showing a loving couple swaddling a turd between them, etc. Us left-wingers created Twitter, and we don't want to see your ugly speech on our platform. If you are concerned about "white-phobia", consider the difference between punching up and punching down. "Parler for the left" would make sense, if any left-wingers wanted to use Parler. Go play in your swamp and leave the rest of us alone.

Re:The Babylon Bee's Twitter account is no longer suspended by dudeDDRrulez on Friday October 28, 2022 @12:44PM (#33373864)
>If you are concerned about "white-phobia", consider the difference between punching up and punching down.

Let me guess, you 100% _do not_ consider yourself a racist

Re:The Babylon Bee's Twitter account is no longer suspended by Test0129 on Friday October 28, 2022 @01:47PM (#33374740)
> consider the difference between punching up and punching down

Ah yes. I forgot, everyone who isn’t on the “punching down” side needs to be treated more equally than everyone else.

That’s made up nonsense used to disguise objective racism. You’re perpetuating the exact same hate you claim is a problem. You’ve just put a veneer of legitimacy on it by masking your language.