LGB ErasureFred Sargeant banned from Twitter for criticizing "candidate running for councillor who demands to be called both 'he' and 'she'"

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[–]PatsyStoneMaverique 27 insightful - 1 fun27 insightful - 0 fun28 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Twitter functions as a censorship arm for the American left, and that left is homophobic, there's no way around it anymore. There is currently no legal framework in the U.S. to punish social media companies for political suppression and censorship ☹️

There are glimmers of hope on the horizon, such as Justice Thomas's recent legal opinion eviscerating Section 230 protections, but that is essentially an invitation for interested parties to sue Twitter and the like so we'll be waiting years for the results.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/04/clarence-thomas-blasts-section-230-wants-common-carrier-rules-on-twitter/

[–]supersmokio6420 25 insightful - 3 fun25 insightful - 2 fun26 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

One of the things that most pisses me off about this is how left-wingers suddenly become massive corporate rights advocates as soon as social media companies come up. They'll quite happily talk about how monopolies on newspapers and TV news has negative effects and need regulating , but as soon as social media comes up then its all "private companies can do whatever they want".

[–]PatsyStoneMaverique 16 insightful - 2 fun16 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

They're totalitarians, they can't hold on to power without suppressing dissent.

They want freedom for themselves, restrictions for their enemies. Look at the asymmetrical enforcement of various laws and regulations about protests these days.

[–]JulienMayfair 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, it's all "Bring down capitalism and evil corporations!" until those corporations do something they like.

[–]odiusgay man[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

And it's so short sighted too. I don't think they're going to be whining "private companies can do what they like" when it's someone they like who gets deplatformed.