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gpu_explorer | 4 years ago

I would remind you that vaccine hesitancy, vaccine skepticism, and vaccine avoidance are not the sole property of the American political right. To this point, Twitter also banned Naomi Wolf. Google it if you're not familiar. Instagram banned RFK Jr. Google that as well if you want.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jun/05/naomi-wolf-ban...

< Its clearly forcing their politics onto the public by not allowing counter views, the politics that do include race, religion, and other aspects of life.

Marjorie Taylor Green posted provably false misinformation about vaccines, in clear violation of Twitters terms of service. She entered into a binding contract when she signed up for her Twitter account, and Twitter found a suitable remedy. She breached the contract and they terminated her account.

But never mind private companies. Society does not have to accommodate toxic, antisocial "counter views" in the interest of "fair and balanced". There is nothing "fair and balanced" about lies, and there aren't two sides to every debate. It's very convenient to cry censorship, but where is your call for personal responsibility on the part of Ms. Green?

< They clearly banned her for her right leaning politics, and used terms like "misinformation".

I would be interested in proof that her account was terminated for her right leaning politics.

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IronWolve|4 years ago

Good point, while the right is more outspoken about mandates the left does occasionally get banned for it.

But to say her view is toxic, would be picking sides. Her posting CDC links is pretty far from toxic.

That seems pretty much targeted for her politics.

D13Fd|4 years ago

Thousands and thousand of politicians and others are on Twitter with politics similar to Greene, and they aren't banned. It would be pretty easy for them to just ban whoever has politics that they don't like.

They banned her because she was spreading information that they deemed harmful.