Twitter has permanently suspended conservative commentator Milo Yiannopoulos, saying that he subjected other users to targeted abuse. Yiannopoulos' suspension comes amid a recent campaign in which users tweeted hundreds of racist and abusive messages at Ghostbusters actress Leslie Jones.
Yiannopoulos has denied any wrongdoing, and characterizes his suspension as political.
It had to happen eventually, but rest assured, Milo will be back. I doubt Milo was doing this just to be catty, and I believe his intent was political. Even if he did target an actress, it seems he was speaking freely.
Twitter Permanently Suspends Milo Yiannopoulos For Targeted Abuse : The Two-Way : NPR
I didn't look into this real hard but did he call for others to harass her?
If so, why haven't they suspended others who have done this?
Why is she getting off scott free for her alleged nasty retweets of things like "he's the uncle tom of gays."
Double standards which benefit women in catfights? :shock:
It had to happen eventually, but rest assured, Milo will be back. I doubt Milo was doing this just to be catty, and I believe his intent was political. Even if he did target an actress, it seems he was speaking freely.
Twitter Permanently Suspends Milo Yiannopoulos For Targeted Abuse : The Two-Way : NPR
There is a certain blue haired land whale that has doxxed people and harassed them via Twitter for a couple of years now.
They've yet to be punished for their behavior.
Who exactly?
It had to happen eventually, but rest assured, Milo will be back. I doubt Milo was doing this just to be catty, and I believe his intent was political. Even if he did target an actress, it seems he was speaking freely.
Twitter Permanently Suspends Milo Yiannopoulos For Targeted Abuse : The Two-Way : NPR
Y'know, looking at what the conservatives and libertarians below said, it's tragically funny how they're SO doggone concerned about why it is that blacks are strongly pissed at the GOP and are suspicious of anything the Right says or does...but do conservatives and libertarians do anything, anything at all to stop racism by one of their own (Milo being on Team Breitbart)? No.
That's what the Right really doesn't get: If conservatives are posting racist and misogynist crap and other conservatives don't do anything whatsoever to even discourage it - one can't stop it (because of the First Amendment, of course) but one CAN strongly discourage it - then the conservatives can't say a damned thing. Why? Because those who stand by and allow the racism to continue and don't even try to discourage it are just as guilty as the racists themselves.
Sorry these people aren't affiliated with neither Libertarianism, nor Conservatism.
They were lone wolves.
IIRC, they were among the 200K+ followers of the Breitbart guy - who could have told them himself to at least tone it down. But he didn't, did he? He let it continue.
Guilty.
So one person is responsible for another's behavior?
Interesting.
A leader is responsible for the actions of those who follow him. Anyone who spent more than a couple years in the military knows this instinctively.
If an influential Democrat says or does something very wrong in public, the Dems in leadership positions will be responsible for denouncing the behavior of that individual. That's the nature of leadership...and it applies to the Right, too.
It had to happen eventually, but rest assured, Milo will be back. I doubt Milo was doing this just to be catty, and I believe his intent was political. Even if he did target an actress, it seems he was speaking freely.
Twitter Permanently Suspends Milo Yiannopoulos For Targeted Abuse : The Two-Way : NPR
I thought Twitter was all about free speech and all of that? What happened?
I had to Google Leslie Jones. Yikes. Now I know why I stopped watching SNL years ago.
Not on Twitter. I think he's done.It had to happen eventually, but rest assured, Milo will be back.
Sure, but Twitter is under no obligation to provide him with a platform, when he violates the terms of service.I doubt Milo was doing this just to be catty, and I believe his intent was political. Even if he did target an actress, it seems he was speaking freely.
It appears he was whipping people up on 4chan and Breitbart.I didn't look into this real hard but did he call for others to harass her?
They've made some half-hearted attempts. However, they are way behind the curve, and it is very easy for users to evade bans by making new accounts.If so, why haven't they suspended others who have done this?
She was pointing out the abuse. There were also several fake accounts making terrible statements, trying to make it seem like she was saying those things.Why is she getting off scott free for her alleged nasty retweets of things like "he's the uncle tom of gays."
It had to happen eventually, but rest assured, Milo will be back. I doubt Milo was doing this just to be catty, and I believe his intent was political. Even if he did target an actress, it seems he was speaking freely.
Twitter Permanently Suspends Milo Yiannopoulos For Targeted Abuse : The Two-Way : NPR
It appears he was whipping people up on 4chan and Breitbart.
He was also retweeting fake accounts purporting to be Leslie Jones.
They've made some half-hearted attempts. However, they are way behind the curve, and it is very easy for users to evade bans by making new accounts.
She was pointing out the abuse. There were also several fake accounts making terrible statements, trying to make it seem like she was saying those things.
Milo is very opinionated. He's the gay british version of Donald Trump.
Milo is very opinionated. He's the gay british version of Donald Trump.
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