Twitter permanently bans Gay Conservative Milo Yiannopoulos for mocking a Ghostbuster

[zinfamous]

strawmen, how do they work?

People are claiming his rights were violated. People are screaming of constitution. I am responding in kind. Does this bother you? Perhaps you should take your strawmen accusation to the conservative dumbshits in this thread that are actually constructing the strawmen. I am on your side: I agree that these people are idiots.

what exactly did he say that violated the TOS and how was it worse than the scads of other people who say much worse stuff and never get suspended even after being repeatedly reported?

it's the typical double standard of the left that we're mercilessly and deservedly mocking here

"disagree with me and i'll silence you any way i can" - typical liberal thought pattern

Fuck if I know what he did. And what the hell double standard are you talking about? Take it up with FUCKING TWITTER. They can do whatever the fuck they want with their brand. If you are concerned that twitter is just too liberal and too scary for your tastes and treating conservatives unfairly, then stop fucking using it.

Isn't that the kind of corporate sovereignty that you conservatives get massive raging hardons for?

what the hell is your malfunction?

I don't use twitter because it is fucking idiotic. I would never look there to gain any kind of meaningful information. Maybe this guy should thank Twitter for forcing him to choose some useful means of communicating his opinions?

lol--liberal double standards.

 

[yllus]

The criticisms of Twitter being biased in who it bans may have merit (I don't think it does; if anything the bias is towards harassment that is so popularized that it can't avoid taking action), but the reason Mr. Yiannopoulos was banned was for a long history of harassment and bigotry towards very many people.

 

[zinfamous]

You called a gay man names and said mean things about him. That's textbook homophobia.

I didn't deface my pocket constitution or the bill of rights if that's your question.

No, why would I wave it at anyone for any reason?

Are you functionally challenged? I called him a garbagedumpster because he apparently spends his time shitting on people. Both Twitter and other folks report here that he has done nothing but shitpost in the guise of "offering a counter view"

This has nothing to do with his homosexuality. Is this weak-ass association you made here the piss-poor level of cognitive thought that shorts out your central nervous system?

 

[Double Trouble]

For a guy that complains constantly about others being "triggered" you sure to whine and cry a hell of a lot anytime the right isn't babied and pampered.

Being treated the same is babied and pampered? WTF are you smoking?

Also, am I the only one who thinks the concept of a gay conservative is weird. That's a very similar idea to being an African American KKK supporters.

What an ignorant remark. My neighbors are a gay couple and they are both conservatives. Just because you are gay doesn't mean you have to adhere to a leftist agenda.

 

[brycejones]

Are you functionally challenged? I called him a garbagedumpster because he apparently spends his time shitting on people. Both Twitter and other folks report here that he has done nothing but shitpost in the guise of "offering a counter view"

This has nothing to do with his homosexuality. Is this weak-ass association you made here the piss-poor level of cognitive thought that shorts out your central nervous system?

LOL, best post in the thread so far.

 

[Double Trouble]

The criticisms of Twitter being biased in who it bans may have merit (I don't think it does; if anything the bias is towards harassment that is so popularized that it can't avoid taking action), but the reason Mr. Yiannopoulos was banned was for a long history of harassment and bigotry towards very many people.

I don't think there can be any doubt that twitter selectively bans accounts of people they disagree with. People call for the killing of cops, killing of white people, raping of Palin with no issues, but if a conservative viewpoint is pushed you'll get suspended and banned for even the flimsiest of reasons.

They are fully within their rights to do it, but they should be more forthright about it, they should just say "conservatives not welcome here on twitter". Done. At least then there's no problem with the double standards. You can't pretend to hold everyone to the same standard and then blatantly ignore that standard.

 

[SP33Demon]

So even after pages of responses, nobody can say what he was banned for. The stuff spewing out of Leslie Jones' mouth talking about "white people shit" is reprehensible, yet Milo gets banned for telling her to suck it up buttercup (regarding critics). If Milo is banned for simply telling her to suck it up, then Leslie sure as shit should be banned since her stuff actually openly violates TOS.

Twitter has made their political bias obvious and that's one of the reasons why their stock is tanking like a brick on the year.It's down 50% and may not even survive. Good riddance.
http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/the-end-of-twitter

Even more troubling was the service’s penetration in the U.S.: it remained completely flat for the first three quarters of 2015. Facebook has surpassed the company by orders of magnitude, but it’s hardly Twitter’s only foe. Instagram, WhatsApp, and even WeChat all now have more individual users than Twitter does. Snapchat has almost caught Twitter, too.

 

[tynopik]

People are claiming his rights were violated. People are screaming of constitution.

the only person talking about the constitution is you

I am responding in kind.

no you're not, you're creating a whole fake argument (ie STRAWMAN) to argue against

 

[michal1980]

The criticisms of Twitter being biased in who it bans may have merit (I don't think it does; if anything the bias is towards harassment that is so popularized that it can't avoid taking action), but the reason Mr. Yiannopoulos was banned was for a long history of harassment and bigotry towards very many people.

and because he was a conservative.

 

[guachi]

It's Milo.

He deserved it.

It's not his first offense.

 

[Double Trouble]

People are claiming his rights were violated. People are screaming of constitution.

Who are these people? This isn't a constitutional issue, it's a bias issue and companies like twitter should start being held accountable for their heavy bias. Not held to account by government, held to account by users. That can't happen when users are uninformed or ill informed though.

And what the hell double standard are you talking about?

The double standard of enforcing TOS restrictions on some accounts but not others, depending on the location on the political spectrum.

Take it up with FUCKING TWITTER. They can do whatever the fuck they want with their brand. If you are concerned that twitter is just too liberal and too scary for your tastes and treating conservatives unfairly, then stop fucking using it.

They can do whatever the fuck they want, just like people can call them out on their bullshit. It works both ways. I don't use twitter and don't plan to, but I can still call them out on their bullshit if I want to.

 

[Double Trouble]

It's Milo.

He deserved it.

It's not his first offense.

That's quite possible, but that doesn't explain why others who do things 10x worse get reported but are not banned. That's the issue. I don't give a shit about Milo or what he did or didn't do or whether he gets banned or not.

 

[realibrad]

People are claiming his rights were violated. People are screaming of constitution. I am responding in kind. Does this bother you? Perhaps you should take your strawmen accusation to the conservative dumbshits in this thread that are actually constructing the strawmen. I am on your side: I agree that these people are idiots.





Fuck if I know what he did. And what the hell double standard are you talking about? Take it up with FUCKING TWITTER. They can do whatever the fuck they want with their brand. If you are concerned that twitter is just too liberal and too scary for your tastes and treating conservatives unfairly, then stop fucking using it.

Isn't that the kind of corporate sovereignty that you conservatives get massive raging hardons for?

what the hell is your malfunction?

I don't use twitter because it is fucking idiotic. I would never look there to gain any kind of meaningful information. Maybe this guy should thank Twitter for forcing him to choose some useful means of communicating his opinions?

lol--liberal double standards.

For not know what he did, you sure seem to care about this.

All I can gather is that people said horrible shit to this women, and Milo accused her of playing the victim because of a movie he thought was crap. If he was banned for that, then its totally up to twitter, but it sure seems like a shit reason.

 

[Knowing]

Are you functionally challenged? I called him a garbagedumpster because he apparently spends his time shitting on people. Both Twitter and other folks report here that he has done nothing but shitpost in the guise of "offering a counter view"

This has nothing to do with his homosexuality. Is this weak-ass association you made here the piss-poor level of cognitive thought that shorts out your central nervous system?

I literally can't even with this homophobia.

 

[realibrad]

I literally can't even with this homophobia.

Tough life for a white girl.

 

[WelshBloke]

doesn't matter what it's in response to

targeted attacks are against the TOS and are grounds for banning

or at least that's what you all keep telling me

Of course it matters in what it's in response to.

If she had just published that persons details for no reason and told everyone to go her her it would be bad.

If she retweeted something offensive and against twitters rules then said go get her its not the same thing at all. In fact it looks more like she's trying to get people to report the original post TBH.

The former is bullying, the latter is retaliation. Retaliation may not be wise but it's not the same as attacking someone for no reason.

 

[agent00f]

For not know what he did, you sure seem to care about this.

All I can gather is that people said horrible shit to this women, and Milo accused her of playing the victim because of a movie he thought was crap. If he was banned for that, then its totally up to twitter, but it sure seems like a shit reason.

He was also supposedly retweeting shopped images of her tweets to make her look bad and so on. It's pretty much what he does, and has been reprimanded in the past for, so it really shouldn't come as any surprise.

Frankly if you want to defend someone against corp injustice this is just about the worse case to take on.

 

[Pens1566]

So even after pages of responses, nobody can say what he was banned for. The stuff spewing out of Leslie Jones' mouth talking about "white people shit" is reprehensible, yet Milo gets banned for telling her to suck it up buttercup (regarding critics). If Milo is banned for simply telling her to suck it up, then Leslie sure as shit should be banned since her stuff actually openly violates TOS.

Twitter has made their political bias obvious and that's one of the reasons why their stock is tanking like a brick on the year.It's down 50% and may not even survive. Good riddance.
http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/the-end-of-twitter

Apparently, your reading comprehension is lacking. It's been stated several times that the ban was for repeated violations of the TOS with regard to harassment.

 

[realibrad]

He was also supposedly retweeting shopped images of her tweets to make her look bad and so on. It's pretty much what he does, and has been reprimanded in the past for, so it really shouldn't come as any surprise.

Frankly if you want to defend someone against corp injustice this is just about the worse case to take on.

Where did you read that he was retweeing shopped images? That is new to this from what I have read. I see 3 things he said to her.

If at first you don't succeed (because your work is terrible), play the victim.

EVERYONE GETS HATE MAIL FFS

Barely literate. America needs better schools!

rejected by yet another black dude

So far, of all the articles I have gone through, those are the only three things I can find. I have not seen anyone saying he retweeted photoshopped but I would be glad to read it. I honestly just want to know what happened.

 

[realibrad]

Apparently, your reading comprehension is lacking. It's been stated several times that the ban was for repeated violations of the TOS with regard to harassment.

That is dumb. What did he do to break the TOS. He said nobody has said what he has done, and all you said was that he did something against the rules. What rules specifically did he break? What was it that he said that broke the rules?

 

[cbrunny]

No one has the right to Twitter.

/thread.

 

[cbrunny]

https://twitter.com/tos?lang=en#twitterrights

We reserve the right at all times (but will not have an obligation) to remove or refuse to distribute any Content on the Services, to suspend or terminate users, and to reclaim usernames without liability to you.

/thread. again.

 

[realibrad]

No one has the right to Twitter.

/thread.

https://twitter.com/tos?lang=en#twitterrights



/thread. again.

Twitter is a private company, and can ban anyone it wants. That said, free speech is an important part of society. While it should be totally legal to ban Milo, if he did nothing more than say what I have found, then we should not support what Twitter did. We should as a society support free speech and free expression because a society without those things is very scary.

Banning Milo will mean little to society, but this type of thing if not criticized by people will become more and more popular.

 

[jman19]

Twitter is a private company, and can ban anyone it wants. That said, free speech is an important part of society. While it should be totally legal to ban Milo, if he did nothing more than say what I have found, then we should not support what Twitter did. We should as a society support free speech and free expression because a society without those things is very scary.

Banning Milo will mean little to society, but this type of thing if not criticized by people will become more and more popular.

I agree - so for those who are against this, stop using and viewing Twitter. That won't happen of course.

 

[Pens1566]

That is dumb. What did he do to break the TOS. He said nobody has said what he has done, and all you said was that he did something against the rules. What rules specifically did he break? What was it that he said that broke the rules?

Twitter said, not me. Their rules to enforce as they see fit. Which they've had to do multiple times with this guy. My understanding is the actual posts in question were re-tweets of very offensive images by Milo that originated from other users. Now, when you're "internet famous" like this d-bag, and you have hundreds of thousands of mindless followers looking to anonymously impress their hero, it's not shocking for them to construe his behavior as inciting harassment. Actually, to expect otherwise is some powerful detachment from reality.

Edit: cbrunny beat me to it. And much more concisely.