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by throwaway274739 3496 days ago
It's a private business, they have every right to decline to provide service to (hateful, bigoted) people. Don't like it? Start your own damn website.
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ManlyBread 3496 days ago
Being a private business is not a shield against criticism or hypocrisy.
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throwaway274739 3496 days ago
What is the actual criticism? The Alt-Right is a hate movement. Twitter has a responsibility (both ethical and legal) to prevent their platform from being used to promote racism, sexism, Islamophobia, etc.
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ManlyBread 3496 days ago
>The Alt-Right is a hate movement.

So is #killallmen and multitude of others, yet somehow these tags still persist.

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throwaway274739 3496 days ago
A single hashtag is in no way comparable to a fast growing white-supremacist hate movement which counts he President-Elect's right hand man (Steve Bannon) as a member.
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ManlyBread 3496 days ago
Fine, Black Lives Matter then.
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