[jblow]

For this to be the case, they would have to be applying the principle to everyone equally, which they apparently don't.

This has given pause to some people -- for example, Sam Harris, one of the top artists on Patreon, is evacuating the service (even though this is likely to cost him a fair bit of money) to avoid the future potential to be financially pressured over ideology.

[eropple]

Patreon's pretty down-the-line: don't advocate that people break the law and don't harass people. They've thrown antifa off their site. They throw alt-right shitheads off their site.

We've met a couple times, Jon, and I've heard you speak; despite your public persona being prickly, I kind of got the feeling you were wiser than this.

[ticviking]

When did the kick antifa off? I was under the impression they did so only after there was outcry when they kicked the alt-right off.

[lr4444lr]

So those people advocating for those non-violent but illegal sit-ins during the Civil Rights era would've been marked for expulsion too?

[nostrebored]

The thing is, the reason they gave her for banning in the initial letter they sent her is actually consistent with international law -- she was raising funds to send out a search and rescue ship which returns refugees to Libya.

[azernik]

The reason they gave was fundraising for a ship that was blocking SAR ships taking refugees to Italy. They included footage of her actions blocking such a ship in the past, together with her actual fundraising appeal in which she referred to stopping boats.

Not sure if it's against international law when conducted in international waters, but that's definitely against Patreon's content policy of fundraising for activities that endanger human life.