[PeterMikhailov]

I'm ok with the line being "dont host the Daily Stormer"

[cabalamat]

But that isn't the line, the line is don't be Sargon of Akkad.

[bilbo0s]

OK with that line too. Guy's a douche.

[jesssse]

And tomorrow the line will be don't be Republican.

Republicans were banned IRL from a public parade in Portland, OR.

[glennpratt]

Can you link to what you are talking about? Because if it's what I think it is, this is my neighborhood. It was a parade cancelled to avoid violence, mostly by people who don't live in this neighborhood and don't care about the parade but about politics.

[cabalamat]

And what about when the line is you? Will that also be OK?

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out — Because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out — Because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out — Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me — and there was no one left to speak for me.

-- Martin Niemoeller

[wsy]

That citation is about putting people in concentration camps, not about free speech.

It is characteristic of the people now banned by Patreon - and their followers - to stylize themselves as martyrs. However, they are just unwelcome, like someone ranting loudly at a bar. There is nothing going on that threatens anyone's life.

[Semiapies]

"Don't be"? He's been declared outlaw and hunted across the land? No? He's been rounded up and put in a camp? No? He's been arrested? No?

A company doesn't want the business of him and his followers. That's it.