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by o-__-o 1975 days ago
Nope. I am able to open my eyes and see that in the future this situation may be well exist again but under a different context. And we will point back to today as an example of why we should allow it.

PS if he was breaking rules of the platform for so long why ban him only after they know he lost the election? Seems to go along with my “powerful people make the rules” complaint.
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TulliusCicero 1975 days ago
Because he went further than just lying, and was also inciting violence.

Personally, I feel like they should've just banned him to begin with for all the lying, but being a private business, they have the right to decide who gets to speak on their own platform.

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throwaway19937 1975 days ago
> PS if he was breaking rules of the platform for so long why ban him only after they know he lost the election? Seems to go along with my “powerful people make the rules” complaint.

If you ban him before the election and he wins, then he has 4 years to retaliate against you.

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