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by tentacleuno 1976 days ago
I find it somewhat ironic that Twitter has only now banned Trump. They allowed him to stay on his platform so more people would sign-up, follow him and get radicalised. Now he's no longer the President, they've suddenly acquired morality. Fool me once, eh.
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Didn't they ban him as a protective measure to curb additional violence after he incited the storming of the capitol?

I don't think twitter's tactics are as nefarious as you make them out to be.

They banned him after his Presidency. He did greivous harm and acts of hate before that, but only now are Twitter giving it the attention it deserves. Anyone else would have been banned long before now. He has incited a great deal of violence with racist dogwhistles, and only now he's facing any sort of punishment. The argument of 'free speech' falls apart when you factor this in.