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by dhzhzjsbevs 1504 days ago
When did trump incite violence? That sounds like a crime. Why wasn't he charged? Maybe you're confused?

Anyhoo, what's that got to do with twitter? Since when did they become the police?

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There are literally dozens of incidents, on video, of Trump inciting violence, on a small and large scale.

From telling a crowd that they should beat up a heckler and he'd pay their legal bills (lol), to saying "maybe some of you second amendment types can do something about Hillary", and beyond.

There's no confusion.

The crime was inciting an insurrection. The president was not charged due to partisan politics, no president has ever actually been voted out by the Senate of their own party (correct me if I'm wrong), but historically this has been the most votes received from their party. It's recommended to understand both the background and the event on January 6th to get a clear picture, including attempts to overturn the election. More details here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_impeachment_of_Donald...

Twitter is responsible for moderating the users their platform, regardless of whether they are free speech purists. You cannot let your users plot crimes. That's why sites like Silk Road and AlphaBay were shut down.

> You cannot let your users plot crimes.

You can easily find tweets calling for trump and republicans to be killed on twitter from years ago and nobody bothered to ban those people so your statement rings hollow.

That is a tu quoque fallacy.
Given were talking about the trump ban I'm not sure it is, he was banned, countless antifa accounts calling for Andy ngo's death were not.

There is a clear double standard, pointing that out isn't whataboutism it's simply calling bullshit on someone using the incite violence argument to say trump should stay banned.

> It's recommended to understand both the background and the event on January 6th to get a clear picture.

As a non American who watched the summer of 2020 riots in absolute awe I will never understand why people even mention the 6th. It just doesn't compare.

> When did trump incite violence? That sounds like a crime. Why wasn't he charged? Maybe you're confused?

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_impeachment_trial_of_Do...