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by netsec_burn 1504 days ago
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.
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xdennis 1504 days ago
> 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.

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netsec_burn 1504 days ago
That is a tu quoque fallacy.
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dhzhzjsbevs 1503 days ago
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.

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dhzhzjsbevs 1503 days ago
> 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.

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