Posted on 02/21/2018 4:22:37 PM PST by sparklite2
SAN FRANCISCO — A prominent white nationalist is suing Twitter for banning his account as the social network cracks down on content it deems abusive.
Jared Taylor filed the lawsuit Tuesday in San Francisco. Taylor joins a growing list of right-wing groups and figures who have recently sued social media sites for banning accounts and content.
Social media sites are grappling with how to prevent abusive posts without appearing to censor unpopular opinions.
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That is allowing one public enterprise to discriminate while refusing to let another public enterprise do the same.
We're prisoners shouting out through the bars of our cells, "I'm free! I'm free!"
Class action...
One thing they could do is separate themselves from the appearance that they are anti-conservative but I’m not holding my breath.
Exactly!
Equal Protection is guaranteed by the Constitution.
Except Taylor's account wasn't banned for anything he ever posted on Twitter. He was banned for his off-site association with organizations that Twitter has deemed to be violent.
Patriotic Americans who dare to speak out are called ‘white nationalists’ now?
Orwell was an optimist.
Twitter likely got that list from SPLC.
Imagine a country club that refused membership to Jews.
Nation of Islam as a twitter account. They think white people are the result of a bad science experiment.
https://twitter.com/OfficialNOI?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Or 'Russian bots'. Either way, they're banned from Twitter.
That phantom grappling must be fatiguing.
That too.
[ Imagine a country club that refused membership to Jews. ]
I did, but Trump bought it and opened the doors to anyone regardless of race who would pay the membership fees!
Good luck finding a fair hearing in San Francisco, ground zero for judicial activism in the United States.
A white nationalist suing in San Feces, CA...
Awesome!!! For real?
Bad enough to populate the colder regions of the world.
I wish racial cause groups would get over themselves and give glory to God who made them what they are.
It’s my firm belief that liberals do not treat “minorities” as adults. Nearly as much as 2/3s an adult, but often not even that. So they are never held to the standards of say, a conservative Christian, who is treated as 2 or three adults.
They are in for a shock when they find out God loves us all the same.
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