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Permanent Ban from Twitter for 'Hate Speech'

39 replies

TheUterati · 24/05/2018 17:59

I am sure that many of you know my reservations, shall we put it, about including 'trans' of any shade in this debate.

Nevertheless, I feel it worthwhile posting this by Yardley, who has been permanently banned from Twitter. I post this not because I particularly value Y's voice in this debate, but because the reasons why he has been permanently banned need to be made public.

mirandayardley.com/en/i-permanently-banned-twitter-make-worry/

Double-plus-ungood.

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HenbaneRiver · 25/05/2018 03:13

It is like sewing mouths shut

Grin Come the fuck on.

Terfulike · 24/05/2018 23:45

This is such a travesty. Miranda is such a fantastic intelligent and thoughtful person. But yes, it's what it says about free speech which is truly terrifying. Doubly terrifying is the fact that it's only a particular area of free speech which is being curtailed.

PleaseDontGoadTheToad · 24/05/2018 23:42

Why don't you value Miranda Yardley's voice in the debate OP? If you don't mind me asking of course.

Ereshkigal · 24/05/2018 23:36

MY is one of the very very few TIM I have any time for and they have been dealing with TRA shit for years and years, don't know how they've got the energy tbh.

Me too.

OlennasWimple · 24/05/2018 23:31

Oh FFS. Hang in there @MirandaYardley, Twitter are being knobheads Angry

LaSqrrl · 24/05/2018 21:30

Both Twitter and Facebook, becoming very hostile to women (or allies) who speak out. A disproportionate number of TIMs can be found in IT, which can be described as an abuse of power, tbh.

Heavy-handed silencing techniques is all they have though. Their defence of 'gender' does not stand up to scrutiny, so they have to shut us up. Even with this 'process' in place, more and more women are finding out about this, and joining GC, even if they have no broader interest in feminist issues (although pleased to say, once exposed to those ideas, many also stay for the feminism part as well). So the unintended consequence has been an upsurge of interest in feminism.

Writersblock2 · 24/05/2018 20:29

I hope Miranda touches on this when he speaks at the WPUK Cornwall event. What an absolute bullshit thing for Twitter to do.

GardenGeek · 24/05/2018 19:56

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terryleather · 24/05/2018 19:51

MY is one of the very very few TIM I have any time for and they have been dealing with TRA shit for years and years, don't know how they've got the energy tbh.

This permanent ban is completely ridiculous and unjustified but more than that it's fucking terrifying in its free speech implications.

I'm mired in gloom with regards to where this will all end up...

OrchidInTheSun · 24/05/2018 19:41

It is like sewing mouths shut

Offred · 24/05/2018 19:37

FFS....

spontaneousgiventime · 24/05/2018 19:16

I noticed Venice Allen has also been banned. Twitter is closing down women speaking all over the place.

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TheUterati · 24/05/2018 19:11

@Crocodile.
No. No, they do not.

Neither do they get banned on FB for similar.

Funny that. Bleeding hilarious, in fact.

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Crocodilesoup · 24/05/2018 19:02

I thought twitter was full of people posting about wanting terfs to die in a fire, or threatening the likes of Mary Beard with rape - do those people all get banned?