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Twitter Has the Right to Suspend Donald Trump. But It Shouldn’t

2 pointsby thevibesmanover 8 years ago

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coldteaover 8 years ago
&gt;<i>Twitter to enforce a rule that bans Mr. Trump’s tweets but does not also censor speech generally. Given that we are now entering an era dominated by right-wing nationalism, these rules could well come to backfire on the progressives urging Twitter to suspend Mr. Trump.</i><p>When was it decided that only political agendas and ideas other than &quot;right-wing nationalism&quot; are allowed?<p>Democracy is about including all kinds of speech, including &quot;right-wing nationalism&quot; and &quot;left-wing cosmopolitanism&quot; or what have you.<p>If non-right-wing-nationalists legitimize the banning of right-wing-nationalist speech, then if right wing nationalists come to fashion&#x2F;power they&#x27;d be justified to ban left-wing&#x2F;progressive speech too.<p>That&#x27;s not exactly a democratic path.