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0 pointsweeblewobble3y ago0 comments

For the record Babylon Bee is not banned, they can unlock their account any time by deleting a Tweet that jokingly gives a "man of the year award" to a real individual transwoman by name.

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jaywalk3y ago

"They're not banned! They are free to continue tweeting as soon as they abandon their principles and bow down to Twitter's arbitrary rules!"

weeblewobbleOP3y ago

It's not an arbitrary rule, it's spelled out in their Terms of Servoce

jaywalk3y ago

The fact that it's in the ToS doesn't mean it's not arbitrary.

AnimalMuppet3y ago

So they aren't banned, just the one tweet is. Sounds good, but the reality is that unless and until they recant that one tweet, then they are banned.

weeblewobbleOP3y ago

They don't really have to recant it, just delete it. It's a pretty mean tweet anyway, not sure why its worth defending

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0 pointsweeblewobble3y ago0 comments

For the record Babylon Bee is not banned, they can unlock their account any time by deleting a Tweet that jokingly gives a "man of the year award" to a real individual transwoman by name.

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jaywalk3y ago

"They're not banned! They are free to continue tweeting as soon as they abandon their principles and bow down to Twitter's arbitrary rules!"

weeblewobbleOP3y ago

It's not an arbitrary rule, it's spelled out in their Terms of Servoce

jaywalk3y ago

The fact that it's in the ToS doesn't mean it's not arbitrary.

AnimalMuppet3y ago

So they aren't banned, just the one tweet is. Sounds good, but the reality is that unless and until they recant that one tweet, then they are banned.

weeblewobbleOP3y ago

They don't really have to recant it, just delete it. It's a pretty mean tweet anyway, not sure why its worth defending

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