Twitter is committed to purging its platform of hate speech. Unless you threaten a conservative’s kids. Or any conservative, really.
Early this morning, Ben Domenech shared a tweet featuring his wife, Meghan McCain. A tweet that apparently isn’t too offensive for Twitter’s delicate sensibilities:
https://twitter.com/bdomenech/status/1035412472847585280
What the hell?
WTF!!! ?
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) August 31, 2018
Wtfffff
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) August 31, 2018
Yikes https://t.co/lyRT9s1KDp
— Pardes Seleh (@PardesSeleh) August 31, 2018
I actually got queasy seeing this
— Arthur Morgan’s Horse Whisperer (@Chobee1Kenobi) August 31, 2018
This is horrible. Just horrible. People are sick.
— The President of the Oskar Werner fan club (@pipandbaby) August 31, 2018
Indisputably despicable.
— SwankyPen (@SwankyPen) August 31, 2018
This is beyond inappropriate. It should be taken down immediately.
— YAD (@YAD1967) August 31, 2018
Hey @jack you need serious help to get this under control. Not acceptable. Not human. It’s beyond disgusting.
— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) August 31, 2018
Domenech has every right to be outraged right now.
You should prepare an answer for the people pissed off at you. A hint: the entire committee.
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) August 31, 2018
It took my hours later tweet to finally get a reaction. Did not want to elevate it but that is what Twitter requires apparently.
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) August 31, 2018
Evidently.
Oh, and the reaction was from the guy, not Twitter. Looks like he set his account to private.
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) August 31, 2018
This account is now protected, but not suspended. Pretty amazing. https://t.co/QplKNY3FeB
— Smatt (@mdrache) August 31, 2018
This is disgusting… this dude's account should be gone…. Yet I get my account snatched for posting a hockey video from the Winter Olympics….
— Double L must Rock The Bells (@LoveThePuck) August 31, 2018
It's horrible. I can't believe Jack is letting it stay up.
— Mickey White (@BiasedGirl) August 31, 2018
It took over 18 hours for Twitter to decide that depicting a gun pointed at Meghan McCain was worthy of suspension.
The account is now suspended.
— Rene ? #MuellerTime (@embracechange17) August 31, 2018
It's coming up as suspended now
— Night Mists ?❄⛄❄⛄❄? (@Nitemists) August 31, 2018
Yuck. At least the account is finally suspended. Too bad it's probably not permanent.
— Somebody else's Assimilated Baby (@SBfut3) August 31, 2018
It should’ve been suspended from the get-go.
https://twitter.com/jtLOL/status/1035504198710976512
As Dana Loesch said earlier this week:
I just wish Twitter would treat users consistently across the board. https://t.co/BBy2WqhRc8
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) August 27, 2018
Is that really so much to ask?
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