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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 2 Jan 2016

    Aral Balkan Retweeted Michael A. Sherlock

    So “advocacy against…religion” is now banned on Twitter? Is it just religion or is all fiction now beyond critique?https://twitter.com/sherlockmichael/status/682758239679688704 …

    Aral Balkan added,

    Michael A. Sherlock @sherlockmichael
    Here is @twitter's brand new speech-inhibiting policy. #FreeSpeech pic.twitter.com/D084hAHjyE
    5:54 AM - 2 Jan 2016
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    13 replies 45 retweets 23 likes
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      2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 2 Jan 2016
        Replying to @aral

        Aral Balkan Retweeted Aral Balkan

        Correction: these are the rules for advertisers, not users. Thanks for the heads up @IanRobinson & @metaburbiahttps://twitter.com/aral/status/683285286902730752 …

        Aral Balkan added,

        Aral Balkan @aral
        So “advocacy against…religion” is now banned on Twitter? Is it just religion or is all fiction now beyond critique? https://twitter.com/sherlockmichael/status/682758239679688704 …
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      2. Pablo L‏ @longpablo 2 Jan 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @brokenbottleboy @sherlockmichael @twitter Jesus H Christ.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 2 Jan 2016
        Replying to @longpablo

        @longpablo Careful, now… ;)+@brokenbottleboy @sherlockmichael @twitter

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Ian Robinson‏ @IanRobinson 2 Jan 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Is that not the guidelines for paid advertisers? Not for normal users tweeting. We can still say religion is twaddle.

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 2 Jan 2016
        Replying to @IanRobinson

        @IanRobinson Ah, better if that’s the case. Thoughts @sherlockmichael

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      1. David Jones‏ @metaburbia 2 Jan 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @Fox_Claire tbf this is a paid ad policy. Nevertheless I imagine @RichardDawkins will be disappointed Twitter won't let him advertise

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      1. Hamid عبد الحميد سرحان‏ @hamid 2 Jan 2016
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        @aral @mathewi @sherlockmichael @twitter against religion'

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      1. Hamid عبد الحميد سرحان‏ @hamid 2 Jan 2016
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        @aral @mathewi @sherlockmichael @twitter on religion' m, which you might take issue with but is at least accurate. It is not 'advocacy

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      1. Hamid عبد الحميد سرحان‏ @hamid 2 Jan 2016
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        @aral @mathewi @sherlockmichael @twitter a more accurate, less misleading paraphrase would have been 'advocacy against individuals based

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      2. Hamid عبد الحميد سرحان‏ @hamid 2 Jan 2016
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        @aral @mathewi @sherlockmichael @twitter the question then becomes what are meant by 'advocacy', 'organisations' and 'protected groups'?

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      1. RonWatts‏ @wrongwatch 2 Jan 2016
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        @aral @glynmoody .........How could anyone advocate against the benevolent stupidity of religion?

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      1. Thomas Castel‏ @thomascastel 2 Jan 2016
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        @aral Jesus!

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      1. Hamid عبد الحميد سرحان‏ @hamid 2 Jan 2016
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        @aral @mathewi @sherlockmichael @twitter that's a pretty bad misrepresentation of what the policy says...

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      1. Lars Christoffersen‏ @lars_ole 2 Jan 2016
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        @aral hmm or you are allowed to critize the religion, but not the ones who practice it?

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