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    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 7 Aug 2018
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    Michael Tracey Retweeted Glenn Greenwald

    I've been accused countless times over the past 24 hours of "defending Alex Jones" -- again, it's so much easier to scream about how horrible he is than to grapple with the grave implications of his sudden cross-platform banishmenthttps://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1026933709507837952 …

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    Glenn GreenwaldVerified account @ggreenwald
    Aside from the utterly obnoxious & disingenuous equating of censorship opposition with "defending Alex Jones," this faith that Mark Zuckerberg, Google execs & their friends will faithfully and benevolently decide what is "hate speech" is just laughable https://theintercept.com/2017/08/29/in-europe-hate-speech-laws-are-often-used-to-suppress-and-punish-left-wing-viewpoints/ … https://twitter.com/daviddoel/status/1026515428393279488 …
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      2. Glenn Greenwald‏Verified account @ggreenwald 7 Aug 2018
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        The world's dumbest and/or most deceitful people have always been those who equate "I defend X's right to speak" with "I defend X and their ideas." It's the scummiest tactic there is. They did it to Chomsky when he opposed prosecuting a Holocaust denierhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-oV42OMQoE&t= …

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      3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 7 Aug 2018
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        The refusal to even think about the broader significance, precedents, etc. has been really disturbing. You are just expected celebrate that bad guy Alex Jones got what he had coming, and give thanks to the tech giants for being such benevolent protectors of the public

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      2. Polly Andry‏ @PollyAndry 7 Aug 2018
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        He. Violated. Their. Terms. Of. Service. This is not a difficult concept to wrap one's mind around.

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      3. cara de pão  🧢‏ @vince_adultman 7 Aug 2018
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        Exactly!! The fact that all these platforms suddenly realized he violated their terms of service at the same time although he's been on them for years is, like, just a really big coincidence!!

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      1. Jessica Green‏ @AnarchyToward 7 Aug 2018
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        Who was it that said, when you defend human freedom, you often find yourself defending scoundrels, because it is against scoundrels oppression is first aimed. I want to say Mencken

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      2. Cocaine Mitch‏ @RashaanB310 7 Aug 2018
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        Are you trying to tell me that while you’re out here making purposely disingenuous arguments like Alex Jones got “purged from the internet”, people made disingenuous claims about you? That’s wild.

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      1. Nicholas Knox‏ @NickKnox8 7 Aug 2018
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        I appreciate your takes always but you've been especially great on this topic. Thank you.

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      2. ConsumerLaureate‏ @ConsumerLaureat 7 Aug 2018
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        Would really feel the gravitas of this if either you or @ggreenwald had been screaming about Facebook since November 2015, when the connection with Mercers/Cruz/CA was reported in The Guardian.

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      3. Comrade Misty is Putin’s Buddy‏ @SarcasmStardust 7 Aug 2018
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        Greenwald has been criticizing Facebook for YEARS about this stuff. https://theintercept.com/2017/12/30/facebook-says-it-is-deleting-accounts-at-the-direction-of-the-u-s-and-israeli-governments/ …

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      2. Brando‏ @BrandoWarner 7 Aug 2018
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        Remember when Alex Joes was arrested by undercover Youtube police, found guilty of obscenity by Facebook for his speech, then committed suicide cuz his livelihood was taken away? Oh wait, that was Lenny Bruce. Not the Alex Jones who has seen no interference from the government.

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      3. Bitchasaurus Wrecks (NIS, handling code 4)‏ @MandiReiSerra 8 Aug 2018
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        Alex Jones is controlled opposition.

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      1. Johnny Argent‏ @JohnnyArgent 7 Aug 2018
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        That's logic to Binarians: if U suggest that even ONE minute might be better spent on ANYTHING besides repeating, 24/7/365, that Trump is Putin's puppet or U dare suggest that even Alex Jones hasn't done quite the damage wrought by the Iraq 'war'? U R a Trump & AJ ass-kisser!

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      1. Karl Haynes‏ @karl_haynes 7 Aug 2018
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        Yeah...my debit card wouldn't work the other day. It was annoying. I finally got it fixed once customer service opened up. But...it made me realize how easy it would be for them to target any one of us...the did it to @wikileaks already...once they do it here, they'll do it more.

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      2. J‏ @JQ88866 7 Aug 2018
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        Hate speech does not have to be protected by private corporate platforms. Jones can go shout his beliefs on any street corner with impunity.

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      3. Jim‏ @Landorcan 8 Aug 2018
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        But we should take hate speech out by LEGAL means using courts and laws. Allowing PRIVATE companies to be judges and juries is FASCISM at it's core.

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      2. #Bernie2020‏ @Cowicide 7 Aug 2018
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        PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROGRESSIVES This is •already• not going how you thought it would. Related links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ag-gag  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_balance … Related image: https://i.imgur.com/LXeXms5.jpg  Read image below or same text content here: https://old.reddit.com/r/Fuckthealtright/comments/959cfo/for_you_conservatives_that_are_a_little_butthurt/e3sm19m/ …pic.twitter.com/IOTgz99Juw

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      2. Seth Goldsmith‏ @InfiniteSeth 7 Aug 2018
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        People have been pushing these platforms to ban him for months and it's taken those months of hard work and advocacy to get them to listen. Yes, when one took the lead the others follow because they're corporations. But now you're implying some insidious conspiracy.

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