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06-30-2017, 05:09 AM
It’s time for Twitter to ban Donald Trump
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On Thursday, a 71-year-old white man tweeted something ***ist and cruel.*
He referred to Mika Brzezinski, cohost of MSNBC's weekday show Morning Joe, as "I.Q. Crazy Mika" and said she was "bleeding badly from a face-lift" this past New Year's Eve.*
It was a hateful, direct attack. It was clearly harassment.
You probably already guessed the abuser in this situation: the president of the United States. The vitriol dripping from his personal Twitter account, @realDonaldTrump, just isn't surprising anymore. What remains shocking, though, and what has become inexcusable is Twitter's role in spreading hate by **t banning him like they have other high-profile abusers.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/29/twitter-ban-donald-trump-inexcusable/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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On Thursday, a 71-year-old white man tweeted something ***ist and cruel.*
He referred to Mika Brzezinski, cohost of MSNBC's weekday show Morning Joe, as "I.Q. Crazy Mika" and said she was "bleeding badly from a face-lift" this past New Year's Eve.*
It was a hateful, direct attack. It was clearly harassment.
You probably already guessed the abuser in this situation: the president of the United States. The vitriol dripping from his personal Twitter account, @realDonaldTrump, just isn't surprising anymore. What remains shocking, though, and what has become inexcusable is Twitter's role in spreading hate by **t banning him like they have other high-profile abusers.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/29/twitter-ban-donald-trump-inexcusable/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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