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Antisemitism isn’t exactly a “new” idea. If people you follow are routinely shut down by Twitter, you should maybe try some not-quite-as-hatey ideas for a change.

As a point of reference: I follow 1,400 people, including a lot in science and art. I can’t remember a single person I follow being permanently banned.



Numbers does not mean much in this case, you can follow 1400 people/bots but be exposed to a subset that generally agrees with what's socially accepted and thus have a false impression of free thought. For an instance you can't follow those that were banned or left on their volition.

I'm disgusted by your unsolicited insinuation. What you said, for me, it's similar to someone saying that Navalny might be a criminal because you know many people and don't recall any of them being arrested. It's ignorant and patronizing at the same time.

In this post-truth era it's not uncommon for someone to be falsely accused and persecuted. It's not uncommon for someone to be cancelled just for not agreeing with the mass. In my experience, if hate speech and pseudo science were to be truly banned Twitter would cease to exist.

Also, if you follow ~1400 people how can you be sure that many of those weren't banned or shadow banned?




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