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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDavid Neiwert has been suspended from twitter.
The long-time, established authority on right-wing extremism.
I have no other details. Just saw it on my twitter feed.
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David Neiwert has been suspended from twitter. (Original Post)
Grasswire2
Jun 2019
OP
Just twitter trying to appear even handed. They know nothing about false equivalency.
marble falls
Jun 2019
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trev
(1,480 posts)1. This seems to be happening more and more latrely.
I'm happy to see these extremists losing their audiences,
Dennis Donovan
(26,645 posts)3. He's not an extremist. He's a journalist.
Grasswire2
(13,719 posts)4. he's not an extremist.
trev
(1,480 posts)10. Oh, I misread the post.
Haven't had coffee yet....
Dennis Donovan
(26,645 posts)2. Apparently true:
Brother Buzz
(37,942 posts)8. There might be some wiggle room with that temporarily unavailable
He's not suspended, just temporarily unavailable
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)9. It's very possible he posted media with copyrighted music/video...
In which case, they'll restore his account. It happens to a lot of sports accounts I follow.
leftieNanner
(15,712 posts)5. Is this good news or bad news?
I'm afraid I don't know this man.
Mrs. Ted Nancy
(462 posts)11. Bad news. He is a good guy.
Here's a link to his blog.
http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/?m=0
marble falls
(62,392 posts)6. Just twitter trying to appear even handed. They know nothing about false equivalency.
HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)7. Both sides-ism will kill Democracy
Media treating all things as a valid viewpoint has to stop. I'm sure some Nazi found a small factual error or something.