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Minecraft Creator Rips Twitter for Milo Yiannopoulos Lifetime Ban

posted by CoolHand on Thursday July 21 2016, @05:59PM   Printer-friendly
from the fair-play dept.

MrPlow writes:

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Conservative firebrand Milo Yiannopoulos received big-name support on Wednesday for reversing his lifetime Twitter ban: Minecraft creator Markus Persson.

Twitter froze Mr. Yiannopoulos' account on Tuesday after barbed exchanges with "Ghostbusters" star Leslie Jones. The Breitbart News tech editor seemingly was banned for the racist comments made by other users. Mr. Persson told his nearly 4 million followers that Twitter's actions were absurd.

"I think the guy's a bit of a [expletive], but for the love of Christ, #FreeMilo," the video game icon said Wednesday morning. "If/when I get suspended too, check http://notch.net. I've reported tweets worse than anything (well.. almost) Nero's ever said, and the reply is always the same: Nope."

Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/20/markus-persson-minecraft-creator-rips-twitter-for-/

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday July 21 2016, @07:21PM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday July 21 2016, @07:21PM (#378124) Journal

    Being an insensitive clod is a lifestyle choice, not a race =P

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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 21 2016, @11:43PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 21 2016, @11:43PM (#378270)

    Being an insensitive clod is a lifestyle choice, not a race =P

    It's a race to the bottom, you insensitive clod!

  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 22 2016, @03:58PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 22 2016, @03:58PM (#378587)
    I wasn't born an insensitive clod, I just identify as one. My pronouns are "asshat," "jerkwad," and "cockwomble."