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posted by mrpg on Tuesday December 19 2017, @10:55PM   Printer-friendly
from the new-rules dept.

As reported by The Huffington Post:

New rules implemented on Twitter Monday have led to the suspensions of accounts belonging to prominent neo-Nazis, white nationalists and other far-right extremists.

[...] "You may not make specific threats of violence or wish for the serious physical harm, death, or disease of an individual or group of people," states Twitter's rule for "violent extremist groups," which went into effect Monday.

"This includes, but is not limited to, threatening or promoting terrorism," the rule continues. "You also may not affiliate with organizations that – whether by their own statements or activity both on and off the platform – use or promote violence against civilians to further their causes."

[...] The "alt-right ― a loose association of neo-Nazis, white nationalists, assorted racists, fascists, and other far-right elements that has used Twitter for years to organize and recruit ― anticipated today's "purge," with many preparing to make the jump to Gab, a largely rules-free micro-blogging platform used primarily by white nationalists.

Related: Twitter: Our Blue Check Marks Aren't Just About "Verification"


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by aristarchus on Wednesday December 20 2017, @02:39AM (7 children)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Wednesday December 20 2017, @02:39AM (#612119) Journal

    Antifa and other window smashing may-day ragers

    Yeah, but what about the Shriners, and Pentacostals, and the Oddfellows, not to mention the Freemasons and the Illuminati!! Bet they don't get banned!

      (This is some pretty darn fine Whataboutism" [wikipedia.org], frojack! Nice to see you are back to your usual high standards of climate change denial! Keep up the good work!)

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday December 20 2017, @03:09AM (6 children)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Wednesday December 20 2017, @03:09AM (#612129) Journal

    Shriners are Freemasons. You can't be a Shriner without bfirst becoming a master mason. The Shriners are what they call an appendant body. Other appendant bodies are the Scottish Rite, York Rite, and Royal Arch.

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    Washington DC delenda est.
    • (Score: 3, Funny) by aristarchus on Wednesday December 20 2017, @07:55AM (5 children)

      by aristarchus (2645) on Wednesday December 20 2017, @07:55AM (#612204) Journal

      So are you saying we should call for the Twitter banning of the appendant bodies, or that frojack is up to his usual tricks? The Scottish Right has always been suspicious to me, they might have tiny cars and funny hats.

      • (Score: 3, Informative) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday December 20 2017, @08:33AM (4 children)

        by Phoenix666 (552) on Wednesday December 20 2017, @08:33AM (#612212) Journal

        It would be difficult for Twitter to ban appendant bodies based on political speech, since Freemasons come from all walks of life. In fact the strictest rules in Freemasonry are that you cannot talk about religion or politics in lodge meetings; nothing can get you kicked out faster. The only guy I ever saw get kicked out had done both.

        The Shriners wear funny hats and drive the tiny cars in parades as advertisement for the Shrine circuses. The circuses raise money to support the Shriner children's hospitals for burns and orthopedics. Any child with those issues, be it a club foot, cleft palate, burns, etc., can be treated there free of charge. In fact if any Soylentils have family or friends whose kids have those issues and can't afford treatment or don't have insurance, I can refer them to the hospital. I believe they even pay for plane tickets and a hotel stay for the child and parents while undergoing treatment.

        Scottish Rite don't drive tiny cars, but they do wear funny hats. Their funny hats aren't fez's though. They look more like old-time movie usher's hats, with the double-headed eagle symbol on the front. Their work in lodge principally consists in allegorical dramas that further explain the lessons imparted in the Blue Lodge (that's what they call the initial body where you're initiated, passed, and raised to master mason). The names of the degrees you "earn" by watching those dramas have mystical sounding names, but there's nothing mystical or suspicious about them. They're similar to morality plays.

        Anyway, I can't speak to the Illuminati or the Oddfellows but Freemasons in the Blue Lodge and all the appendant bodies would make for pretty poor conspirators since they can't actually talk about such matters and even if they could they're all so varied politically that they would instantly agree on nothing.

        But, yeah, Twitter can knock themselves out and ban Freemasons too. Masons have been in communication with each other for a very, very long time without the benefit of social media. They'll live.

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        Washington DC delenda est.
        • (Score: 3, Funny) by aristarchus on Wednesday December 20 2017, @08:51AM (2 children)

          by aristarchus (2645) on Wednesday December 20 2017, @08:51AM (#612216) Journal

          Isn't all this supposed to be secret? Phoenix, I haven't even shown you my ring, or given you the secret handshake! But on the other hand, I respect the charitable work these societies do, no matter how strange their gay apparel. I cannot imagine the alt-right, or Milo or Steve Bannon, or Spenser, or Algonquin, donating anything to help children. Or for that matter, to help anyone? Kind of like the Republican Tax Bill. So, what about the Knights of Columbus, and the Catholic conspriracy to retake the British throne by means of this Markle woman?

          • (Score: 2) by turgid on Wednesday December 20 2017, @09:58AM

            by turgid (4318) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday December 20 2017, @09:58AM (#612232) Journal

            There was a brilliant Toast of London episode about the Freemasons. I'm sure it was really a documentary...

          • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday December 20 2017, @01:48PM

            by Phoenix666 (552) on Wednesday December 20 2017, @01:48PM (#612284) Journal

            No, it's not a secret that Freemasons exist. The Shriners run those circuses and hospitals, which are not low-profile activities. Fewer people have heard of Royal Arch, York Rite, or Scottish Rite, though of the last they might have heard "33rd Degree Mason," which refers to the 32 degrees (morality plays) you watch in Scottish Rite plus one they award you as an honorary degree when you reach emeritus status. Also many famous people have been masons. Something like 13 of the Founding Fathers, including George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, were. Mozart was (the "Magic Flute" has many masonic references). Also, Simon Bolivar, Mark Twain, Ataturk, Winston Churchill, Louis Comfort Tiffany (he did the stained glass in the Grand Lodge of NY Building), FDR, Blake, Balzac, Garibaldi...it's a really long list [wikipedia.org]. You don't have a roster like that and remain a secret.

            The rituals of Freemasonry, the "secret" part of it, have been revealed in many exposes because the fraternity has been around such a long time. Any non-mason can find it on the Internet, if they really want to. Even if you do learn all the rituals and all the words that are spoken and all of that, you still will not really understand it because it's something you come to understand by experiencing it and practicing it; it's kind of a cool sort of security, actually.

            As a Freemason you don't tell non-masons about any of the rituals not because they're really secret or because there is any occult knowledge in them or anything like that, but because it's an exercise in keeping your word when you swore you wouldn't tell the "secrets." That in turn is meant as a reminder for the rest of your life, your business dealings, etc, to keep your word when you give it because it's a stark testament to your character and integrity, which you should always strive to keep spotless.

            I couldn't tell you much about the Knights of Columbus, except that the Catholic Church created that fraternity as an option for Catholic men who wanted to be in a fraternity but didn't want to flout Rome's ban against Catholics becoming Freemasons. (The Catholic Church and Freemasons have been antagonists since Friday the 13th, 1307 when the King of France and Rome conspired to round up all the Knights Templar so they could seize their lands and treasure.)

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            Washington DC delenda est.
        • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday December 20 2017, @05:22PM

          by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday December 20 2017, @05:22PM (#612381) Journal

          LMAO. Especially at the last three sentences. GP doesn't have a clue, does he?