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The Satanic Temple, an activist group based in Salem, Massachusetts, is threatening to sue Twitter for religious discrimination after one of its co-founders had his Twitter account permanently suspended.
Lucien Greaves, the Satanic Temple's co-founder and spokesman, said his Twitter account was permanently suspended without any notice after he asked his followers to report a tweet that called for the Satanic Temple to be burned down.
"We're talking to lawyers today," Greaves said Friday about whether he planned to take legal action.
Source: http://www.newsweek.com/satanic-temple-threatens-sue-twitter-over-religious-discrimination-780148
(Score: 2) by Bot on Monday January 15 2018, @10:11PM (2 children)
Zeno: nothing moves
*slap*
Zeno: who did it?
NOBODY, of course.
Satanist: satan is our lord.
Good we'll make your life like hell
Satanist: WHY YOU PERSECUTE ME
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(Score: 3, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday January 15 2018, @10:16PM (1 child)
...you, um, don't actually know what the Satanic Temple is, do you? Actual believing theistic Satanists are very, very rare; these guys are trolls with a purpose, like the Discordians but way more pissed off. Why don't you shut up and stop embarrassing yourself, huh? You're making me cringe with sympathy you don't deserve.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by Bot on Monday January 15 2018, @10:39PM
I, um, read the first comment after the story.
You fail to decouple the intention from the consequences. But then, when a guy says MAGA, he's a true patriot, and all that happens contrary to his stated goal is mere bad luck eh?
Satanic temple complaining about (one of their own likely) menacing them (so they get headlines), is like neonazis or antifas reclaiming rights they would deny others. So, while I don't argue that it's lawful for them to be back on twitter, I say it would be fair to treat them according to the ideals they indirectly push nonetheless.
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