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		travisporter on Jan 18, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Parler’s de-platforming shows the exceptional powe... Yes, I agree. Iran's supreme leader is still on twitter. But a counterpoint is that that ISIS was driven out of twitter and FB systematically. Correct me but you're implying in your statement is they "eliminated the one they didn't like [because of political views]" but that's not necessarily the only reason EDIT: Given your other responses, we're at an impasse. Bowing out.

Acrobatic_Road on Jan 18, 2021 | [–]

ISIS and other islamists are very much still on twitter.

trident5000 on Jan 18, 2021 | [–]

I forgot the other reason: to give a gift to the new party in power in hopes of stopping the anti-trust cases. The dems were nudging some of them, ill be interested to see if we get a magical 180 degree turn.

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