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Moderated "So I hear you're a transphobe now!": Twitter closes Graham Linehan's account

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"So I hear you're a transphobe now!": Twitter closes Graham Linehan's account

Graham Linehan has had his Twitter account closed for "hateful" comments that furthered his view about trans issues.

The Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been permanently suspended from Twitter for breaching the site’s rules on banned words.

Twitter said the account, which uses the handle @glinner, had been suspended after “repeated violations of our rules against hateful conduct and platform manipulation”.

Linehan’s account was closed after he reportedly tweeted “men aren’t women tho” in response to a post by the Women’s Institute wishing their transgender members a happy Pride.

Following the suspension, a post credited to Linehan’s handle “Glinner” on the parenting website Mumsnet asked for support.
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I don't have too many views on this. I don't really care what Twitter do as I (almost) never use the platform.

There often seems to be a lot of argument about "freedom of speech" which I don't really think comes into it given that Twitter is a private company and can police itself as it wants as far as I care.

I suppose that there will be issues regarding Twitter's consistency, particularly given that certain people are allowed to stay on the platform.

There are also, apparently issues regarding Linehan's consistency as he apparently has shown support for bannings in the past, etc...

Oh, and for those who don't understand the title, it refers to an episode of Father Ted, that these days might actually get into trouble....

 
Much like the episode The Germans from Fawlty Towers, the clip from Father Ted pokes fun at racists, not at foreigners. Linehan doesn't seem to have poked fun at transphobia, on the contrary.
 
I've never heard of him. Probably a minor point, but the article you quoted lacks clarity as to why he was suspended. At first it says he was "suspended from Twitter for breaching the site’s rules on banned words." Then later it quotes Twitter as saying he was suspended after “repeated violations of our rules against hateful conduct and platform manipulation”.

Those are two rather different things, although obviously a lot of overlap could exist between them. I'm curious though, because the mention of using banned words makes me wonder why the only statement of his they quoted was "men aren't women tho".
 
He called people "groomers" and then Twitter added that to its list of banned words and then the trans rights crybullies went on a reporting spree reporting his old tweets posted before the rule change and twitter banned him. One of the people involved in the reporting has a conviction for child abuse and tweets some pretty horrible things but he's still on there.

Mostly it was tweets simply reading "OK groomer" I think. A play on "OK boomer".
 
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Rolfe said:
He called people "groomers" and then Twitter added that to its list of banned words and then the trans rights crybullies went on a reporting spree reporting his old tweets posted before the rule change and twitter banned him. One of the people involved in the reporting has a conviction for child abuse and tweets some pretty horrible things but he's still on there.

Mostly it was tweets simply reading "OK groomer" I think. A play on "OK boomer".
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It seems rather unfair to apply the rule retroactively like that. Is that standard Twitter policy?
 
If they don't like the person, yes. Twitter has banned countless feminists and gender-critical accounts for the most minor infringements or even for nothing at all. They hide behind generalities and some people have reported not being able to find out the reason for a ban at all.

Twitter is run by a group of people who include the wokest of the woke. Others have documented this. Fellow-travellers have virtual carte blanche to say what they like and if suspended they return in a day or two. Anyone who doesn't subscribe to the TWAW dogma is in danger of being banned at any time. Trans activists openly discuss on Twitter itself who they've succeeded in banning and suggest and gather support for reporting campaigns against their next victim. Groups of them with multiple accounts then trawl the victim's old tweets for something that can be represented as "hate speech" (in one case it was a quote from Hansard), urge each other to report selected tweets en masse, and hey presto, another ban.
 
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Rolfe said:
If they don't like the person, yes. Twitter has banned countless feminists and gender-critical accounts for the most minor infringements or even for nothing at all. They hide behind generalities and some people have reported not being able to find out the reason for a ban at all.

Twitter is run by a group of people who include the wokest of the woke. Others have documented this. Fellow-travellers have virtual carte blanche to say what they like and if suspended they return in a day or two. Anyone who doesn't subscribe to the TWAW dogma is in danger of being banned at any time. Trans activists openly discuss on Twitter itself who they've succeeded in banning and suggest and gather support for reporting campaigns against their next victim. Groups of them with multiple accounts then trawl the victim's old tweets for something that can be represented as "hate speech" (in one case it was a quote from Hansard), urge each other to report selected tweets en masse, and hey presto, another ban.
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That's all rather perturbing. Is your belief that this is the case because of a staunch ideological bias on the part of Twitter's owners? Or is management ruling the roost without direction from above?
 
I posted before about my mother-in-law, who I loved dearly, in her 90s saying that in many ways she was glad she wasn’t going to live much longer because of the direction society was heading. When I see things like this thread, I completely understand her feeling.

Twitter is a disgrace. They allow Trump to post dangerous drivel, and ban Linehan.
 
lionking said:
I posted before about my mother-in-law, who I loved dearly, in her 90s saying that in many ways she was glad she wasn’t going to live much longer because of the direction society was heading. When I see things like this thread, I completely understand her feeling.

Twitter is a disgrace. They allow Trump to post dangerous drivel, and ban Linehan.
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Exactly, when old people start complaining about modern society, a thing unprecedented in recorded history, you know things are going badly wrong! :rolleyes:
 
It's often hard to know exactly what caused a ban, Twitter isn't very open about their moderating decisions and usually only give general statements. That said, Twitter seems to be pretty clear that it doesn't tolerate transphobic bigotry on their platform.

Reporting seems to suggest that the ban-worthy tweet was his "men aren't women" tweet, which was an unprovoked ****-stirring response to an innocuous comment wishing trans-people a happy pride day. Given the history of Glinner and other trans-phobes insisting on ignoring trans-people's preferred names and pronouns, I'm not shocked at all. By Glinner's own admission he's been suspended and forced to delete tweets to regain access in the past. He's a repeat pest that finally got the axe after numerous occasions to correct his behavior.

Nothing of value was lost. Maybe he can try Gab out, the fash don't mind a little trans-bashing.

From the article in the OP:

Glinner on Mumsnet said:
“I’ve submitted an appeal with Twitter and the Better Business Bureau but I thought I’d post here too so people knew what was going on.”
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Crying hard on mumsnet and thinking that the BBB is going to do anything. Laughably pathetic.
 
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I’ve submitted an appeal with Twitter and the Better Business Bureau but I thought I’d post here too so people knew what was going on.
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He's still got it.
 
lionking said:
Yes. Let's get rid of anyone you disagree with. That's the way to foster open communication......:rolleyes:
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Yeah, getting rid of trolls makes Twitter a more enjoyable platform. Twitter never claimed to be a free-speech free-for-all zone.

Funny how places that have extremely permissive moderation rules quickly turn into extremist, right-wing hellscapes that are unappealing to the mass crowd. Twitter isn't interested in becoming like Gab or 4chan, I suspect.

Glinner took one too many dumps on Twitter's living room floor and has been shown the door. Big loss, I'm sure.
 
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Matthew Best said:
I managed to be on Twitter for years and never saw a single post by him. I guess the living room must be huge if I didn't notice a dump being taken on its floor.
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I don't think he has much sway outside of TERF twitter. I've never encountered him on twiter, though I knew the name and the reputation. I don't think you'd see him unless you delved into the gender war cesspits of the platform, or if you became a target of harassment by these weird trolls for some reason.

I actually like Twitter because of how individually catered your feed is based on who you follow. You don't have to wade through the trash unless you want to.
 
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lionking said:
I posted before about my mother-in-law, who I loved dearly, in her 90s saying that in many ways she was glad she wasn’t going to live much longer because of the direction society was heading. When I see things like this thread, I completely understand her feeling.

Twitter is a disgrace. They allow Trump to post dangerous drivel, and ban Linehan.
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Look how long it took them to get rid of Alex Jones and Farrakhan. Those two should have been no brainers.
 
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