Anyone following the Patreon/Mastercard drama?

[-CarlHungus-]

Noted atheist/NeverTrumper Democrat Sam Harris has dis avoid Patreon after they kicked off a few commentators. Other non-conservatives (Eric Weinstein - Bernie voter) have joined him and certainly a slew of more conservative/libertarian people are speaking out as well.

I find this fascinating, as Twitter/Facebook/Instagram, etc are now in limbo as well as publishers versus platforms.

I'm not much of a cryptocurrency guy, but I think this is where crypto takes off - finding a decentralized exchange...they've just got to get more user-friendly like Paypal once did years ago.

https://www.businessinsider.com/sam...nt-after-platform-boots-conservatives-2018-12

 

[Raoul Duke MU]

Apparently no one is following it

Of all the fvcking people in the world, Milo is the last one I would hitch my cart to. This is the exact image that comes to mind when I see his name:

 

[SamSwimmer]

Apparently no one is following it

Of all the fvcking people in the world, Milo is the last one I would hitch my cart to. This is the exact image that comes to mind when I see his name:

Vaguely. I don't follow many political vloggers but systematic deplatforming seems to happen mainly to one side even with evidence that the "logic" isn't being applied equally to both.

 

[SamSwimmer]

By the way, Mancini's Springtime for Hitler is insanely catchy. What's funny is I've heard it a few times in different offices/banks & everytime it makes me laugh.

 

[-CarlHungus-]

I certainly don't think Weinstein or Harris are hitching their cart to Milo. They both hate him from what I can tell.

https://unherd.com/2019/01/the-politics-of-the-patreon-purge/

 

[Raoul Duke MU]

I certainly don't think Weinstein or Harris are hitching their cart to Milo. They both hate him from what I can tell.

He seems to be the "biggest name" to have been blacklisted. And while I am a big fan of the whole "they came for the whatever..." saying, c'mon it's fvcking Milo.

 

[wvkeeper(HN)]

They've deplatformed a lot of other people than Milo. I'm not sure why you're fixated on that.

 

[Raoul Duke MU]

They've deplatformed a lot of other people than Milo. I'm not sure why you're fixated on that.

Because he is the biggest name? Oh wait, I just said that....

 

[-CarlHungus-]

Because he is the biggest name? Oh wait, I just said that....

I actually didn't know about Milo - I had heard after Carl Benjamin was taken off.

 

[Raoul Duke MU]

I actually didn't know about Milo - I had heard after Carl Benjamin was taken off.

Maybe. I just wanted to crack on Milo.