In February, the CEO of Twitter said in an interview that the service would start cracking down on abuse and trolls. Apparently, Twitter is living up to its commitment. In a new post, blogger Steve Goddard (pen name of Tony Heller) laments that Twitter has shut down his account. Titled, "As Expected, The Nazis At Twitter Have Shut Down My Account," the post tells his readers of the tragic news and shows the rest of us just why his account suspension is valid—because he's an abusive troll who loves to harass climate scientists. It's a brief post, but he gets right to the point with a photo of a Nazi book burning (because apparently a private company deciding not to host your attacks is on par with the Nazis).
Always eager to manufacture controversy, Daily Caller's Michael Bastasch managed to stretch this 140-character travesty out into a full article, mostly by explaining the ways the environmental community 'maligns' Goddard.
Goddard responded to Twitter's horrific injustice with a slew of posts, including one about "Green Shirt Fascists," where he begs readers to tell Twitter to "release" him as a "Political Prisoner at Twitmo," and another informing readers of his new URL (realclimatescience.com) because he expects "climate Nazis to get [him] blocked from Wordpress."
Which leads one to wonder, what does Goddard consider abuse, if not calling people fascists and Nazis? Apparently it's not though, since "The Nazis at Twitter" have since restored his account.
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