Coronavirus

[Broccers]

Only the second one.

Or the first one, if it affects you that way.

Or neither if they don't.

Evidence based science, wonderful isn't it. I take it you didn't suffer a blood clot, Broccers?

I have a yearly flu jab - the first had less effect than that. The second really did noticeably make me shattered, no other issues like blood clots to the brain etc :

When you have your 2nd one you'll be more equipped to comment

[Broccers]

Just as an aside, being banned from Twitter isn't being censored, and anyone who thinks it is needs to get their head out of thier arse.

I'm banned from Twitter and I don't give a fuck. I'm certainly not mewling about being 'cancelled'.

How do you get banned from twitter? I wouldve thought being a lefty would be the perfect platform

[jamcg]

I hope it was for spamming with yellow puma pictures

[Beany]

No, I just got quite, quite vociferous with a bunch of Trumpy anti-ecig activists. Definitely accused one of them of being a dog fucking cunt.

[GG.]

Just as an aside, being banned from Twitter isn't being censored, and anyone who thinks it is needs to get their head out of thier arse.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorshi ... %20bodies.

Not sure what definition you are using.

[ZedLeg]

How is not being able to post shite on twitter censorship?

[GG.]

Certainly is my friend. You ban it on the basis you don't like it - that is censorship. There's no gating requirement that it needs to have inherent worth.

Part of the problem with your (and to be fair, many on the left's) whole world outlook. You don't get to be the arbiter of what someone else can or cannot say unless it is legally proscribed. Your decision on what is or is not 'shite' is yours and yours alone and it has no bearing on whether or not someone should be able to say it.

[duncs500]

If he's getting banned for that, I'm assuming that Frankie Boyle and a whole host of other comedians that rely on shock and awe are long gone?!

I mean it's about as mild as humour gets beyond a "Why did the chicken cross the road" joke.

[dinny_g]

In actual covid related news, just got a text from the GP surgery asking me to book a test appointment as there's been a spike in infections in my area.

Are they as bad as people say they are?

Nah you'll be fine Zed - Aches and Pains maybe for 24 / 48 hours but paracetamol is your friend. You'll be reet!

[RobYob]

I'm banned from Twitter and I don't give a fuck. I'm certainly not mewling about being 'cancelled'.

Well all the cancelled lefties are just moving to their safe space alternative twoker aren't they?
Or is it Pearlier? Can't keep track.

[GG.]

If he's getting banned for that, I'm assuming that Frankie Boyle and a whole host of other comedians that rely on shock and awe are long gone?!

I mean it's about as mild as humour gets beyond a "Why did the chicken cross the road" joke.

Exactly! To take one excerpt from Frankie Boyle's twitter account:

"Another blow for Cummings today is that Peter Sutcliffe died and he didn't move on the list of Britain's 10 Worst People..."

So you can equate Cummings to a mass murderer but can't allow a mild sexually based joke about Greta Thunberg. Ok then...

[ZedLeg]

Certainly is my friend. You ban it on the basis you don't like it - that is censorship. There's no gating requirement that it needs to have inherent worth.

Part of the problem with your (and to be fair, many on the left's) whole world outlook. You don't get to be the arbiter of what someone else can or cannot say unless it is legally proscribed. Your decision on what is or is not 'shite' is yours and yours alone and it has no bearing on whether or not someone should be able to say it.

Assuming a lot about my world view there GG .

I don't care what people say, you have to accept there are consquences to speech though. What most people who complain about being censored mean is that they said something stupid and had to deal with consequences.

[Swervin_Mervin]

In actual covid related news, just got a text from the GP surgery asking me to book a test appointment as there's been a spike in infections in my area.

Are they as bad as people say they are?

Nah you'll be fine Zed - Aches and Pains maybe for 24 / 48 hours but paracetamol is your friend. You'll be reet!

THat's several of you now that can't read

[ZedLeg]

In actual covid related news, just got a text from the GP surgery asking me to book a test appointment as there's been a spike in infections in my area.

Are they as bad as people say they are?

Nah you'll be fine Zed - Aches and Pains maybe for 24 / 48 hours but paracetamol is your friend. You'll be reet!

THat's several of you now that can't read

That's what I get for trying to be on topic

[dinny_g]

[GG.]

Certainly is my friend. You ban it on the basis you don't like it - that is censorship. There's no gating requirement that it needs to have inherent worth.

Part of the problem with your (and to be fair, many on the left's) whole world outlook. You don't get to be the arbiter of what someone else can or cannot say unless it is legally proscribed. Your decision on what is or is not 'shite' is yours and yours alone and it has no bearing on whether or not someone should be able to say it.

Assuming a lot about my world view there GG .

I don't care what people say, you have to accept there are consquences to speech though. What most people who complain about being censored mean is that they said something stupid and had to deal with consequences.

This isn't his employer firing him for bringing them into disrepute though, etc. That's a whole different question - we're talking narrowly about censorship on twitter, not cancel culture.

He's a comedian that published a joke (his job) on their website and they banned it because... why? Because they thought it was perhaps mean against someone they subjectively consider to be vulnerable and with whom they likely politically agree and dislike the damage the satire does to that political cause. Censoring on that basis is bullshit.

[ZedLeg]

I'm assuming it's because it got a lot of complaints and triggered something in their algorithms, I had a comment removed from PH once because I mentioned zionists in a thread about Israel. Was that censorship?

[duncs500]

I'm assuming it's because it got a lot of complaints and triggered something in their algorithms, I had a comment removed from PH once because I mentioned zionists in a thread about Israel. Was that censorship?

It probably did get driven by the number of complaints. It's a silly ban, but that's social media, and it doesn't really matter at the end of the day. It probably did no harm to him in terms of an attempt to get publicity.

[GG.]

Well as per the definition I pasted, censorship is still censorship if mandated by law. However, as to whether they were right/not being partisan to remove it, that very much depends what you said, but given what you post on here and how you post it, I'd expect it wasn't necessary to remove it.

Obviously there are concerns re comments of a religious nature and UK 'hate crime' laws but they should, if enforced correctly, be only where you were directing something at an individual with those protected characteristics and the post amounted to harassment or abuse. None of which I presume were the case.

[ZedLeg]

I'm assuming it's because it got a lot of complaints and triggered something in their algorithms, I had a comment removed from PH once because I mentioned zionists in a thread about Israel. Was that censorship?

It probably did get driven by the number of complaints. It's a silly ban, but that's social media, and it doesn't really matter at the end of the day. It probably did no harm to him in terms of an attempt to get publicity.

Exactly Duncs, he could've just appealed if he really wanted to but couldn't resist the urge to jump on the self pitying gammon gravy train