Will This Help Silence Mr Robinson?

[-Talbot-]

https://twitter.com/tom_watson/status/1101931566387941376


Or his Tom Watson helping to promote TR?

[Kromovaracun]

Incidentally he has (unsurprisingly) set up a new site. The very first things that come up on it right now are a video of Robinson claiming to be censored - complete with 'tape-over-the-mouth' graphic - and of course a nice big shiny donate button asking visitors for money.

What an excellent site. I can't think of a more concise way to represent his business model.

[Kromovaracun]

Indeed agchristie - YT are usually very hawkish with that kind of thing (especially if someone claims copyright infringement), so maybe there's nothing to it and his account will stay up.

[Spicerack]

///Incidentally he has (unsurprisingly) set up a new site. The very first things that come up on it right now are a video of Robinson claiming to be censored - complete with 'tape-over-the-mouth' graphic - and of course a nice big shiny donate button asking visitors for money. ///

I haven't looked, kromo, but I'm reasonably certain, just from memory that you are being misled by another lefty liar.

[-Talbot-]

Ich, Krom, JF... Tom Watsons tweet ignorant or something else?

[spathiphyllum]

Something else.

[spathiphyllum]

If the company facebook takes action following twitter to ban TR using services as a platform, why shouldn't tom watson urge YouTube to look into the same thing?

It's called consistency of principles.

[-Talbot-]

spathiphyllum
Something else.



Go then...what is it?

[spathiphyllum]

A consistency of principles.

[JF85]

Each media platform has its own guidelines, but seem to watch what the others are doing so it is possible YouTube would have restricted or close down his activity soon anyway.

Tom Watson is not currently in a position to compel YouTube to do anything in UK so I think he might have fed into Tommy Robinson's myth, but it is a close one for me.

I haven't read his letter as it is on Twitter and tends to lock up my iPad for short periods, but I saw it was on Parliamentary paper. I would be vaguely interested to know if he was acting on behalf of one or more constituents, or whether it was a personal project of his own, but either way I doubt it will make an impact on its own.

Which might be why he has published it - to show he is willing to make a stand. With the machinations within his party, I take a cynical view.

[-Talbot-]

I don't think you know what you are even answering to, spath.

[-Talbot-]

I'll make it simple for you.



Tom's tweet.
I welcome Facebook's decision to remove Tommy Robinson pages under their "Organised Hate" policy. But for far too long this violent thug's hate-spewing, anti-Islamist tirades were given a platform by Facebook. Today's decision comes far too late....



Ignorant or ........?

[spathiphyllum]

tweet ignorant or something else?

[spathiphyllum]

two options i went for the "something else"

[spathiphyllum]

which is me saying... It's not ignorant

[Spicerack]

He was standing up for Islamists, JF85, since you ask. (lol)

[-Talbot-]

Are you pro Islamists, spath?

[Kromovaracun]

//I haven't looked, kromo, but I'm reasonably certain, just from memory that you are being misled by another lefty liar.//

I went to it myself, spicey.

[Kromovaracun]

Here's a screenshot for you:

https://imgur.com/flIwj75

[JF85]

I don't remember asking anything. I wondered if Tom Watson was acting on behalf of one or more constituents, or whether it was a personal request.

Either way, your comment didn't help. Even if I had asked "Was Tom Watson speaking up for Islamists in support of constituents or on his own behalf?" I would still be no wiser.

[Spicerack]

You're right, krom. I was wrong.