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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLaura Loomer banned from Twitter after criticizing Ilhan Omar
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/laura-loomer-banned-twitter-after-criticizing-ilhan-omar-n939256Far-right activist Laura Loomer became the latest conservative figure to be kicked off Twitter when her account was shut down Wednesday.
Loomer said she was told by the platform that her account violated its rules against hateful conduct after she sent a tweet criticizing Minnesota Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and her Muslim faith.
"I've been silenced in America," Loomer said in a video posted to YouTube in response to the Twitter ban. She had more than 260,000 followers on the social-media platform before her suspension.
In the tweet in question, Loomer called Omar "anti Jewish" and said she is a member of a religion in which "homosexuals are oppressed" and "women are abused" and "forced to wear the hijab." Omar is the first Somali refugee and among two of the first Muslim women to be elected to Congress.
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Laura Loomer banned from Twitter after criticizing Ilhan Omar (Original Post)
jpak
Nov 2018
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Gothmog
(145,554 posts)1. From the Hoarse Whisperer
ck4829
(35,091 posts)2. Oh my God, I'm totally going to rename my WiFi something like that
I'm (not) surprised she didn't just Google it, it's a fairly common practice to rename your WiFi FBI Surveillance Van in some parts.
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)5. At the Texas state Democratic Convention, I saw a couple of similar names
I remember seeing at least two similar names at the Texas state Democratic convention last year when I looked for the convention wifi
ck4829
(35,091 posts)3. What a creep. Good riddance.
Beaverhausen
(24,472 posts)4. When will they suspend trump's account?
Bfd
(1,406 posts)6. Lol..the rejects all move to youtube after their twitter deletion
They ALL rush to youtube..
What if youtube banned her too!
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)7. Laura Loomer of "slashed tire" fame? Good riddance.
https://www.boredpanda.com/fake-slashed-tire-tweet-laura-loomer/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic
The tweets mocking her were hilarious.
The tweets mocking her were hilarious.
Anon-C
(3,430 posts)8. No accident Laura Loomer's attacks on Rep. Omar and the McDonald's incident with the Muslim teens.
If Brad Red Skull believes Trump 2020 needs Minnesota to win; expect more.
This attack seems a common technique and pattern; attempting to polarize other marginal groups, Jews and "homosexuals" in this case, against the clearly defined outgroup/enemy.
Expect provocative events in Minnesota, these next two years.
MagickMuffin
(15,952 posts)9. Mirror Mirror in your hand . . . . .
your own religion does the exact same thing!
Christianity is "anti Jewish" a member of a religion in which "homosexuals are oppressed" and "women are abused" and "forced to wear the Handmaids Tale bonnet."
Just a Weirdo
(488 posts)10. Time to remove her platforms.
She needs to go to Gab and stay there.