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> There have been thousands (maybe more) tweets by people with blue verification checkmarks calling Trump an orange oompa loopa

Comparing facial features, particularly eyes, to those of a rat is a well-known anti-Semitic smear.

Commenting on Trump's horrible spray tan is not the same kind of thing.

> There's been a ton of pressure on Twitter to ban Jones but using this tweet as an excuse shows they are in no way politically neutral.

Well, yeah, targeting racist harassment isn't politically neutral: institutionalized racism is very much a political position.




>Comparing facial features, particularly eyes, to those of a rat is a well-known anti-Semitic smear.

>Commenting on Trump's horrible spray tan is not the same kind of thing.

Definitely not the same thing, but still potentially in violation of Twitter's rules against harassment.

https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/abusive-behav...




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