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The Counsel of Trent

#638 – Is getting banned from social media worth it?

The Counsel of Trent

Catholic Answers

Religion & Spirituality

4.82.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

In this episode Trent reviews Jordan Peterson’s suspension from Twitter and asks whether Catholics should push the boundaries and get “canceled” as well?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Council of Trend Podcast, a production of Catholic Answers.

0:07.0

Hey everyone, welcome to the Council of Trend Podcast.

0:12.3

I'm your host, Cather Gans is aologist and Speaker of Trend Horn.

0:16.0

And today I want to talk about the bird, what's the word with the bird, the bird app,

0:21.2

Twitter, and social media in general.

0:23.9

Is it worth it to get canceled on these apps?

0:27.4

Because they're not friendly to certain types of free speech.

0:31.6

They don't mind if people say things like burn down the Supreme Court when they're mad about

0:36.8

the court saying states can now protect unborn children.

0:40.2

They'll promote people who say anti-Semitic things.

0:45.4

So these apps will allow a lot of free speech that is hurtful or even harm.

0:52.8

They can incite violence in at least in indirect ways if it's for causes that they appreciate.

1:01.3

But if it is for other things, the hammer comes down pretty quick.

1:05.1

And on Twitter, if you misgender someone, i.e. refer to them by their actual, by the

1:13.1

pronoun that matches their biological sex rather than the gender identity they have chosen,

1:19.0

that is a strike.

1:20.8

You can have your tweet will be, you have to delete the tweet and your account is suspended

1:26.7

unless you delete the tweet.

1:28.6

And if you do that too much, you're gone for good.

1:31.6

The other sin is dead naming.

1:33.9

Dead naming is when you refer to someone by such a dramatic term, by the way.

1:40.4

You dead named me.

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