Salon.com parody account free at last, tweets hard lessons from Twitter jail

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That achingly brilliant parody of @Salon is back and better than ever: @Salondotcom
— Samuel James (@samwisejams) July 24, 2014

Fans of the hilarious @SalonDotCom rose up in solidarity using the hashtag #FreeSalonDotCom after the brilliant parody account was suspended earlier this month. The good news: @SalonDotCom is out of Twitter jail, and has some lessons to share from its time on the inside.

Why parody accounts should come with trigger warnings

— Salon Parodics (@Salondotcom) July 24, 2014

Letter from a Tweetingham Jail: “I would agree with St. Augustine that 'an unjust law is no law at all.’" pic.twitter.com/mXTJrB3Wid

— Salon Parodics (@Salondotcom) July 24, 2014

Why we definitely didn’t report @salondotcom and refuse to answer calls about it

— Salon Parodics (@Salondotcom) July 24, 2014

How my time in Twitter jail prepared me for my polyamorous lifestyle

— Salon Parodics (@Salondotcom) July 24, 2014

How our corporate prison system ruined my Attica moment

— Salon Parodics (@Salondotcom) July 24, 2014

‘Give me those cigarettes, or that guy’s going to beat the shit out of you’: How Twitter jail taught me the basics of socialism

— Salon Parodics (@Salondotcom) July 24, 2014

We appreciate his solidarity, playing in Twitter jail and all, but if the patriarchy had a face, it would look like Johnny Cash

— Salon Parodics (@Salondotcom) July 24, 2014

Is Twitter jail reform the new frontier in civil rights?

— Salon Parodics (@Salondotcom) July 24, 2014

Meet these eight civil rights heroes who spent time in Twitter jail

— Salon Parodics (@Salondotcom) July 24, 2014

Panoptophallogon: Twitter jail as a metaphor for the male gaze

— Salon Parodics (@Salondotcom) July 24, 2014

'It’s just a nudge, for social justice': Cass Sunstein comes out in favor of Twitter-jailing

— Salon Parodics (@Salondotcom) July 24, 2014

NYT writer Josh Barro sets the tone for Twitter-jailing parody accounts that make impolite jokes: “We need to stamp them out, ruthlessly."

— Salon Parodics (@Salondotcom) July 24, 2014

The incredible true story of a young mother who gave birth inside Twitter jail

— Salon Parodics (@Salondotcom) July 25, 2014

By the way, the new and improved Twitter bio from @salondotcom is a thing of beauty.

— Popehat (@Popehat) July 24, 2014

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Fans rise up in support of suspended parody account: #FreeSalonDotCom

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