'Like Covington? OH WAIT!' Twitter claims it's targeted harassment of certain peeps not 'LEARN TO CODE' that's causing suspensions

Sam J. | 12:41 PM on January 28, 2019

Guy Benson’s point about being cruel to journalists who have recently lost their jobs is a good one and honestly, we haven’t seen too many people being that unkind to these journos. Sure, you have people who don’t feel all that sorry for them considering the way they’ve been covering a large chunk of Americans for the past few years but nothing THAT mean.

But the idea of Twitter suspending people over the phrase, ‘learn to code’ was even too much for balanced Benson.

I don’t think this is a kind thing to say to someone who’s just lost their job — even if the “point” is highlighting how some journalists have talked down to others — but this heavy-handedness is beyond satire. https://t.co/AsfiDtataC

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) January 28, 2019

He offered further clarification after speaking with a source at Twitter.

A source at Twitter just called me to explain this a bit more. I'm told the particular term ("learn to code") isn't the problem; it's the targeted & coordinated harassment of specific individuals, which has long been against the platform's rules. Perhaps a useful clarification.

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) January 28, 2019

And this could be true.

But then again, after watching the way Twitter ignored the targeted harassment of a bunch of high school kids last week some folks aren’t exactly buying their explanation.

i.e. Covington

— Jay K (@JayKlos) January 28, 2019

I guess Catholic schoolboys in red hats, don't meet the criteria of specific individuals.

— TD Thompson (@TonkaThompson) January 28, 2019

I would buy that if they had removed tweets like Kathy Griffin's call to dox the Covington Catholic students. They haven't so I don't. Perhaps Twitter is full of the leftist bias we are rightly calling them on.

— Debbie Wardell (@dtownewardell) January 28, 2019