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Originally Posted by Bouncing Bettys
Thoughts on Robert Spenser, who runs jihadiwatch.org, having his Patreon account shut down, not for violating the ToS, but at the request of Mastercard? He seems to have some pretty nuanced, moderate views of Muslims and Islam, and really only takes issues with the extremists.
Tim Pool speculates that perhaps an Islamic country doesn't like Spener's opinions and told Mastercard to shut him down or risk all operations in that country. Faced with losing a lot of money, the easy choice was to squash one man's ability to conduct business and get his message out.
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Speculation seems to be the key. People have jumped to all kinds of crazy ideas as to why, odds are the public will never know for sure and the conspiracy theorist nutters will never believe it anyways. Either way he's free to use other companies/platforms so why the panic over the actions of one of them?