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collint0101 on 24 December 2018
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Munn75 said:
collint0101 said:

If conservatives have a problem with it they can create their own platform instead of relying on someone else's. The policies and rules are there Sargon probably should have read them before he decided to use the N word while having a conversation with a neo Nazi. The way I see this the right dug their own grave with this one if a baker has the right to deny customers based on his anti gay political beliefs then tech companies have the right to do the same to political ideas they don't agree with. After all these are private companies we're talking about they don't owe anyone anything and if the right doesn't like the way they're being treated then bye find a new home just like if vgchartz doesn't like this comment then they have every right to get rid of me and there's nothing I can do about it because I'm using their property

I think the biggest issue with the Patreon rules is that you can go back to when Patreon banned Lauryn Southern. Jack specifically said that they would have a warning system, appeals process, better communication, and that nothing was done based on politics. It can all be seen in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmcK6GvgVPs&has_verified=1

He is also on the record as saying that people would not be banned for things that are said outside of someone's own Patreon account. In Sargon's case, none of these rules were followed. If you search Patreon, you can find pages and pages of the same offensive word that Sargon used actually on Patreon and actually being used in a very bad way by others that are not banned.

Two your second point, when people started trying to leave Patreon for SubscribeStar, that company was basically shut down by PayPal again for political/ideological reasons. I think that when alternative platforms arrive in the near future, most of the problem will be solved. Let the market decide things. Patreon will have to live by their choices.

On your final point, I would say that private companies do owe everyone equal treatment. Sure they can ban whoever they want but they should be able to justify the ban based on the breaking of rules. Those rules should be equally applied to everyone and they should take the same action against anyone that breaks those rules, regardless of if they agree with them or not. 

We have a supreme Court precedent for private companies not owing everyone equal treatment. Gay couples can't get a cake and Sargon can't get a patreon it goes both ways. Beyond that let the market sort everything out if this truly an issue then people will eventually create their own platforms instead of relying on someone else's