Wheaton has long been a leading SJW voice, often supporting the practice of "de-platforming," or denying a voice to people on social media who hold "controversial" views — that is, people who aren't sufficiently progressive enough, or dare to disagree with the progressive mainstream.
He left Twitter as part of the "#DeactiDay" protest, where prominent left-leaning "verified accounts" deleted their own accounts on the social network, in order to force Twitter's administration to boot InfoWars host Alex Jones (Jones is still, apparently, on Twitter).
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'I found a harsh reality that I’m still trying to process," Wheaton wrote. "[T]housands of people who don’t know me, who have never interacted with me, who internalized a series of lies about me, who were never willing to give me a chance. I was harassed from the minute I made my account, and though I expected the “shut up wesley”s and “go #### yourself”s to taper off after a day or so, it never did."
“I don’t deserve to be treated so terribly by so many random people, so I’m not going to put myself in a place where I am subjected to it all day long,” he continued. “Please do your best to be kind, and make an effort to make the world less terrible.”
Actor Wil Wheaton Driven Off Social Media By Fellow Social Justice Warriors
Welcome to the REAL World where your progressive buddies shout EVERYONE down they do not agree with
I tolerated Wils Politics at one point to watch several YouTube Channels he was involved in.
when Politics started invading the Videos I unsubscribed, I want to be entertained, NOT Lectured
He left Twitter as part of the "#DeactiDay" protest, where prominent left-leaning "verified accounts" deleted their own accounts on the social network, in order to force Twitter's administration to boot InfoWars host Alex Jones (Jones is still, apparently, on Twitter).
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'I found a harsh reality that I’m still trying to process," Wheaton wrote. "[T]housands of people who don’t know me, who have never interacted with me, who internalized a series of lies about me, who were never willing to give me a chance. I was harassed from the minute I made my account, and though I expected the “shut up wesley”s and “go #### yourself”s to taper off after a day or so, it never did."
“I don’t deserve to be treated so terribly by so many random people, so I’m not going to put myself in a place where I am subjected to it all day long,” he continued. “Please do your best to be kind, and make an effort to make the world less terrible.”
Actor Wil Wheaton Driven Off Social Media By Fellow Social Justice Warriors
Welcome to the REAL World where your progressive buddies shout EVERYONE down they do not agree with
I tolerated Wils Politics at one point to watch several YouTube Channels he was involved in.
when Politics started invading the Videos I unsubscribed, I want to be entertained, NOT Lectured