# Steve Bannon was banned from Twitter **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 6, 2020, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884 "2020-11-06T05:31:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/1 "2020-11-06T05:31:21Z")
He said that Dr. Fauci, and FBI director Christopher Wray, should be beheaded. > **[Twitter permanently suspends Steve Bannon account after talk of beheading |...](https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/05/tech/steve-bannon-twitter-permanent-suspension/index.html)** > > Twitter permanently suspended an account belonging to former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon after he suggested Thursday morning that Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray should be beheaded. His comments were made in a video... Nope, nope, nope, don’t even joke about that. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/2 "2020-11-06T05:35:09Z")
Good! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/3 "2020-11-06T10:12:24Z")
Does Twitter prevent banned users from coming back as socks? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/4 "2020-11-06T10:15:11Z")
Now do @realdonaldtrump! ---
**Author:** ![yarblek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/71e660/32.png) [@yarblek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yarblek)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/5 "2020-11-06T10:29:17Z")
Kathy Griffin recently reposted the severed head image of Trump on twitter. Should she also be banned? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/6 "2020-11-06T10:29:56Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Now do @realdonaldtrump!   I’m expecting that to happen at 12:01 p.m. on Jan. 20. He’s so totally violated Twitters rules, the only reason they haven’t long since banned him is because he’s prez and “newsworthy”. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/7 "2020-11-06T11:22:52Z")
> [@yarblek](#): > > Kathy Griffin recently reposted the severed head image of Trump on twitter. Should she also be banned? Sure, why not if it violates Twitter policies? But to be fair, she wasn’t calling for Trump to be beheaded, nor was anyone likely to assume she was, whereas Bannon calling for violence against people simply refusing to kowtow to Trump falls into the “turbulent priest” area of incitement. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/8 "2020-11-06T14:40:13Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Does Twitter prevent banned users from coming back as socks? Does Bannon look like he owns more than one pair of socks? I doubt the pair he wears even match. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/9 "2020-11-06T14:46:48Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Does Bannon look like he owns more than one pair of socks? I doubt the pair he wears even match. - He doesn’t look like he owns more than one pair of underwear. You’re welcome. 😬 ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/10 "2020-11-06T15:34:36Z")
Why assume he even wears one pair? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/11 "2020-11-06T15:44:01Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Does Bannon look like he owns more than one pair of socks? I assume he doesn’t wear socks and is an athletes foot super spreader. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/12 "2020-11-06T15:54:27Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > > [@QuickSilver](#): > > > > Does Bannon look like he owns more than one pair of socks? > > I assume he doesn’t wear socks and is an athletes foot super spreader. - He looks like a superspreader of every disease known to man. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/13 "2020-11-06T18:05:49Z")
I’d be OK with that too. She definitely killed her career when she did that. (I never thought she was funny, either.) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/14 "2020-11-06T18:06:45Z")
Not long after he was appointed to whatever position he once held, someone said that he looked like your alcoholic uncle who always smells vaguely of vomit. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/15 "2020-11-06T18:11:07Z")
My question about Bannon and socks seems to have gotten quite a response. Apropos, there’s this: [![](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/theadvocate.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/5/d2/5d2d0c48-9a96-571b-ab50-22c6a95c9760/5f47ff308dfb3.image.jpg?resize=750%2C552) ](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/theadvocate.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/5/d2/5d2d0c48-9a96-571b-ab50-22c6a95c9760/5f47ff308dfb3.image.jpg?resize=750%2C552) ETA: Source: > **[Tim Campbell Editorial Cartoons](https://www.theadvocate.com/image_5d2d0c48-9a96-571b-ab50-22c6a95c9760.html)** > > Click here to view this image from theadvocate.com. ---
**Author:** ![MildlyAnnoyed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mildlyannoyed/32/4981_2.png) [@MildlyAnnoyed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MildlyAnnoyed)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/16 "2020-11-06T18:30:03Z")
Bannon should be banned from the human race. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/17 "2020-11-06T20:35:57Z")
Also, his legal team just [quit](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/steve-bannon-lawyers-quit-fauci-wray-behead-b1647789.html) A bad day for Bannon is a good day for America. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/18 "2020-11-06T21:38:23Z")
I’m trying to recall what Bannon is in court for. Was it campaign finance violations? Being within 500 feet of an elementary school or playground? … ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/19 "2020-11-06T21:55:25Z")
I could’ve sworn it was egregious pseudo-intellectualism. If it isn’t a crime, it ought to be, simply to get rid of Bannon. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884/20 "2020-11-06T22:03:32Z")
Yes But I would like to remind you that Kathy Griffin has never held the position of senior advisor to the President of the United States and while she is a public figure she’s a comedian\* not a politician or political consultant. It’s totally not the same thing. \*By profession. I don’t think she’s particularly funny and I found the Trump severed head thing particularly unfunny, but that’s what she does for a living. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-was-banned-from-twitter/924884.md?page=2)