# Twitter bans MyPillow corporate account after Mike Lindell uses it to circumvent personal Twitter ban **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 3, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095 "2021-02-03T02:51:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/81 "2021-02-08T16:55:38Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > It appears to me that he’s laying the stage for a 2024 run for President. He’s the new Trump. Which is where everyone says… wow, let’s _hope_ he gets the Republican nomination, then the Democrat is a shoo-in, right? ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/82 "2021-02-08T17:02:39Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > ['Horrible': MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Calls COVID-19 Vaccine 'Mark of the Beast Stuff'](https://www.newsweek.com/horrible-mypillow-ceo-mike-lindell-calls-covid-19-vaccine-mark-beast-stuff-1567437) But didn’t Trump claim credit for making the vaccines happen so fast? Does this mean Lindell is now anti-Trump? Or did the vaccines change from “heroic” to “evil” the instant Biden took office? ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/83 "2021-02-08T17:05:36Z")
He wants to run for Governor of Minnesota in 2022. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/84 "2021-02-08T17:07:48Z")
Loser. If he had any real ambition he’s start his political career with a POTUS run. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/85 "2021-02-08T17:24:24Z")
It worked OK for the last guy who tried it. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/86 "2021-02-08T20:41:25Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > Or did the vaccines change from “heroic” to “evil” the instant Biden took office? This. It was pretty much the same as how the deficit is now incredibly important, and Biden is responsible for the last 4 years of debt. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/87 "2021-02-08T23:12:57Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > > [@Procrustus](#): > > > > It appears to me that he’s laying the stage for a 2024 run for President. He’s the new Trump. > > Which is where everyone says… wow, let’s _hope_ he gets the Republican nomination, then the Democrat is a shoo-in, right? I’ll admit I thought that way back in the spring of 2016. Needless to say I was wrong in my thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/88 "2021-02-08T23:16:24Z")
You, me and half the country, I think. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/89 "2021-02-09T02:28:34Z")
I didn’t even think Trump was even really running in 2016. I thought it was a publicity stunt to sell more books he “wrote” or the next version of _The Apprentice_ or something. I didn’t think he’d get nominated then actually win the election. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/90 "2021-02-23T16:22:12Z")
Serves the bastard right! Mike Lindell has lost $65 million in revenue due to his claims that the 2020 election was rigged. > **[MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says he's losing $65 million over election fraud...](https://www.businessinsider.com/mypillow-ceo-mike-lindell-dominion-lawsuit-losing-money-2021-2)** > > Dominion filed a lawsuit against Lindell seeking $1.3 billion in damages and claiming he used election-fraud claims to turbocharge MyPillow sales. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/91 "2021-02-23T16:29:40Z")
> [@](#): > > “This is going to go to the Supreme Court. And when it does, it’ll be a 9-0 vote that our country was attacked,” Lindell said. “And then all the media outlets will finally come and go, wow: ‘Mike, you know what? You were right all along.’” Dare to dream, Mike! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/92 "2021-02-23T17:15:11Z")
And he swears he quit smoking crack. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/93 "2021-02-23T17:43:36Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > I find the “we’re a Christian business” line - outside of a religious supply store or a gift shop at a religious shrine or something of the sort - to be pretty damn offensive. There are few quicker ways to get me to avoid your business than to make that claim. > > Mind you - I have zero problem working for Christians and patronizing their businesses. It’s the ones that start spouting off about how very Christian they are, and imply that being Christian somehow makes them inherently better, that I avoid patronizing. Beyond that, there’s absolutely no proof that being Christian makes them any more worthy of your business than anyone else. It’s not like other religions have tenets that say to jerk your customers around, or rip them off or anything along those lines. And most businesses have absolutely nothing to do with religion anyway- why in the world would I care that the guy who fixes my major appliances is a Christian (pretty sure he’s a Muslim, actually), or that the guy who manages a mutual fund is a Christian? I mean, if it’s something like an socially-conscious mutual fund, then I’d be more concerned about the manager sticking to the by-laws of the fund, rather than where he worships, or if he even worships. There’s a sort of strain of demonstrative Christianity in the US these days, that seems to either be entirely composed of Evangelicals, or at least has great overlap with them. I think it’s the same crowd that feels like Christianity is threatened somehow by not being able to be jammed down everyone’s throats 24/7 in every situation. Part of their response is to try and gin up an alternate Christian bubble of businesses, politicians, etc… that they can patronize and feel comfortable inside because they can be that way all the time. And part of that is overt advertisement of their Christian-ness, both the businesses and the patrons. Which to me is severely weird. I grew up in a time and place where one’s religion was basically your own business- nobody went around proclaiming their Christianity unless they were some kind of born again wacko, and people tended to roll their eyes at that kind of thing. And the notion that someone’s business being more ethical because they are avowed Christians always sounded like some sort of country nonsense that my grandparents might have believed. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/94 "2021-02-23T17:48:42Z")
There’s a tool rental store near me that I suspect might be owned by a devout Christian. I only suspect that because they have always been closed on Sunday, which would be a really big business day (weekend, everyone needs to rent a lawnmower or other garden tool). That’s the only reason I suspect though, and there are no other overt signs. So I don’t mind giving them my business - I just know that they’re not open on Sundays like most other similar businesses. I agree that any other business that tries to push their religion, or shove it in my face will never see a nickel from me. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/95 "2021-02-23T17:49:09Z")
> [@bump](#): > > Which to me is severely weird. I grew up in a time and place where one’s religion was basically your own business- nobody went around proclaiming their Christianity unless they were some kind of born again wacko, and people tended to roll their eyes at that kind of thing. And the notion that someone’s business being more ethical because they are avowed Christians always sounded like some sort of country nonsense that my grandparents might have believed. America has _issues_ with christianity. There are places where within waking memory everyone was a professing christian, and so things like “nonbelievers exist” are an unwelcome change. Plus there is a nontrivial slice of christianity that believes that nonchristians are literally incapable of morality. ---
**Author:** ![slash2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@slash2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slash2k)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/96 "2021-02-23T17:59:50Z")
> [@bump](#): > > And the notion that someone’s business being more ethical because they are avowed Christians always sounded like some sort of country nonsense that my grandparents might have believed. A lot of people believe something like that: it’s one of the bases of [affinity fraud](https://chapmanalbin.com/articles/what-is-religious-affinity-fraud/). Faith-based fraud is a serious-enough problem that even the feds have issued [a warning](https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing/general-resources/news-alerts/alerts-bulletins/investor-alerts/avoiding). “This nice young man is a good Christian so of course the investment he is shilling must be a good deal, since he would not mislead me” is all too effective with too many people. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/97 "2021-02-23T18:00:02Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > I find the “we’re a Christian business” line - outside of a religious supply store or a gift shop at a religious shrine or something of the sort - to be pretty damn offensive. Me too. And I _am_ a Christian. I go to church every Sunday and everything. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/98 "2021-02-23T18:15:34Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > There’s a tool rental store near me that I suspect might be owned by a devout Christian. I only suspect that because they have always been closed on Sunday, which would be a really big business day (weekend, everyone needs to rent a lawnmower or other garden tool). Much in the same way that we went looking for patio furniture a couple of Saturdays ago. A place we wanted to check out closed early on Fridays and all day Saturdays, which seems like prime shopping time. My guess is it’s owned by Observant Jews, but it’s just a guess – no enormous Stars of David hanging above the wicker loungers or anything like that. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/99 "2021-02-23T21:16:06Z")
In today’s column, [electoral-vote.com](http://electoral-vote.com) (Zenger) has this to say about MyPillow Lindell: > [@](#): > > Now, DVS has officially [granted](https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/22/business/dominion-voting-systems-sues-mypillow-ceo/index.html) that request, and sued him for the same $1.3 billion that they’re going after from Giuliani, Wood, Fox News, and others. Lindell may be a savvy businessman, but he isn’t exactly a legal scholar, and so he reiterated his alleged “excitement” about being sued, saying that this will now allow him to conduct discovery and find “proof” that election fraud took place. He is, of course, unlikely to find that proof. Further, by saying that, he is publicly admitting that he did not already have evidence of his claims when he made them, and so is essentially proving the plaintiffs’ case for them. Maybe Lindell’s lawyers will eventually convince him to shut his trap, but between his now-shuttered Twitter account, the “documentary,” and his many and varied public pronouncements, he’s already given DVS a rope, tied it for them, and built a gallows. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/100 "2021-02-23T21:43:01Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > Plus there is a nontrivial slice of christianity that believes that nonchristians are literally incapable of morality. This reminds me of a story my wife told me of two men in the small town she grew up in. The Christian told his Jewish friend that he was more moral because, “I have an eternal father to answer to.” Guess which one of them went to prison for embezzlement. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095.md?page=6)