# 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:** 85
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1683 "2024-08-23T22:10:14Z")
Mike Lindell disguised himself to get into DNC and then lost an argument with a 12 year old. [https://youtu.be/YRdGDB9K08w](https://youtu.be/YRdGDB9K08w) Maybe a better disguise next time? `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1684 "2024-08-23T22:41:26Z")
Oh, I’m up on your bankruptcies, sir. What a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1685 "2024-08-23T23:37:10Z")
I loved the, “So your source is just ‘Trust me, bro?’.” Big respect for this kid - he’s got a better head on his shoulders than most Trumpies. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2024, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1686 "2024-08-24T00:12:12Z")
This just in: Harris nominates 12-year-old boy to be Secretary of DEEZ NUTS. That kid’s got a bright future. His parents should be proud. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1687 "2024-09-12T18:22:20Z")
> **[DHL sues MyPillow, alleging company founded by Mike Lindell owes $800,000](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/dhl-sues-mypillow-alleging-company-164004535.html)** > > Package delivery company DHL is suing MyPillow, alleging the company synonymous with its founder, chief pitchman and election denier Mike Lindell owes nearly $800,000 for unpaid bills. The lawsuit is the latest legal dispute to emerge against... ---
**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:** [September 12, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1688 "2024-09-12T19:03:51Z")
I feel like I should sue Mike Lindell too. Everyone else seems to be doing it. As with Trump and Giuliani, I have to wonder when the tipping point will happen and whatever money they have will actually start flowing out. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1689 "2024-09-12T19:18:55Z")
Back in 2022 (in this very thread) I opined that if I were one of Lindell’s kids and heirs, that I would have done everything possible to stop him from bankrupting the company and work to recover retailers. From the dollar figures and sheer number of lawsuits and debts owed, plus the obviously lost revenues, it seems that chance is long past. Prior reporting had several of them working for MyPillow, which is going to leave them doubly dependent on the companies success. We also discussed whether Mike was (or how successful he was) at hiding his assets from future attacks. Given the progress of the thread to date, I suspect any such efforts are going to have been transparent at best, as Mike’s tactics to date seems to be doubling down on his transferred religious belief (Christianity → Trump) and just NOT paying anyone or anything. This is increasingly looking like he and his family are going to go the route of suddenly wealthy (think lottery winners and rockstars) to nigh-poverty at this rate. I don’t think even most MAGA types treat him seriously any more, as he’s been replaced by the likes of Loomer. The big lie, which is Lindell’s (and of course Trump’s) endless whine seems more lost and pathetic every day, not that it still isn’t dangerous. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1690 "2024-09-12T19:25:44Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > Back in 2022 (in this very thread) I opined that if I were one of Lindell’s kids and heirs, that I would have done everything possible to stop him from bankrupting the company and work to recover retailers. Well, his two ex-wives are well out of it, and at least three of his kids appear to be adults (not sure about Charlie Lindell). Apparently he’s married again but keeping it quiet. And I doubt either his kids or his current wife think he’s drastically wrong about anything, particularly when you consider the sort of person who would marry Lindell as he is now. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1691 "2024-09-13T00:52:54Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I feel like I should sue Mike Lindell too. Everyone else seems to be doing it. [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSnFVhd9doePjSh0IIdZCLvAhP0KhTPdUWrwQ&s) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSnFVhd9doePjSh0IIdZCLvAhP0KhTPdUWrwQ&s) ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1692 "2024-09-13T17:47:20Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > This reminds me of lane-splitting on motorcycles in California. Lane-splitting is not specifically legal. i.e., There is now law that says riders can do it. But there is no law _prohibiting_ the practice. So lane-splitting isn’t technically ‘legal’ because there is no law that permits it; but It is al _not_ illegal, because it isn’t prohibited. I saw a pair of CHP on motos (think Ponch and Jon) lane-split at high speeds when it wasn’t really needed (a fairly non-congested stretch of I5). ⬆ The line “it’s like an orange on a toothpick” could be applied to Mr. MyPillow’s hero. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1693 "2024-09-13T21:35:10Z")
What is “lane-splitting”, please? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1694 "2024-09-13T21:37:23Z")
Driving between two cars that are in adjacent lanes when traffic is stopped. ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1695 "2024-09-13T21:43:00Z")
Or moving, to clarify. Very…exciting? All senses engaged, for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1696 "2024-09-13T21:43:11Z")
Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1697 "2024-09-13T21:44:16Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Driving between two cars that are in adjacent lanes when traffic is stopped. Or not stopped. 21658.1 (a) For the purposes of this section, “lane splitting” means driving a motorcycle, as defined in Section 400, that has two wheels in contact with the ground, between rows of stopped or moving vehicles in the same lane, including on both divided and undivided streets, roads, or highways. As [shown here](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3390ad6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/900x506+0+0/resize/1200x675!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc4%2Fc9%2Fd27a7a5b4a7bd25e25dfd25a33c5%2Fsd-1496881970-3ba8zgzloc-snap-image). ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1698 "2024-09-13T21:44:23Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Driving between two cars that are in adjacent lanes when traffic is stopped. Driving on the stripe dividing lanes between traffic. It doesn’t have to be stopped traffic. Edit: ninja’d! Another edit: apparently wheelies are not allowed. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1699 "2024-09-13T23:41:06Z")
Thsnk you (and thanks to my other correctors as well) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1700 "2024-09-14T20:28:39Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Another edit: apparently wheelies are not allowed. I noticed that and thought “what the heck?” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1701 "2024-09-14T21:46:15Z")
My only guess is that there are some three-wheeled vehicles that are legally considered motorcycles. Probably don’t want them lane splitting, so the law specifies two wheels. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1702 "2024-09-14T22:59:46Z")
I pulled up the referenced Section 400. I think the ‘two wheels in contact with the ground’ part is to exclude trikes and bikes with sidecars from lane splitting. > **[Section 400 - "Motorcycle" defined, Cal. Veh. Code § 400 | Casetext Search +...](https://casetext.com/statute/california-codes/california-vehicle-code/division-1-words-and-phrases-defined/section-400-motorcycle-defined)** > > Read Section 400 - > **(a)** A “motorcycle” is a motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider, designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground. > > **(b)** A motor vehicle that has four wheels in contact with the ground, two of which are a functional part of a sidecar, is a motorcycle if the vehicle otherwise comes within the definition of subdivision (a). [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=84) [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=86)