MasterCard forces funding platform to drop anti-jihad activist Robert Spencer

MasterCard is forcing the funding platform Patreon to drop author and anti-jihad activist Robert Spencer's account. What is extremely troubling - besides using the SPLC as a guide to hate - is the lack of explanation for what exactly Spencer did to get himself banned. It's like the East German Stasi, the secret police. There is zero transparency, which leads to zero accountability. You would hope Spencer would be able to find another platform for his work, but given the circumstances, it doesn't look promising.

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