"You would think that the last place for an outbreak of extreme Trump Derangement Syndrome would be a website devoted to knitting and crocheting.
Well, these are not normal times and such a case of TDS to the extent that the Thought Crime of just expressing approval of President Donald Trump would be punished by banishment from the Ravelry website.
Here are their June 23 banishment rules, “New Policy: Do Not Post In Support of Trump or his Administration,” in which although any type of Trump support is taboo, it is still okay to declare yourself to be a Bolshevik or to support Elizabeth Warren for president:We are banning support of Donald Trump and his administration on Ravelry.This includes support in the form of forum posts, projects, patterns, profiles, and all other content. Note that your project data will never be deleted. We will never delete your Ravelry project data for any reason and if a project needs to be removed from the site, we will make sure that you have access to your data. If you are permanently banned from Ravelry, you will still be able to access any patterns that you purchased. Also, we will make sure that you receive a copy of your data.We cannot provide a space that is inclusive of all and also allow support for open white supremacy. Support of the Trump administration is undeniably support for white supremacy.
So Ravelry is calling about half of America white supremacists for supporting Trump.
The good news is you can still knit socks with red hammer and sickle patterns..."
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