Email marketing service Mailchimp has terminated the account of Stefan Molyneux, host of the philosophy show Freedomain, after a complaint from Nandini Jammi, co-founder of activist group Sleeping Giants.
Mailchimp appears to have made the decision largely based on this complaint from Jammi which alleges that Molyneux is a white nationalist who promotes eugenics and race science. Molyneux denied these allegations but Mailchimp decided to terminate his account anyway and thanked Jammi for “bringing this to our attention.”
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We've terminated this account.
1. I oppose eugenics as an egregious State violation of the non-aggression principle.
2. I have interviewed 17 leading scientists on human intelligence – including leftists: https://t.co/OaUVYOXaYW
3. I am not a “white nationalist”
4. What is wrong with “men's rights”? https://t.co/KSIRaiP0qO
Some existing customers of Mailchimp are shocked that the company appears to terminate its customers' accounts based on as little as a single complaint.
“Interesting, my company uses Mailchimp. As Director of IT, I cannot allow us doing business with a company that will just terminate accounts because of the political screeching of some nobody on Twittter. Good luck!” said one Twitter user.
Interesting, my company uses Mailchimp. As Director of IT, I cannot allow us doing business with a company that will just terminate accounts because of the political screeching of some nobody on Twittter. Good luck!
— MiniJediMaster (@Minijedimaster) January 14, 2020
Another Twitter user added that it's “time for everyone to get rid of mailchimp if it's that easy for someone to get an account terminated.”
Time for everyone to get rid of mailchimp if it's that easy for someone to get an account terminated.
— Chris Branco (@CHRISBRANCO69) January 14, 2020
Popular YouTuber Jeremy from TheQuartering said he has also canceled his Mailchimp account after being a customer for years.
I've used mailchimp for years. I will be cancelling that today. https://t.co/sSxXQv49ay
— TheQuartering (@TheQuartering) January 14, 2020
Receipts. You were saying?
It's only paused as I export my email addresses to another service. 🙂 https://t.co/4gE3E2CfU2 pic.twitter.com/BWlKnw6MwS
— TheQuartering (@TheQuartering) January 14, 2020
Another Twitter user also criticized Mailchimp for terminating the account and taking the word of a person who uses “bully tactics” to silence those they disagree with – a likely reference to Sleeping Giants' history of threatening to boycott companies unless they comply with the group's demands.
Terminated the account for what? You take the word of a psychopath using bully tactics to silence someone she disagrees with? What kind of shit tier company are you?
— Lisa (@Rockprincess818) January 14, 2020
Before Molyneux was deplatformed by Mailchimp, Jammi posted a tweet celebrating the impact of Molyneux having his PayPal account terminated.
Good to know that Molyneux has been financially reeling since he was kicked off PayPal.
He's on SubscribeStar now, but probably earning a fraction of what he did before. https://t.co/AhfGtzzrxz
— Nandini Jammi (@nandoodles) January 14, 2020
And now, Jammi is pressuring YouTube to shut his channel down based on more allegations.
Which reminds me, didn't @YouTube say it would be cracking down on creators “alleging that a group is superior in order to justify discrimination, segregation or exclusion”?
What's Molyneux still doing on YouTube? https://t.co/ah5loTjYt1
— Nandini Jammi (@nandoodles) January 14, 2020
