Vancouver strip club marquee cited as hate speech on X

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Vancouver strip club marquee cited as hate speech on X

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Vancouver strip club marquee cited as hate speech on X



Known for its cheeky signage, The Penthouse's latest quip took gentle aim at president-elect Donald Trump

The X account of Vancouver's Penthouse strip club has been suspended, and not for what you'd think.

The social media platform formerly known as Twitter took action after a photo of the club's latest marquee reading, "Forever neighbours, never neighbors" went viral.

The wording references president-elect Donald Trump's recent trolling of Canada by calling it America's 51st state, and uses the juxtaposition of the Canadian spelling of "neighbour" against the U.S. "neighbor" for political satire.

Only a day after a photo of The Penthouse's sign was posted to X, the free speech social media platform shut down the club's account saying "it violates the X Hateful Profile Policy."

"When I first saw the words "hate speech" my heart dropped," said Penthouse social media manager Benjamin Jackson."Still right now, I find myself a little speechless because it's shocking, just obviously knowing that it's clearly not hate speech."

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Elon Musk's X is a bastion of free speech 8)
The Penthouse has been in operation as a strip club since 1947.
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