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Don't understand the criticism. If the world goes to nuclear war, it won't be because of a Tweet, it'll be because of a conflict going back to the 1950s, a luna
by aaron-lebo 9y ago
Don't understand the criticism. If the world goes to nuclear war, it won't be because of a Tweet, it'll be because of a conflict going back to the 1950s, a lunatic dictator, and an elected maybe unstable authoritarian. You don't think those guys have lots of other ways of talking trash?
Is the suggestion that banning Trump from Twitter will prevent nuclear war? That sounds like armchair virtue signaling of the highest order. Or is there more to it; am I misunderstanding?
edit, so after searching, this is based on this:
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/25/553475174/declaration-of-war-means-north-korea-can-shoot-down-u-s-bombers-minister-says http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/25/553475174/...
North Korea's foreign minister says President Trump's tweets about the Korean nation amount to a declaration of war and that under international law, his country can legally shoot down U.S. military planes — even if they're not in North Korea's airspace.
We pretending that the North Korean government hasn't justified a lot of crazy stuff? They probably have a good justification for the invasion of South Korea, too.
- chris_wot 9y agoTwitter enables the toddler in the White House.
- edoceo 9y agoCurrent issues in USA politics are larger than just a toddler on twitter. Source: disappointed American
- chris_wot 9y agoNot just any toddler, the Toddler In Chief!
- sctb 9y agoWould you please stop violating the guidelines with flamebait like this? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html