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President Trump's use of Twitter, a new communications technology, to communicate with the general public and world is no different than Franklin Delano Rooseve
by NumberSix 9y ago
President Trump's use of Twitter, a new communications technology, to communicate with the general public and world is no different than Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)'s use of the then new technology radio -- weekly addresses to the nation and press conferences -- to communicate with the nation and as it happens bypass the almost uniformly hostile newspapers of the 1930s.
Trump is no more using Twitter to communicate policy directives to US government agencies than FDR was using radio. He still has to formulate and sign executive orders and go through the legally proscribed channels as the successful legal challenges to the original Muslim ban show.
Rather than try to censor the President of the United States his critics should rationally and clearly critique his actual policies and actions.
- 0x4f3759df 9y ago>>his critics should rationally and clearly critique his actual policies and actions. I agree in sentiment, but that isn't really how it works anymore (maybe it never did?). It's just a never-ending barrage of soundbites and 'outrages' because that's what moves joe public.
- bassman9000 9y agoDon't. Follow. But my connections... Don't. Follow. You don't like it, ignore it. He can't be ignored Yes, he can be ignored when addressing from Twitter.
- NumberSix 9y agoTrump is not the first President to use Twitter. Barack Obama had at least three twitter accounts: http://time.com/3882715/president-obama-now-has-his-own-twitter-account/ http://time.com/3882715/president-obama-now-has-his-own-twit... Obama in fact tweeted about various controversial topics, producing outrage among generally conservative Republicans: https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/09/16/president-obama-tweets-muslim-boy-whose-homemade-clock-was-mistaken-for-bomb https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/09/16/president-ob...