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You are being downvoted because you are wrong. Blocked users can log out and read to their hearts' content.

spookthesunset 8y ago
> Blocked users can log out and read to their hearts' content. So private citizens now have to work around a block from President of the United States in order to read official communication? Is that the kind of country you want to live in? You know for sure as shit that homeboy was blocking more then Rolex watch spammers and markov chain bots. He was blocking the accounts of journalists, dissenters, and other private citizens. That is a fucked up thing for somebody who is a public official. What kind of dangerous precedent does allowing that kind of behavior set?
- Andre_Wanglin 8y ago
  How is logging out of Twitter a workaround? The blocking doesn't prevent anyone from reading the communications anymore than not being allowed into the Brady Room prevents anyone from seeing White House press conferences.
- jexah 8y ago
  Not arguing one way or the other with regards to the original topic, but you are jumping to conclusions with no basis. "Private citizens" as a set naturally do not have to work around anything, as being a private citizen does not imply that one has a Twitter account. Entities (private citizens, corporations, or whatever else) that own a Twitter account, have done something that Trump believes warrants blocking, and are logged in, are prevented from viewing his tweets while logged into that specific account. The argument that anybody is prevented specifically from "reading" official communication is paper thin. The problem was that the government was effectively blocking private citizens' ability to reply and share under their preferred (potentially verified) identity.
Marysville 8y ago
That would be akin to saying you can access your President by giving up your passport. I can't believe people are defending this.
- Andre_Wanglin 8y ago
  If you truly believe having to log out to read a tweet is akin to giving up your passport, you are insane.
  - Marysville 8y ago
    Yes, losing passport is exactly that. Logging out makes me unable to access normal abilities a twitter user(american citizen) has. If passport analogy doesn't suit you, try incarceration.
    - Andre_Wanglin 8y ago
      This comment affirms my adjudication.

> Blocked users can log out and read to their hearts' content. So private citizens now have to work around a block from President of the United States in order to read official communication? Is that the kind of country you want to live in? You know for sure as shit that homeboy was blocking more then Rolex watch spammers and markov chain bots. He was blocking the accounts of journalists, dissenters, and other private citizens. That is a fucked up thing for somebody who is a public official. What kind of dangerous precedent does allowing that kind of behavior set?

Andre_Wanglin 8y ago
How is logging out of Twitter a workaround? The blocking doesn't prevent anyone from reading the communications anymore than not being allowed into the Brady Room prevents anyone from seeing White House press conferences.
jexah 8y ago
Not arguing one way or the other with regards to the original topic, but you are jumping to conclusions with no basis. "Private citizens" as a set naturally do not have to work around anything, as being a private citizen does not imply that one has a Twitter account. Entities (private citizens, corporations, or whatever else) that own a Twitter account, have done something that Trump believes warrants blocking, and are logged in, are prevented from viewing his tweets while logged into that specific account. The argument that anybody is prevented specifically from "reading" official communication is paper thin. The problem was that the government was effectively blocking private citizens' ability to reply and share under their preferred (potentially verified) identity.

Marysville 8y ago

That would be akin to saying you can access your President by giving up your passport. I can't believe people are defending this.

Andre_Wanglin 8y ago
If you truly believe having to log out to read a tweet is akin to giving up your passport, you are insane.
- Marysville 8y ago
  Yes, losing passport is exactly that. Logging out makes me unable to access normal abilities a twitter user(american citizen) has. If passport analogy doesn't suit you, try incarceration.
  - Andre_Wanglin 8y ago
    This comment affirms my adjudication.