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> The name just automatically angers a significant portion of the population, no matter who the president happens to be. I think that pretty much speaks to how

> The name just automatically angers a significant portion of the population, no matter who the president happens to be. I think that pretty much speaks to how shamefully bad politics has gotten here in the US. I see a couple of comments that jump to speculate that it could be used as a tool of politics, or that they would rather opt-out of knowing about an imminent threat to themselves and/or their fellow American's lives. I think it's selfish, considering smoke and CO2 detectors can't warn you of nuclear attacks. If an office of the state was responsible for calling out a fire in the building, I would want every chance to be informed, regardless of whether or not they were my prefered elected official. Obviously, if the system was abused I would want it to be fixed.

thoughtexplorer 8y ago
Here's a good example. This tweet from a respected Dr. is really unfortunate. "But it’s called the Presidential Alert because Trump has a huge ego. And he loves his intruding into our lives without consent." https://twitter.com/eugenegu/status/1047562343503122432 https://twitter.com/eugenegu/status/1047562343503122432 He states it as though it's fact. Now many of his 200,000+ followers also think that, if they didn't already. I might've also believed that if I didn't do the work to look it up.
- dfee 8y ago
  > If hackers got into the system or Trump decides to become a dictator, this #PresidentialAlert system could be used to brick all 300 million phones in America. https://twitter.com/eugenegu/status/1047565946527744000?s=21 https://twitter.com/eugenegu/status/1047565946527744000?s=21 Do we consider this fake news?