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Twitter has just made the most aggressive move they can against 70M americans who voted for this person 2 months ago. Furthermore, they didn't give the sitting

Twitter has just made the most aggressive move they can against 70M americans who voted for this person 2 months ago. Furthermore, they didn't give the sitting POTUS a chance to de-escalate the situation. If his tweets are causing problems, then send them to a moderator queue and have a discussion with him about what he is saying, don't slap duct tape over his mouth. Provide a contact method for him to discuss the tweets with whoever is making the decision to silence him.

sjg007 6y ago
Whatever, those 70M people can download Parler if they want. POTUS released a video telling people to go home wrapped in a pig blanket of lies.
- blobbers 6y ago
  TIL about Parler.
runjake 6y ago
It sounds like you are new to the situation. Twitter has been working with him and his people for months to cut down his rhetoric. For months his tweets have been flagged by Twitter. He has even been suspended for short durations. In short, Twitter has already taken these steps. Those didn’t work and now here we are.
mrtksn 6y ago
It's not fair to portray this as if a corporation removed someones means of communications. The POTUS will be able to appear on any mass media, the only difference is that the media that he will appear likely will be moderated. When he says something, there would be a few people commenting on it and analysing it. This someone could be someone from CNN/FOX/Breitbart etc, so anyone can choose their own moderator that they trust. This is essentially removing the unchecked propaganda channel of a politician that is causing real life problems.
pvaldes 6y ago
> Twitter has just made the most aggressive move they can against 70M americans who voted for this person 2 months ago. I wouldn't say "against". Rehab will be hard, but the life and health of those 70M Americans will improve by this move. Those poor people were basically suffering from a chronic poisoning of chortisol for 4 whole years of non-stop artificial outrage
jccalhoun 6y ago
They suspended Trump's personal account. Not the official president account. They didn't stop him from going on live tv or radio or sending out press releases or going on twitch or going on facebook or any of tons of other media outlets.

sjg007 6y ago

Whatever, those 70M people can download Parler if they want. POTUS released a video telling people to go home wrapped in a pig blanket of lies.

blobbers 6y ago
TIL about Parler.

runjake 6y ago

It sounds like you are new to the situation. Twitter has been working with him and his people for months to cut down his rhetoric. For months his tweets have been flagged by Twitter. He has even been suspended for short durations. In short, Twitter has already taken these steps. Those didn’t work and now here we are.

mrtksn 6y ago

It's not fair to portray this as if a corporation removed someones means of communications. The POTUS will be able to appear on any mass media, the only difference is that the media that he will appear likely will be moderated. When he says something, there would be a few people commenting on it and analysing it. This someone could be someone from CNN/FOX/Breitbart etc, so anyone can choose their own moderator that they trust. This is essentially removing the unchecked propaganda channel of a politician that is causing real life problems.

pvaldes 6y ago

> Twitter has just made the most aggressive move they can against 70M americans who voted for this person 2 months ago. I wouldn't say "against". Rehab will be hard, but the life and health of those 70M Americans will improve by this move. Those poor people were basically suffering from a chronic poisoning of chortisol for 4 whole years of non-stop artificial outrage

jccalhoun 6y ago

They suspended Trump's personal account. Not the official president account. They didn't stop him from going on live tv or radio or sending out press releases or going on twitch or going on facebook or any of tons of other media outlets.