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I think the first tweet is a good argument. I personally think second tweet is not only a stretch it's the exact kind of tweet POTUS should have been using Twit

I think the first tweet is a good argument. I personally think second tweet is not only a stretch it's the exact kind of tweet POTUS should have been using Twitter. He just says, in a normal manner, "I won't attend X" without SHOUTING or using weird adjectives like "nasty woman" or whatever. I think it's important to understand that Twitter needs to be very conservative here. All social media banned Trump, and twitter really is the last place his voice can be heard (via a famous privately-owned social media organ). Well, if Trump tweets "I'm gonna nuke Iran" tomorrow they don't want to be the place Trump announces this.

Zelphyr 6y ago
Well, if Trump tweets "I'm gonna nuke Iran" tomorrow they don't want to be the place Trump announces this. That is a far better argument for permanently suspending his account than what they cobbled together.
- gnulinux 6y ago
  This is a simple extrapolation of their argument: > Due to the ongoing tensions in the United States, and an uptick in the global conversation in regards to the people who violently stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, these two Tweets must be read in the context of broader events in the country and the ways in which the President’s statements can be mobilized by different audiences, including to incite violence, as well as in the context of the pattern of behavior from this account in recent weeks.
- lenkite 6y ago
  Look at this record. Trump is the only President in the last 30 years that did not start a War or major military action.
  - thefucnjosh 6y ago
    Soleimani
PaulDavisThe1st 6y ago
>twitter really is the last place his voice can be heard He's the POTUS !!!! He can be on more or less every media outlet on the entire planet in a few seconds if he so chose.
- winston_smith 6y ago
  Not at all certain. Major outlets have cut him off on several occasions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/01/cnn-msnbc-refused-carry-full-trump-coronavirus-briefing-yay/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/01/cnn-msnbc...
  - PaulDavisThe1st 6y ago
    I knew someone would bring this up. YMMV but I do not believe that if Trump, as POTUS, called a press conference and did not say stuff that was demonstrably and immediately verifiable as untrue, no network would cut him off. Even today. Or tomorrow.

Zelphyr 6y ago

Well, if Trump tweets "I'm gonna nuke Iran" tomorrow they don't want to be the place Trump announces this. That is a far better argument for permanently suspending his account than what they cobbled together.

gnulinux 6y ago
This is a simple extrapolation of their argument: > Due to the ongoing tensions in the United States, and an uptick in the global conversation in regards to the people who violently stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, these two Tweets must be read in the context of broader events in the country and the ways in which the President’s statements can be mobilized by different audiences, including to incite violence, as well as in the context of the pattern of behavior from this account in recent weeks.
lenkite 6y ago
Look at this record. Trump is the only President in the last 30 years that did not start a War or major military action.
- thefucnjosh 6y ago
  Soleimani

PaulDavisThe1st 6y ago

>twitter really is the last place his voice can be heard He's the POTUS !!!! He can be on more or less every media outlet on the entire planet in a few seconds if he so chose.

winston_smith 6y ago
Not at all certain. Major outlets have cut him off on several occasions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/01/cnn-msnbc-refused-carry-full-trump-coronavirus-briefing-yay/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/01/cnn-msnbc...
- PaulDavisThe1st 6y ago
  I knew someone would bring this up. YMMV but I do not believe that if Trump, as POTUS, called a press conference and did not say stuff that was demonstrably and immediately verifiable as untrue, no network would cut him off. Even today. Or tomorrow.