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What if a US politician purposely uses Twitter to incite an angry mob to commit a lynching? These are not just hypotheticals, internet platforms have driven mob
by cowmoo728 4y ago
What if a US politician purposely uses Twitter to incite an angry mob to commit a lynching? These are not just hypotheticals, internet platforms have driven mob violence at various scales in several countries.
"Just don't ban US politicians" seems like an unworkable solution.
- tekknik 4y agoPlease provide evidence, otherwise your statement is opinion. Not everybody believes the lie that Trump caused Jan 6
- nmz 4y agoIndeed, and Charles Manson also did not commit and cause any murder.
- tekknik 4y agoThis is still not evidence.
- nmz 4y agoYou are right, he did not directly "cause" it in the strictest sense. Never did he say "storm the capitol" however. as a smart person. you should understand implications and metaphors and that many people know how to tiptoe the line between plausible deniability. and some can even dance on it. if you want to ignore this, then its fine.
- tekknik 4y agoSo now we should hold people accountable for the things crazy people do based off what they say? As a smart person you should realize this is insane.
- nmz 4y agoSee the charles manson example, also, most cults. idolatry usually leads to this. see also cult of personality. Also, yes. That sounds incredibly sane. Especially if they say "Lets have trial by combat" and other such calls to violence.
- jonny_eh 4y agoTrump admitted that he deserved responsibility: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kevin-mccarthy-donald-trump-tapes-january-6-responsibility/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kevin-mccarthy-donald-trump-tap... We can quibble over details but it's far from being a "lie".
- tekknik 4y agoFrom Trump himself right?
- cowmoo728 4y agoI purposely did not mention Trump because I was not talking about Trump. I was referring to anti-muslim violence in BJP regions of India, and anti-Rohynga violence in Myanmar.
- tekknik 4y agoYea meanwhile the rest of the US focuses on this one action alone.