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Was hoping this would cover the latest Twitter blunder of Andy Yen endorsing Trump's political picks and saying "republicans are there for small business now" w

Was hoping this would cover the latest Twitter blunder of Andy Yen endorsing Trump's political picks and saying "republicans are there for small business now" which had a major blow back. Some context on reddit: https://old.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1i2nz9v/on_politics_and_proton_a_message_from_andy/ https://old.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1i2nz9v/on_poli...

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unbrice 2y ago
To the best of my knowledge he endorsed specific behavior about specific policies, not "Trump's political picks". I wish topics vaguely adjacent to US politics could be discussed in less divisive and polarized ways.
- input_sh 2y ago
  The tweet in question literally starts with "Great pick by @realDonaldTrump".
  - Temporary_31337 2y ago
    I think that’s the parents point one can endorse specific policies from a person without necessarily endorsing everything else. Btw that’s the beauty of democracy- people made their choices and can still voice their concerns even after the election. Contrast that with Venezuela, China or Russia mentioned in the article.
    - spencerflem 2y ago
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    - grajaganDev 2y ago
      This a very naive take. The promised retribution against people who voiced concerns (ie, the Jan 6 Committee) is just beginning.
      - blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
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huijzer 2y ago
I think the blunder is firmly with the people who caused the blowback. I don’t think it’s a good idea to all be up in arms whenever someone says something you disagree with.
- sofixa 2y ago
  > I don’t think it’s a good idea to all be up in arms whenever someone says something you disagree with Of course not, but there's a difference between disagreeing with which is the best recipe for a cheesecake, the best castle in France, or whether or not it's acceptable to invade your neighbouring countries, if the government should be following the law/constitution, or basic biology, etc. Some opinions one disagrees with are very worth to be up in arms. I'd even say that people have a civic duty of being up in arms against certain egregious topics. Say if a politician says that they want to allow for 9 year olds to be married to adults; or a rich guy backing multiple politicians all over the world Sieg Heils on national television; or a politician that just got elected is asking for money for favours from companies; or there's talk of "other"ing significant swathes of the population.
  - pixxel 2y ago
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    - captainvaqina 2y ago
      Don't believe your lying eyes when watching the direct actions of a fascist regime.
    - DarkByte8 2y ago
      Still better to watch 3letter news channels then 1letter social media platform.
    - sofixa 2y ago
      If it helps, I'm not American, only consume American news when its investigative reporting I'm interested in, and I don't watch any TV news.
Vaslo 2y ago
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unbrice 2y ago

To the best of my knowledge he endorsed specific behavior about specific policies, not "Trump's political picks". I wish topics vaguely adjacent to US politics could be discussed in less divisive and polarized ways.

input_sh 2y ago
The tweet in question literally starts with "Great pick by @realDonaldTrump".
- Temporary_31337 2y ago
  I think that’s the parents point one can endorse specific policies from a person without necessarily endorsing everything else. Btw that’s the beauty of democracy- people made their choices and can still voice their concerns even after the election. Contrast that with Venezuela, China or Russia mentioned in the article.
  - spencerflem 2y ago
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  - grajaganDev 2y ago
    This a very naive take. The promised retribution against people who voiced concerns (ie, the Jan 6 Committee) is just beginning.
    - blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
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huijzer 2y ago

I think the blunder is firmly with the people who caused the blowback. I don’t think it’s a good idea to all be up in arms whenever someone says something you disagree with.

sofixa 2y ago
> I don’t think it’s a good idea to all be up in arms whenever someone says something you disagree with Of course not, but there's a difference between disagreeing with which is the best recipe for a cheesecake, the best castle in France, or whether or not it's acceptable to invade your neighbouring countries, if the government should be following the law/constitution, or basic biology, etc. Some opinions one disagrees with are very worth to be up in arms. I'd even say that people have a civic duty of being up in arms against certain egregious topics. Say if a politician says that they want to allow for 9 year olds to be married to adults; or a rich guy backing multiple politicians all over the world Sieg Heils on national television; or a politician that just got elected is asking for money for favours from companies; or there's talk of "other"ing significant swathes of the population.
- pixxel 2y ago
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  - captainvaqina 2y ago
    Don't believe your lying eyes when watching the direct actions of a fascist regime.
  - DarkByte8 2y ago
    Still better to watch 3letter news channels then 1letter social media platform.
  - sofixa 2y ago
    If it helps, I'm not American, only consume American news when its investigative reporting I'm interested in, and I don't watch any TV news.

Vaslo 2y ago

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