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The Trump Presidency | Biden Inaugurated
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It's the tiniest mercy and consolation to conclude that this is preferable to the grim scenario I outlayed.
It's like he was in the room.
Also, was shocked to see Fox News actually running the story about the widow...so to the comments section! My dear God. There are so many human beings that just need to be erased. I might come around to team Coronavirus.
I like how the cult is trying to say that Trump is being censored and that Twitter is violating his free speech. They are a private company that can do as they please with their own platform, and all they did was to put a fecking link in a couple of his tweets. No consoring, no forcing him to delete them, just a link saying he's wrong which of course is true.
And the link itself doesn't even say that. Just makes it sound like what Trump is saying is true and to click to find out more - only once you click it, you see what Trump said is bollocks.
I like Twitter but here's a snapshot of its unusual priorities:
One can't get a 'Cummings' hashtag trending because of it's apparent link to...um...porn.
A President can accuse someone of murder and doesn't get reprimanded.
One can't get a 'Cummings' hashtag trending because of it's apparent link to...um...porn.
A President can accuse someone of murder and doesn't get reprimanded.
“We’d rather you not point out that he’s lying to us”
Well you've got no worries then.President Tramp said:
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WW3 would be a distraction from CV19 i guess?
If this were true, we wouldn't be reading that sentence...you twit.Trump said:
More from the suppressed voice of the people:
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
Twitter has now shown that everything we have been saying about them (and their other compatriots) is correct. Big action to follow!
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I'm actually surprised that he managed to spell 'their' correctly.
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
Twitter has now shown that everything we have been saying about them (and their other compatriots) is correct. Big action to follow!
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I'm actually surprised that he managed to spell 'their' correctly.
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Big action would be to kick him off Twitter.
Never going to happen. Twitter shareholders must love him for the engagement he brings to the platform (see image in my previous post).
Seriously, can a President actually do anything like that to a private business? Pretty sure he thinks the Presidency is one big The Apprentice show and literally everything in America is next on the Episode of who's fired.
He won't do a fecking thing. If he cracked down on social media it would be his base that would be left out. Same with libel laws, the idiot would love some form of that for here but he is too fecking self absorbed to realize he and his dirty family would be fecking ruined if that happened.
I don't know about the exact US laws, but as far as I know you aren't allowed for example to segregate. So government can actually involve themselves in business decisions. And it is also a fairly interesting topic to discuss about how much and when should government be allowed to tell business owners what to do and when they are crossing a line.
That's like talking about business law to a gangster.
Trump does what he wants. He already broke all the rules and laws and norms and there is literally no one stopping him.
They didn’t even silence him or out any regulations on him, they just warned people that it might be false and showed people vetted sources to make up their own mind. As a private company that is there prerogative.
In response he is threatening to impose regulations on them that will likely impact their first amendment rights.
In response he is threatening to impose regulations on them that will likely impact their first amendment rights.
More to the point, what the feck has he ever said about Twitter? It's his biggest political weapon.
Twitter should respond by saying they’ve taken his comments on board and removed all Russian bot accounts.
His followers and likes/responses would half.
His followers and likes/responses would half.
Even Trump's favourite pollster can not save him at the moment.
That's been checked already. 74% of his followers are bots, I think.
His numbers have been going up at a ridiculous level the last few months. I worked it out that he was gaining around 100k followers a day, sometimes 150k
He was always hovering around the 50 million mark, now he's at 80m. He cannot handle not being the most popular person on Twitter.
His likes have more than quadrupled recently too. I presume that's down to lockdown and more people being online, plus the extra 20/30m followers being mainly bots are adding likes as well.
So the US have finally hit the 100k death toll as expected before 1 Jun as Trump demands guarantees that he can hold his rallies in packed arenas. He's not even bothering with the COVID stuff anymore. It's all about making himself look good for November.
His supporters would be A-Okay with that, too. From a local news station asking folks about youth sports leagues getting started back up...
Feel there's plenty of those people around here too. They just can't grasp the concept of community spread, and how that effects the vulnerable. They think they're just making the choice for themselves.His supporters would be A-Okay with that, too. From a local news station asking folks about youth sports leagues getting started back up...
Why did you highlight their names with a crayon though?
And that’s in part because red state governors at his behest have been cooking the books. We’re most likely 20-40% above that 100k number.
Its just parochial people. They cant see anything beyond their direct contacts. Everything else is conceptual which is just too brain-achy and ''too different'' to think of.His supporters would be A-Okay with that, too. From a local news station asking folks about youth sports leagues getting started back up...
So its the I don't know and I don't care approach.
So, the 'logic' of that first Facebook comment is:
1)'I don't like government control, so I'll do what the government tells me to & get back to normal living. I made an independent choice.'
2) 'People who make an independent choice, and don't act under government control, are wrong. And terrible. And weak.'
Okay...
1)'I don't like government control, so I'll do what the government tells me to & get back to normal living. I made an independent choice.'
2) 'People who make an independent choice, and don't act under government control, are wrong. And terrible. And weak.'
Okay...
https://www.businessinsider.com/when-americans-went-to-war-against-seat-belts-2020-5
Before face masks, Americans went to war against seat belts
Before face masks, Americans went to war against seat belts
Is there anything the american don't go to war with?
War on drugs, war on terror, war on poverty, etc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States
War on war.
Can there be such a thing as too much freedom? Is this very American* thing the cause of some people's rebellion against the virus & its health & safety necessities/regulations? Maybe it isn't simply a case of Trumpian infectious madness, or related vested financial interests, inspiring these rebellions.
As much as it's almost always a mistake to generalise peoples, it could be - as I believe Carolina Red once hinted at in a discussion about gun control - that Americans in particular have a special sense of personal freedom unlike the folks of other nations; a sense that outsiders don't 'get'. This is, arguably, a historical element that is ingrained. To label it 'entitlement' might be an error (one I've been guilty of on occasion).
*Obviously, 'too much freedom' doesn't apply to all American citizens, sadly.
As much as it's almost always a mistake to generalise peoples, it could be - as I believe Carolina Red once hinted at in a discussion about gun control - that Americans in particular have a special sense of personal freedom unlike the folks of other nations; a sense that outsiders don't 'get'. This is, arguably, a historical element that is ingrained. To label it 'entitlement' might be an error (one I've been guilty of on occasion).
*Obviously, 'too much freedom' doesn't apply to all American citizens, sadly.
I like Top Fan's brilliant comment 'can't keep not living for fear". A true gentleman and scholar right there. Carolina is lucky to know such a genius.
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