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Re: Trump criticizing Twitter for shadow banning

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Post by morcheeba » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 2:22 PM UTC

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Posting the ToS doesn't answer the question. - Are you saying that Trump threatening the North Korean leadership is a ToS violation? - Would you say that Obama threatening the Syrian leadership is a ToS violation? I like Obama a hell of a lot more than Trump but if you're going to ban military leaders (which includes most heads of state) you have to do it consistently to avoid accusations of bias.

That's classic whataboutism. Obama has nothing to do with this.

Re: Trump criticizing Twitter for shadow banning

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Post by nailer » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 5:47 PM UTC

morcheeba wrote: post #21

nailer wrote: post #17

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Posting the ToS doesn't answer the question. - Are you saying that Trump threatening the North Korean leadership is a ToS violation? - Would you say that Obama threatening the Syrian leadership is a ToS violation? I like Obama a hell of a lot more than Trump but if you're going to ban military leaders (which includes most heads of state) you have to do it consistently to avoid accusations of bias.

That's classic whataboutism. Obama has nothing to do with this.

Yes he does. Obama threatened Assad repeatedly in public as part of his role as commander in chief.

Examining how people would handle Obama acting as Commander in Chief on Twitter is a great way to determine whether they're against threats by military leaders or simply against Trump.

Re: Trump criticizing Twitter for shadow banning

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Post by dragonwriter » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 6:07 PM UTC

nailer wrote: post #22

morcheeba wrote: post #21

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That's classic whataboutism. Obama has nothing to do with this.

Yes he does. Obama threatened Assad repeatedly in public as part of his role as commander in chief. Examining how people would handle Obama acting as Commander in Chief on Twitter is a great way to determine whether they're against threats by military leaders or simply against Trump.

> Obama threatened Assad repeatedly in public as part of his role as commander in chief.

No, he didn't. Aside from anything else, the “Commander in Chief” role is solely commanding the military under the laws prescribed by Congress. Public diplomatic threats (even threats that, were they carried through, would involve acting in the C-in-C role) are not part of that role.

Re: Trump criticizing Twitter for shadow banning

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Post by nailer » Fri, Jul 27, 2018, 12:04 AM UTC

dragonwriter wrote: post #23

nailer wrote: post #22

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Yes he does. Obama threatened Assad repeatedly in public as part of his role as commander in chief. Examining how people would handle Obama acting as Commander in Chief on Twitter is a great way to determine whether they're against threats by military leaders or simply against Trump.

> Obama threatened Assad repeatedly in public as part of his role as commander in chief. No, he didn't. Aside from anything else, the “Commander in Chief” role is solely commanding the military under the laws prescribed by Congress. Public diplomatic threats (even threats that, were they carried through, would involve acting in the C-in-C role) are not part of that role.

Yes he did. From a left leaning news source, CNN:

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should heed U.S. warnings to neither use nor move chemical or biological weapons, lest he risk crossing a "red line" and provoke a U.S. military response, President Barack Obama said Monday.