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Re: Twitch disables Trump’s account indefinitely

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That’s what you get when you elect a tabloid celebrity billionaire to the most important office in the world. I’ve been mostly disappointed with our selection of candidates for a long time, but I never thought I’d see that. It’s as if nobody outstanding even wants the job. Literally Idiocracy.

>It’s as if nobody outstanding even wants the job. I think the issue in 2016 was too many people wanted the job. You can agree/disagree whether the primary field included 'outstanding' people, but the sheer number of candidates allowed the loud mouth to stand out.

Just about anybody else running then had more decency and common sense and aptitude for the job.

The problem is, Trump = big ratings for the media on both sides. MSNBC is as much to blame as Fox. It's also imho partially the DNC's fault (the left has less choices), and they picked a flawed candidate who would've never won against any of the RNC choices.

She had a criminal on-going investigation, which true or not should've been like, woah, let's maybe put someone else in, who might not be indicted.

The entire system is fubarred and there's plenty of blame to go around, I don't know where we go from here, and I highly doubt a Biden administration is going to bring much joy either to a lot of American's who are suffering.

I do hope we make it harder for something like this to happen again (for fascists to take such strong control in America).

Re: Twitch disables Trump’s account indefinitely

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post #30
post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s what you get when you elect a tabloid celebrity billionaire to the most important office in the world. I’ve been mostly disappointed with our selection of candidates for a long time, but I never thought I’d see that. It’s as if nobody outstanding even wants the job. Literally Idiocracy.

>It’s as if nobody outstanding even wants the job. I think the issue in 2016 was too many people wanted the job. You can agree/disagree whether the primary field included 'outstanding' people, but the sheer number of candidates allowed the loud mouth to stand out.

You're right. The unspoken tragedy is that a large number of candidates should be a good thing. Any primary system that can't endure a significant number of candidates is the wrong system. Both parties have broken primary systems that need to be thrown out and re-made for the modern era.

Re: Twitch disables Trump’s account indefinitely

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Am I the only one who finds the whole situation bizarre? Edit: I will be more blunt since some replies show they don't understand what I find weird: Why do you need a private social media company to stop your president from planting terrorism in your own country because he thinks the election is fake instead of congress/government/whatever??!

While I never liked the man I never found my self in the rabid dislike corner that I think far too many existed within.

However I have no sympathy for him as his actions are ridiculous on any level let alone as President. Being a Libertarian I am not a fan of big government and I am certainly not a fan of anyone suggesting what he has with how to do deal with an election outcome he does not like.

Sorry, this is not how we are supposed to work and I am actually disappointed that Congress hasn't just pulled the plug as a whole since the debacle started to unfold. Pence has shown he can be put in place, he will be a modern day Ford if not for a short period of time but he should take mantle if not just for the few weeks we need him.

The sad part is this elections are frauds has been building for years and both sides are to blame for creating an environment so poisoned that all elections that don't turn out right are considered unjust. Now we have reached the final stage which is violence.

Re: Twitch disables Trump’s account indefinitely

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Let me see if I learned my lesson from the Facebook post: Censorship is bad, nobody should be making decisions for other people, monolithic tech companies are bad. People should have rights and saying this should be a thing people can do. Hurting people is bad, unless we need to hurt them to stop them from hurting other people (or things). Neutral Discourse Provided.

Re: Twitch disables Trump’s account indefinitely

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As much as you don't like him, he is still the president. Platforms are way too full of themselves these days! It's shameful that SV is now the biggest censor there ever was! And platforms need to learn from the past - by silencing voices, they actually create the image of a martyr, of a persecuted person giving him even more power among his followers! I have people post vulgar and offensive stuff on my Facebook wall - I never block or delete them, never attack back, etc. The stoicism of being able to tolerate people you don't like is the thru humanism and the true liberalism, not the opposite! The Commies used to pull out the tongues of people who they didn't like and who they turned into existential enemies. And let me express this type of mentality by quoting Stalin: "When there's a person, there's a problem. When there's no person, there's no problem." This is where we ended up! No civil discourse! We no longer agree to disagree! And this applies to both sides, of course! And if we look in the past, this never leads to a good ending!
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