I wonder if he has a World of Warcraft account as well.
I don't think Trade Prince Gallywix has a big role in this expansion, although I haven't played it yet.
Twitch disables Trump’s account indefinitely
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
He continues trying to play OG Face Hunter decks no matter what the meta.
False. Everyone knows Trump trades.
So much confusion.
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He says the facts bear out his assertion that the election was stolen... how is that calming?
The part that says there's "an orderly transition of power". Trumpers will forever believe that the election was stolen, but they can believe that from the comfort of their homes, they don't need to go out and attempt to overthrow the government because of it. If any tech company were to try to suppress the "facts" that support the "rigged election" narrative, that would only reinforce the their beliefs.
> they don't need to go out and attempt to overthrow the government because of it
Yeah, they do.
The election is what defines the legitimate government; if it really had been falsified[1], then anyone who participated in the falsification would be a usurper, and the government instated by the falsified election would be fake. If something like this actually happened, then it would hardly be insane to consider it your patriotic duty to put a stop to it.
The metaphor is overused as hell, but it is apt: Trump shouted "fire" in a crowded theatre, and now he's acting all surprised that a few people got trampled in the rush to get out.
Anybody who believes him at this point obviously has brain worms, but being a notorious liar doesn't exempt you from libel and sedition laws. It is also irrelevant whether the mob sincerely believes the election was stolen, or whether they're using it as an excuse; slander is still slander.
[1]: Using ad-tech to manipulate the way people vote, as the Cambridge Analytica conspiracy theory alleges, is not falsification.
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#55Am 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??!
> World's most powerful country's president is peddling fake election conspiracy theory
I mean, even back in 2016, he made it clear that he won't accept the results of any election he didn't win. (And then went on to spend the next year spreading lies and conspiracy theories about how he actually won the popular vote.)
He's just following through on past behaviour. In a country with less robust civic systems, this is the sort of rhetoric that you can leverage into becoming dictator-for-life.
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#56Despite the circumstances, I don’t think it sets a good precedent in the future. Many reasons for this, not least of which is when you have a criminal continuing to give evidence publicly you let them keep going...
I think these platforms just don’t want any possibility that they are responsible for inciting a riot in the future. Purely an ass-covering move, just as it was to continue to platform him when he had power over the DoJ.
If you want any other behavior you’d have to clarify the immunities and/or expectations around platforming government officials explicitly in law, and I am afraid what this congress would come up with.
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#57I hope Twitch now bans antivaxxers and antimaskers.
For example, this person, http://twitch.tv/anthonypatchofficial makes a living via Patreon donations spreading misinformation about COVID-19.
He claims vaccines are made using HIV, among other nonsense.
He has 100+ viewers in average. He could not make a living doing this if Patreon and Twitch deplatformed him.
The only reason that guy gets up in the morning is to make the pandemic worse than it already is.
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
If somebody said "your democracatically elected government has been taken away but you should just go home," would you? Would the Trump supporters that raided the capital yesterday? The reason they will forever believe that the election was stolen is because Trump continues to say that the election was stolen.
People spent years de-legitimatizing the 2016 election by claiming that Trump colluded with the Russian government. There were even stories published by mainstream media outlets that Russians hack election machines. The other side undermining the election results after they lost is not exactly new.
So using legal means to undermine the others is the same as sedition now?
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
People spent years de-legitimatizing the 2016 election by claiming that Trump colluded with the Russian government. There were even stories published by mainstream media outlets that Russians hack election machines. The other side undermining the election results after they lost is not exactly new.
Honest question - do you really believe the two situations are equivalent?
Are they equivalent? No.
This is a clear escalation but the escalation is due to the deteriorating of our political discourse. I would not have been surprised if we saw something similar if Trump had won a 2nd term.
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#60Just love how these companies suddenly find a backbone days before he's out of office, just a coincidence I'm sure.
I think it’s more that they were all waiting for someone else to do it first. Twitter did it and now the rest will now that the heat isn’t on them.