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Re: Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump

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Post by hchz »

rootusrootus wrote: post #264
jennyyang wrote: post #125

Yes, I think this is actually it. After he basically commanded them to "Stop the Steal", I said that Facebook and Twitter would ban him. I also said that nuclear war was also on the table. If he is so unAmerican that he would actually tell his mob to attack the Capitol buildings, he really doesn't care about America at all. Being as petulant as he is, nuclear war is very much on the table. That's how crazy this situa…

> I also said that nuclear war was also on the table. Judging from what Pelosi has been doing, you are not alone with that concern. I hope there are enough people in between him and the actual button that would decide his order was unlawful.

There are controls in place to delay a launch order that comes out of nowhere.

Who knows what would happen. It's heartening that in multiple instances, both the US and USSR ignored positive and confirmed indications of massive incoming attack in the hopes they were erroneous.

Re: Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump

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Post by NicoJuicy »

_ea1k wrote: post #404
ve55 wrote: post #44

This ban seems to heavily take advantage of the current moment, as it's obvious that he has tweeted worse things in the past. It's strange that they picked such a poor way to justify the ban when they could have made a significantly stronger case, and in doing so could have convinced millions more people that they are trying their best to apply policies evenly. For example, I have a hard time imagining why they chose…

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It's called losing in an election, it's not like fraud in a deciding scale actually happened.

There's still a 1 million $ award in texas if you have actual have proof.

Re: Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump

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Post by rattlesnakedave »

hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #359

> The type of person that stormed the capitol will perceive this as an escalation. Who cares? The type of person that stormed the Capitol has shown they are impervious to reality. Time to stop the appeasement.

Rhetoric like this is why they stormed the capitol.

Re: Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump

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Post by juusto »

jennyyang wrote: post #125

Yes, I think this is actually it. After he basically commanded them to "Stop the Steal", I said that Facebook and Twitter would ban him. I also said that nuclear war was also on the table. If he is so unAmerican that he would actually tell his mob to attack the Capitol buildings, he really doesn't care about America at all. Being as petulant as he is, nuclear war is very much on the table. That's how crazy this situa…

Do you mean he would use nuclear weapons against its own people?

What's the stop gap for the military in case an order this crazy would be made? Is he respected enough in the military circles that they would carry out his command?

Re: Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump

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Post by FDSGSG »

mrkurt wrote: post #305
bananabiscuit wrote: post #267

We don’t have to imagine. #BLM incited many riots which killed many people, what action did Twitter take there?

Suspended: https://twitter.com/blm

https://web.archive.org/web/20130825024428/https://twitter.c...

https://web.archive.org/web/20170718112930/https://twitter.c...

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Re: Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump

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Post by vaxman »

jennyyang wrote: post #125

Yes, I think this is actually it. After he basically commanded them to "Stop the Steal", I said that Facebook and Twitter would ban him. I also said that nuclear war was also on the table. If he is so unAmerican that he would actually tell his mob to attack the Capitol buildings, he really doesn't care about America at all. Being as petulant as he is, nuclear war is very much on the table. That's how crazy this situa…

It's too late for Twitter and Facebook and this wasn't the right way to handle what obviously is a real problem for them anyway. Watch as the Democrats move even swifter than the Republicans on these "publishers." All parties will say it is to prevent another Trump from rising, but it is truly for the same fundamental reason the CCP is coming down on Jack Ma right now. If Dorsey and Zuckerberg are lucky, they will be able to yield to a new regulatory agency not unlike the FCC (only that will routinely impose fines in the billions not millions, since this is all Monopoly money to the young partially-insane-for-playing-these-games-with-investors-anyway tech people).

Re: Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump

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Post by rattlesnakedave »

SpicyLemonZest wrote: post #481
rattlesnakedave wrote: post #341

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>I think it will have some negative 2nd/3rd order effects. that they haven't yet realized. This is correct. The type of person that stormed the capitol will perceive this as an escalation. I’m sure that’s not what we need, but I’m also sure that there is no good way out of this mess.

The people that stormed the capital have been pretty clear about their position here: they plan to continue escalating unless Trump is installed into power for a second term. There's nothing we can do to meet people who think like that halfway; the only course of action which might avert further tragedies is to convince them that they aren't very powerful and won't be able to achieve their goals.

If you see their radicalization as the problem instead of a symptom you’re missing the plot.

Re: Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump

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Post by atlacatl_sv »

Included in Twitter’s statement, explaining why it banned Trump: “Plans for future armed protests have already begun proliferating on and off-Twitter, including a proposed secondary attack on the US Capitol and state capitol buildings on January 17, 2021.” https://twitter.com/geoffrbennett/status/1347696690841739267...
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