Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

Post by godelski » Fri, May 29, 2020, 6:16 PM UTC

anigbrowl wrote: post #650

darepublic wrote: post #573

As someone of mixed ethnicity who, if I was there could easily be victimized by a senseless mob to whom I owe nothing and have committed no crime against.. yea I am not happy with how the mainstream media promotes and covers this story, downplaying the victims of the chaos and sympathizing with outpourings of anger even if illegal. To clarify, looters should not be shot, law should prevail, and the policeman involved…

the policeman involved in the original incident should be investigated Oh give it a rest. We saw him kill the man, he can sit a cell and prepare for his trial like any other killer. If you don't like what people int he media say find different commentators or stop listening to pundits altogether. I am sick to the back teeth of people complaining about 'the mainstream media', when Fox News and Sinclair broadcasting ar…

Post by [deleted] » Fri, May 29, 2020, 6:19 PM UTC

factually wrote: post #643

I am so, so tired of everyone apply "conservative" to outright nonsense. We should say "republican" or "trumpian" instead. There is nothing conservative in many of the far-right ideas, by any definition of the word. If the idea or opinion is: 1) Based on pure hate 2) Based on treating a protected class badly - you know, the whole reason we have class protections 3) Based on NOTHING AT ALL, no facts given, other than…

Post by kyleblarson » Fri, May 29, 2020, 6:21 PM UTC

gowld wrote: post #307

creaghpatr wrote: post #292

The White House twitter account has issued a response: https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1266367168603721728?s=... This* Tweet violated the Twitter Rules about glorifying violence. However, @Twitter has determined that it will allow terrorists, dictators, and foreign propagandists to abuse its platform. *Referring to an attached picture of a Khamenei tweet about Palestine

That's amazing. Of all the horrific thing people post to Twitter all day long, a vague statement about Palestinian independence is the "best" whataboutist comparison Trump could find to match his own threat to open fire on the country he is sworn to defend.

Post by mindslight » Fri, May 29, 2020, 6:23 PM UTC

barnesto wrote: post #698

seaknoll wrote: post #639

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This movement is about centuries of unjustness. To me, it is appropriate that the occasional bystander and business is overlooked. That doesn't mean that if you were my sibling, or friend, or business that I wouldn't be entitled to express personal pain. But the magnitude of my pain is nothing next to the pain that's led up to this, and no it wouldn't be appropriate for it to get remotely equal attention. Sure, ideal…

Where was this movement when Justine Damond was shot in the gut by a black cop in Minneapolis? I don't recall any protests, let alone riots or burning down the city. And if your expression of pain includes looting booze from a liquor store or a TV from Target, what exactly are you trying to say? By the way, those bystanders and local businesses owners are people of color too.

Post by Reedx » Fri, May 29, 2020, 6:24 PM UTC

tomp wrote: post #171

This is amazing news, and I hope Twitter adopts this policy for all rules violations. Much better than deleting tweet or banning accounts, this lets people decide what they want to see. (Except for obvious spammers etc. which should probably be banned.) Even better would be if there were user-configurable "lists", whereby you could decide upfront what you want / don't want to see (like many sites do right now with NS…