POTUS 45.64: Governance By Unhinged Twitter Rants

[ScoobyDoo]

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Donald is such a pathetic piece of ****

“ BREAKING: White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tells reporters that President Trump is set to sign an executive order "pertaining to social media" on Thursday, but did not give any further detail. The order comes as Trump has railed against Twitter this week for fact-checking one of his tweets, which he says goes against his Fist Amendment rights.”

jfc

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Re: POTUS 45.64: Governance By Unhinged Twitter Rants

The video that he retweets here opens with “I’ve come to the conclusion that the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.”

A message to the country from the Republican President of the United States. https://t.co/JmitTUtKAy

— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) May 28, 2020

[Slap Shot]

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The video that he retweets here opens with “I’ve come to the conclusion that the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.”

A message to the country from the Republican President of the United States. https://t.co/JmitTUtKAy

— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) May 28, 2020

To be fair the man that made the statement not only seemed to be saying it for clickbait, but went on to clarify he doesn't mean dead as in a physical sense and no one should be killed, he meant in the political sense. I get it that his choice of words were inflammatory to a degree, but don't given them reason to repeatedly criticize Democrates for being reactionary.

[rufus]

The video that he retweets here opens with “I’ve come to the conclusion that the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.”

A message to the country from the Republican President of the United States. https://t.co/JmitTUtKAy

— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) May 28, 2020

The president's tweets are to be taken as an official statement from the office of the president.

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To be fair the man that made the statement not only seemed to be saying it for clickbait, but went on to clarify he doesn't mean dead as in a physical sense and no one should be killed, he meant in the political sense. I get it that his choice of words were inflammatory to a degree, but don't given them reason to repeatedly criticize Democrates for being reactionary.

BS. In this political climate, he meant what he originally said.

[bronconick]

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Now the media covers Trump's Twitter temper tantrum instead of the Michigan Stadium full of corpses. He's not disciplined enough to do this, but those around him are.

[Slap Shot]

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BS. In this political climate, he meant what he originally said.

He didn't walk it back later - it was a continuous statement and there was no hint of, "oops". It's a charged statement to be sure but let's focus on real matters.

[aparch]

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And the draft of the Executive Order against Social Media has leaked:
https://www.cnet.com/news/trump-executive-order-leaked-draft-slams-twitter-facebook-for-censoring/

No other official details about what the executive order will contain have been released, but the Washington Post reported late Wednesday that it will be a wide-ranging order directing federal regulators to rethink Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act from 1996, which provides online platforms with vital protection from liability for content posted by their users.

A draft of the order was reportedly obtained by multiple media organizations, including Reuters and Protocol, late Wednesday. Kate Klonick, an assistant legal professor at St. John's University School of Law, also published what she said was a draft version of the executive order on Twitter.

The apparent draft version of the order, which could change, would instruct the Commerce Department to ask the Federal Communications Commission to call a rulemaking proceeding to reconsider the law's purview. It would also give the Federal Trade Commission responsibility for investigating complaints of political bias to determine whether tech companies' content moderation policies conflict with their pledges for neutrality.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

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I mean won’t relaxing these laws lead to a lot of legal action against conservatives who post absolute lies?

[Drew S.]

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Saw a short clip of Zuckerberg this morning and he had an absolute shocker. If he had his way Trump could post anything he wanted on Facebook.

[mookie1995]

Saw a short clip of Zuckerberg this morning and he had an absolute shocker. If he had his way Trump could post anything he wanted on Facebook.

Well the dude did get his start with “hot or not”

[SJHovey]

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I mean won’t relaxing these laws lead to a lot of legal action against conservatives who post absolute lies?

I think you can make those claims right now. It's the liability of places like Twitter or Facebook that they're fighting over, I think.

[SJHovey]

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I assume the Executive Order is simply a not-so-subtle threat that he'll take their liability exemption away if they fail to please him.

[unofan]

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I assume the Executive Order is simply a not-so-subtle threat that he'll take their liability exemption away if they fail to please him.

If he does that, then the breitbart's and drudge's of the world should be even more nervous.

This is the epitome of biting off your nose to spite your face.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

If he does that, then the breitbart's and drudge's of the world should be even more nervous.

This is the epitome of biting off your nose to spite your face.

That’s what I was getting at