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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy isn't tRUMP kicked off twitter for good?
Total racism in his tweets!!!
rurallib
(62,342 posts)Morality, standards, right and wrong are all negotiable concepts when someone makes you money.
bluestarone
(16,720 posts)And so do all the people who get on there to counter-tweet or whatever they call it. All those social media "services" are about money.
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)OrlandoDem2
(2,064 posts)Trump is a white corporatist. Imagine if Obama had tweeted such racist comments.
Rules on Twitter are for the little people. I say all this as a southern white male.
Twitter could send a huge message to the world, not only about racism but also about following rules, if it would ban him!
White corporatists had better find a spine, soon, and I join you, as a white male, in saying this.
Dorsey and Zuck bear large responsibility for the state of the union.
gordianot
(15,226 posts)Apparently Russian agents get by with whatever they want to do.
marble falls
(56,358 posts)while he's in office.
C'mon you really don't expect twitter to act in a fair and equal manner, do ya'?
bluestarone
(16,720 posts)The old can't indict a sitting asshole rule!
marble falls
(56,358 posts)elias7
(3,976 posts)MrsCoffee
(5,801 posts)Last edited Mon Jul 29, 2019, 01:07 PM - Edit history (1)
In this case, we have something tangible that we can explore. The difficulty of banning white nationalist hate rhetoric from Twitter stems directly from the fact that it would be politically divisive and therefore problematic for the company. The divisiveness doesnt primarily derive from limitations on free speech. While some people are obviously sympathetic to the ideology and actions of ISIS, the number is too small to create a significant backlash when their content is banned. Likewise, relatively few people are supportive of Nazis and Klansmen, and their content would not be missed if it were suddenly absent. The divisiveness in this case arises from the fact that the subjects of the ban have political power.
Any move that could be perceived as being anti-Republican is likely to stir backlash against the company, which has been criticized by President Trump and other prominent Republicans for having an anti-conservative bias.
What this means is that everyone is subjected to hate speech on Twitter solely because there are Republicans who engage in hate speech.
Oh, and because Dorsey likes being a billionaire. Banning hate speech would seriously affect the bottom line.
cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)If they kicked him off they would risk boycotts, an angry tirade from him, and terrible press from the media who loves making people the bad guy.
The only way to reach Twitter is for us all to stop using it. I've never used it and I suggest everyone else not use it as well.
bluestarone
(16,720 posts)NO ONE should, til this asshole is REMOVED!
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)I've never had a Twitter account, either.
But, if Twitter ever banned Trump, he'd probably have no problem getting someone to launch a right-wing social media app that he could herd his supporters over to. Clearly, Twitter is worried about that possibility.
dalton99a
(81,065 posts)Russia funded Facebook and Twitter investments through Kushner investor
Institutions with close links to Kremlin financed stakes through investor in Trump son-in-laws venture, leaked files reveal
by Jon Swaine and Luke Harding
Sun 5 Nov 2017 13.00 EST
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-17/what-is-trump-worth-to-twitter-one-analyst-estimates-2-billion
What Is Trump Worth to Twitter? One Analyst Estimates $2 Billion
By Jeran Wittenstein
August 17, 2017, 3:28 PM CDT
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/05/study-russia-cybersecurity-twitter-1353543
Russia's manipulation of Twitter was far vaster than believed
By TIM STARKS, LAURENS CERULUS and MARK SCOTT
06/05/2019 06:00 AM EDT
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)If they get no business they make no money.
iscooterliberally
(2,849 posts)Who needs twitter besides Twittler himself?
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)speech??
Just that publicity may be bad enough to get them to take action against Trump finally.
bluestarone
(16,720 posts)That could be interesting?
bucolic_frolic
(42,661 posts)Lawyers would have a payday on the question
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,267 posts)Otherwise hate speech is protected by the First Amendment. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/06/19/supreme-court-unanimously-reaffirms-there-is-no-hate-speech-exception-to-the-first-amendment/?utm_term=.f94afb9dde9b
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A law found to discriminate based on viewpoint is an egregious form of content discrimination, which is presumptively unconstitutional. A law that can be directed against speech found offensive to some portion of the public can be turned against minority and dissenting views to the detriment of all. The First Amendment does not entrust that power to the governments benevolence. Instead, our reliance must be on the substantial safeguards of free and open discussion in a democratic society.
bucolic_frolic
(42,661 posts)Fomenting rebellion against the government might be considered hate speech. Sedition and all that.
The Alien and Sedition Acts deserve a read in the Trump era. It was about immigration, deportation, voting restrictions.
Trouble is here we have the overthrow of the government from within.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,267 posts)bucolic_frolic
(42,661 posts)Cosmocat
(14,543 posts)Dems' first move after they took power in the House should have been to get the POS off of twitter by any means possible.
It is the fulcrum of everything he does, and is quite possibly the most destructive thing to happen to the country.
jalan48
(13,797 posts)ck4829
(34,974 posts)jalan48
(13,797 posts)Takket
(21,421 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)welcome to capitalism!!! and the fact that a capitalist society will crush a democracy.
Maggiemayhem
(804 posts)Press conferences??? I think he is insane and Twitter is like his crack. I like knowing what he thinks. If he just went silent, his poll numbers would go up. I think its better to know what your enemy is planning.