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Michael Flynn suspended by twitter (Original Post) Tactical Peek May 2021 OP
There should be greater consequences EYESORE 9001 May 2021 #1
his pension should be suspended Skittles May 2021 #3
His freedom to address rallies should be suspended wnylib May 2021 #19
His freedom PERIOD should be suspended. AZ8theist May 2021 #33
That's what I meant when I said that wnylib Jun 2021 #48
We are on the same page... AZ8theist Jun 2021 #49
You are absolutely right. nt live love laugh Jun 2021 #54
As it should be!! russian assets spreading lies and stoking violence need to be shut up PortTack May 2021 #2
Michael Flynn suspended by twitter FelineOverlord May 2021 #4
Court marshal the traitor, strip him. BlueJac May 2021 #5
Wasn't he suspended back in January? blogslug May 2021 #6
Yes. Lasher May 2021 #23
K&R UTUSN May 2021 #7
Cancelled his traitorous ass PDQ underpants May 2021 #8
Permanently or is he just temporarily in Twitter jail? catbyte May 2021 #9
Uh, oh. Trump is gonna think Flynn is competing with him. Midnight Writer May 2021 #10
Now if the Military would call him back to service, then give him a dishonorable discharge msfiddlestix May 2021 #11
This! flibbitygiblets May 2021 #34
right? This shite is freaking surreal. And what is the Military doing? msfiddlestix Jun 2021 #39
His account @Genflynn was suspended back in January. He still has an active @GeneralFlynn13 George II May 2021 #12
Good Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2021 #13
Excellent!!! ailsagirl May 2021 #29
He was on Twitter? Roy Rolling May 2021 #14
he ought to be markie May 2021 #15
It's a start! Thanks to everyone who alerted on this clown FakeNoose May 2021 #16
You are so right..follow their twitter pages and alert when you see things PortTack May 2021 #26
Flynn's big mouth could get him jailed, hurt, or killed. nt Progressive Jones May 2021 #17
i'm waiting for someone to tell me he's been picked up by the FBI or in the least under surveillance onetexan May 2021 #20
I like the idea of " Leavenworth " for treason myself !! monkeyman1 May 2021 #18
Adrian Cronauer used to say DFW Jun 2021 #43
i was in v.n. very well put !! monkeyman1 Jun 2021 #44
For some reason the last scene in the movie Inglourious Bastards Hotler May 2021 #21
This MF sold out his country long ago and speaknow May 2021 #22
Since no one else said it: Lock Him Up. I bet Hillary spooky3 May 2021 #24
The Twitter Traitor Blue Owl May 2021 #25
Twitter and Facebook need to do more. Jon King May 2021 #27
That is a drop in the bucket for this POS Evolve Dammit May 2021 #28
You would think a guy like that would be cautious about pushing his luck. smirkymonkey May 2021 #30
cue the next round of rethugs tweeting about how twitter is silencing rethugs Takket May 2021 #31
so is there ANY chance the military court marshals him? Takket May 2021 #32
I heard 2 generals comment on Flynn on the NJCher May 2021 #35
You are never retired from the service RainCaster Jun 2021 #40
Barry McCaffrey said he thought Flynn was having mental problems. Frustratedlady Jun 2021 #41
I can only hope... because he's going to get people killed. Again. Takket Jun 2021 #47
I'd prefer the bastard was suspended by some sensitive body part or other. BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #36
This is the best idea I've heard yet FlyingPiggy Jun 2021 #38
Why, thank you, ma'am. :) BobTheSubgenius Jun 2021 #60
Long overdue but then again, Twitter is always a day late and a $ short FlyingPiggy Jun 2021 #37
The Army needs to suspend him orangecrush Jun 2021 #42
like v.n. , kick him out & see if he can fly ! monkeyman1 Jun 2021 #45
+1 orangecrush Jun 2021 #61
Too little, too late! Aussie105 Jun 2021 #46
Whoa!...that'll show him! MiHale Jun 2021 #50
Off to Parlor with you Dukkha Jun 2021 #51
Here's a test for Death Sentences new executive signing. lark Jun 2021 #52
Shame on him seta1950 Jun 2021 #53
Permanently, one hopes Jilly_in_VA Jun 2021 #55
The pardon doesn't cover new crimes. lagomorph777 Jun 2021 #56
Ban the Deranged Fucker for life! Cha Jun 2021 #57
He was suspended back in January NewJeffCT Jun 2021 #58
1. Reactivate Flynn. 2. Court Martial him. 3. Lock. Him. Up! Hassler Jun 2021 #59

AZ8theist

(5,445 posts)
33. His freedom PERIOD should be suspended.
Mon May 31, 2021, 09:45 PM
May 2021

He should be indicted and jailed for treason.

The military should arrest him for violation of the UCMJ.

wnylib

(21,417 posts)
48. That's what I meant when I said that
Tue Jun 1, 2021, 06:44 AM
Jun 2021

his freedom should be restricted by a sentence (legal sentence, not grammatical sentence).

AZ8theist

(5,445 posts)
49. We are on the same page...
Tue Jun 1, 2021, 06:51 AM
Jun 2021

How is it the JCS hears this sedition/treason and they do nothing???????

If he was in my command he would be ALREADY be on his way to Guantanamo...

FelineOverlord

(3,572 posts)
4. Michael Flynn suspended by twitter
Mon May 31, 2021, 07:18 PM
May 2021

I thought he was suspended around the time Lin Wood and Sidney Powell were suspended?

blogslug

(37,990 posts)
6. Wasn't he suspended back in January?
Mon May 31, 2021, 07:22 PM
May 2021
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/twitter-bans-michael-flynn-sidney-powell-qanon-account-purge-n1253550

I mean, he may have had his account restored since then but, I don't have the energy or the desire to find out because that guy can go to hell.

Midnight Writer

(21,733 posts)
10. Uh, oh. Trump is gonna think Flynn is competing with him.
Mon May 31, 2021, 07:32 PM
May 2021

Firing up seditionists and getting banned from Twitter is The Donald's signature moves.

msfiddlestix

(7,272 posts)
11. Now if the Military would call him back to service, then give him a dishonorable discharge
Mon May 31, 2021, 07:32 PM
May 2021

that would be helpful

msfiddlestix

(7,272 posts)
39. right? This shite is freaking surreal. And what is the Military doing?
Tue Jun 1, 2021, 01:02 AM
Jun 2021

standing around with their heads up their derrieres or collaborating with him?

I grew up as Military "Brat" . Dad was a Marine. He must be spinning in his ever loving grave right about now.

Roy Rolling

(6,911 posts)
14. He was on Twitter?
Mon May 31, 2021, 07:39 PM
May 2021

WTF? Why are these assholes given a platform in 2021? This isn’t a 1st Amendment issue, make them print flyers in their basement if they wanna spread their revolution.

They aren’t entitled to the benefits of technology a private company offers, and keeping the rest of the deplorables isn’t worth it.

FakeNoose

(32,610 posts)
16. It's a start! Thanks to everyone who alerted on this clown
Mon May 31, 2021, 07:46 PM
May 2021

Now get Rudy G. and Matt Gaetz off of Twitter, maybe this will be the start of something big.



PortTack

(32,750 posts)
26. You are so right..follow their twitter pages and alert when you see things
Mon May 31, 2021, 08:57 PM
May 2021

The more alerts they get, the more likely twitter will ban them

onetexan

(13,032 posts)
20. i'm waiting for someone to tell me he's been picked up by the FBI or in the least under surveillance
Mon May 31, 2021, 08:18 PM
May 2021

this dangerous behavior of outright insurrection-stoking is now blatant and leaves no doubt. this horrid, ignorant man needs to be stripped of his military rank. He is a danger to American democracy.

DFW

(54,325 posts)
43. Adrian Cronauer used to say
Tue Jun 1, 2021, 03:14 AM
Jun 2021

„If I had done half the things they portrayed me as doing in the film (a film was made about his time in Vietnam), I would have spent the rest of my life in Leavenworth.“

The stuff Adrian „did“ in the film never rose to anywhere near Flynn‘s calling for a Franco-style fascist uprising to take over the country by force. Leavenworth would be mild punishment for what he did. Back in Mother Russia, they would have unceremoniously put him up against a wall and let a firing squad do their duty.

Flynn can thank his lucky stars that the kind of regime he is advocating is not in power. Such a regime would already have stuck him in an unmarked grave.

speaknow

(321 posts)
22. This MF sold out his country long ago and
Mon May 31, 2021, 08:42 PM
May 2021

many times over. He should be re-activated.
Then reduced in rank, and discharged other
than honorable, loose his pension as well,
and all Vet benefits.

spooky3

(34,425 posts)
24. Since no one else said it: Lock Him Up. I bet Hillary
Mon May 31, 2021, 08:51 PM
May 2021

would be laughing about this if the continuing threat to democracy weren’t so deadly serious.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
30. You would think a guy like that would be cautious about pushing his luck.
Mon May 31, 2021, 09:17 PM
May 2021

But I guess like most republicans, he is just terminally stupid.

Takket

(21,549 posts)
32. so is there ANY chance the military court marshals him?
Mon May 31, 2021, 09:36 PM
May 2021

I keep hearing people say they can do that, but i don't know if that is actually realistic? or something they would even want to wade into???

NJCher

(35,643 posts)
35. I heard 2 generals comment on Flynn on the
Mon May 31, 2021, 11:20 PM
May 2021

MSNBC shows tonight. One, just a short time ago, was Barry McCaffrey who didn't even talk about military courts, but said the DOJ would have a hard time ignoring what Flynn said. Another commentator on the same show said that Flynn has been trying to walk back the comments, but several people acknowledged that this doesn't fly because it's perfectly obvious what he did since it is on tape.

On the other show, the military person, a general, IIRC, said that Flynn's comments and behavior has been getting stranger and stranger. I can't recall the exact word he used, but that's an approximate. The implication was that Flynn's comments have been getting progressively stranger and stranger.

If military courts weren't mentioned, is it possible that because he's retired, military courts are not applicable?

RainCaster

(10,853 posts)
40. You are never retired from the service
Tue Jun 1, 2021, 01:29 AM
Jun 2021

Your pention means that you can be called back at any time to account for your own personal actions.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
41. Barry McCaffrey said he thought Flynn was having mental problems.
Tue Jun 1, 2021, 01:43 AM
Jun 2021

I saw several news commentators commenting on his words, tonight. By morning, the media should be hot. Brian Williams said he was trying to walk it back, but didn't elaborate. Walk it back like he did his lies to the FBI?

That pardon never should have been allowed. Surely, they could have done something to stop it.

Takket

(21,549 posts)
47. I can only hope... because he's going to get people killed. Again.
Tue Jun 1, 2021, 06:16 AM
Jun 2021

And I say again because he helped stoke 1/6.

Aussie105

(5,363 posts)
46. Too little, too late!
Tue Jun 1, 2021, 03:57 AM
Jun 2021

Flynn is a classic case of an old man who has gone really bitter, and wants to DESTROY the world because it DONE HIM WRONG!
(Last bit is entirely in his own mind.)

Dukkha

(7,341 posts)
51. Off to Parlor with you
Tue Jun 1, 2021, 08:13 AM
Jun 2021

where you can whine and cry with the rest of your snowflakes over your so-called "free speech rights" being oppressed by big tech

lark

(23,078 posts)
52. Here's a test for Death Sentences new executive signing.
Tue Jun 1, 2021, 10:10 AM
Jun 2021

He said any company that limits a conservatives right to free speech on their platform will be fined XXXXXX (forget the amount, think it's $250,000 but not sure). Wonder if he will use this to try and sue Twitter?

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
58. He was suspended back in January
Tue Jun 1, 2021, 06:07 PM
Jun 2021

and has NOT been reinstated. For some reason, the news that he was suspended by Twitter made the rounds on Twitter this past weekend.

Still, nice to celebrate Twitter being Flynn free for almost 5 months now.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/twitter-bans-michael-flynn-sidney-powell-qanon-account-purge-n1253550

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