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"Delete your account" (Original Post) geek tragedy Jun 2016 OP
*Mic drop* CrowCityDem Jun 2016 #1
OMG, can't stop laughing!! UtahLib Jun 2016 #2
Me neither!!! Democrats Ascendant Jun 2016 #10
LOL! Spazito Jun 2016 #3
OMG HILLARY!!! LenaBaby61 Jun 2016 #4
OMG - hilarious! I only wish she'd posted it herself cyberswede Jun 2016 #5
What's the background behind this? Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2016 #6
In context BlueNoMatterWho Jun 2016 #8
A little history: nolabear Jun 2016 #16
Thanks. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2016 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Jun 2016 #24
I didn't notice that. In some places it's really creepy. nolabear Jun 2016 #25
Jewish or enemies of the "White race." Chan790 Jun 2016 #33
That's not Newt's Twitter account blogslut Jun 2016 #54
Thanks for the info. I couldn't imagine why he'd have those parentheses. nolabear Jun 2016 #55
Well, blogslut Jun 2016 #56
Two lessons in one! I usually keep up better. nolabear Jun 2016 #57
Thank you. skip fox Jun 2016 #32
K&R... spanone Jun 2016 #7
82,000 retweets! Beaverhausen Jun 2016 #9
140k now. wildeyed Jun 2016 #11
*love* that .gif! Heidi Jun 2016 #29
Stocking up on happy D gifs for the GE. wildeyed Jun 2016 #30
Heh. berni_mccoy Jun 2016 #12
Now THAT I LIKE. Miles Archer Jun 2016 #13
Bam! Hill Man Jun 2016 #14
Was that before or after Hillary wiped her email server? phazed0 Jun 2016 #15
It's A Private Party Made Public To Watch Like OnDemand Broadcasts billhicks76 Jun 2016 #19
Soap opera.. phazed0 Jun 2016 #20
That Was The Suspicion billhicks76 Jun 2016 #22
I find the whole ordeal deeply troubling, to say the absolute least. nt phazed0 Jun 2016 #23
I don't think Skinner meant what you think he meant. athena Jun 2016 #42
Looks like you were wrong. phazed0 Jun 2016 #46
We're not yet operating under the new rules. athena Jun 2016 #48
So then, you're making a stink on what basis, then? nt phazed0 Jun 2016 #49
I was telling the poster that we're not idiots. athena Jun 2016 #51
Oh, I didn't realize you were the poster! athena Jun 2016 #53
Alert results. AtheistCrusader Jun 2016 #45
You might want to look at this. athena Jun 2016 #50
Bring it. AtheistCrusader Jun 2016 #52
Unoriginal tallahasseedem Jun 2016 #47
I'd like to delete more than just his account (nt) mnmoderatedem Jun 2016 #18
I am laughing so hard I pissed in my neighbor's yard. AngryAmish Jun 2016 #21
Unlike Trump, most high level political actors, and many other public figures, do NOT tblue37 Jun 2016 #26
Hope they got a raise. wildeyed Jun 2016 #27
Yes, it was good. nt tblue37 Jun 2016 #28
Not a wise tweet oberliner Jun 2016 #31
I agree she likely didn't come up with it herself, but why do you say it was unwise? (nt) TacoD Jun 2016 #34
Did you realloy ask a BS supporter why they diss Hillary? trumad Jun 2016 #36
Thank you for your reply, I will give it the consideration it is due. (nt) TacoD Jun 2016 #41
I would avoid making jokes about deleting things online oberliner Jun 2016 #43
K&R ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #35
Is there something more to this? What's the joke? I don't get the excitement. jmg257 Jun 2016 #37
It's a 'thing' on Twitter PeaceNikki Jun 2016 #38
"delete your account" is a Twitter taunt delivered when someone says something geek tragedy Jun 2016 #39
Ah thanks - cheers! nt jmg257 Jun 2016 #40
That was the #1 trend on twitter most of the day yesterday. Takket Jun 2016 #44
Trump responded to Warren's great take down - her response was " Seriously, delete your account" Lucinda Jun 2016 #58
10. Me neither!!!
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 03:17 PM
Jun 2016

I'm crying laughing!!!!!!!!!!!!




The Twitterverse should collectively tell him to Shut The FUCK Up!!!

Spazito

(49,735 posts)
3. LOL!
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 03:01 PM
Jun 2016

Love it!

RETWEETS
64,713
LIKES
61,828

Trump's retweets and likes:

6,266 RETWEETS
12K LIKES


Shades of the results of the election in November!

Response to nolabear (Reply #16)

nolabear

(41,915 posts)
25. I didn't notice that. In some places it's really creepy.
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 06:42 PM
Jun 2016

I can't say it's that here but it's a way that antisemites are marking something as Jewish. I can't imagine what this is about.

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
33. Jewish or enemies of the "White race."
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 08:51 AM
Jun 2016

Gingrich is a convert to Catholicism (and the Neo-nazis hate Catholics, converts even more than life-long)...and for all of his other faults, he's been critical for years of white-supremacist/nationalist militias as being dangerous and Anti-American. (Part of this comes out of his work as a Civil War historian (That's what his job was before running for Congress; he's a history professor)...he's debunked more than a few of the racist lies the Southern white-supremacists cling to about the War.)

I can't think they like him much more than they like Jewish people. It's very much a case of the "enemy of my enemy isn't my friend either."

blogslut

(37,955 posts)
56. Well,
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 03:59 PM
Jun 2016

A lot of Twitter users are affixing the parenthesis to their handles in defiance of anti-Semitic assholes that want to "track" Jewish persons on the internet.

skip fox

(19,356 posts)
32. Thank you.
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 08:50 AM
Jun 2016

As an old man, I was mildly perplexed. Then I heard it was a standard, joking response. That sort of made sense. But when I see the humor in these examples (and they're always responding to a clueless bore) it made perfect sense, Thanks.

wildeyed

(11,240 posts)
30. Stocking up on happy D gifs for the GE.
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 08:36 AM
Jun 2016

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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
13. Now THAT I LIKE.
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 05:05 PM
Jun 2016

If this is how she's going to play the game, I can get behind it.

Well played and kudos. Brilliant.

 

phazed0

(745 posts)
15. Was that before or after Hillary wiped her email server?
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 05:13 PM
Jun 2016
Hillary Clinton deleted all email from personal server - CNN
CBS - Report: FBI pulls deleted emails from Hillary Clinton's server

Not much to attack/make fun of trump on, I really don't find it very funny. We're going to need to address these issues constructively, otherwise Clinton is going to be handed her hat - imagine Trump bringing that up as a response... GOP would go wild and Hillary is going to have to do a lot better than "What? Wipe the server? Like with a cloth?".

I would suggest she not mention the phrase "delete" in such a manner that could prompt thought of her own 'deletion' issue.
'We' may write it off, but in reality we don't know... what we do know is there is an investigation that needs to play out, one of which the GOP is going to have a party with, wrong or right. We know elections aren't won with truth, that's for sure.


TO EVERYONE: Not picking bones, following the new post-primaries TOS as to how to rectify shortcomings with the presidential candidate:

If you are criticizing Hillary Clinton because you want to help her succeed, then you'll be fine. But if you are criticizing Hillary Clinton because you want to tear her down, then you won't be fine.

Now, I'm not a mind reader and I can't know for certain what everyone's intentions are. But I think that if the criticism is coming from a place of "wanting her to succeed" then that will be reflected in the tone and substance of the post. If the criticism is coming from a place of "wanting to tear her down" then that will be reflected in the tone and substance of the post. If you are here on DU then you are supposed to be supporting the Democratic nominee against the Republican nominee in the general election -- it shouldn't be very hard to write a post in a way that sounds like it.

I believe that it will be possible to discuss every substantive issue that DUers might want to discuss.
-Skinner

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1259&pid=10528
 

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)
19. It's A Private Party Made Public To Watch Like OnDemand Broadcasts
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 06:01 PM
Jun 2016

Smart and funny though. What else can one do but deflect? I could care less about the emails other than its a way to let other countries know what we're doing in a roundabout way. I'm not a fan of our foreign policy it's someone else's game and problem. Gen Petraeus just got outed further yesterday. Turns out things were way worse than thought. His "honeypot" had hundreds of classified documents on her own laptop. She is probably a spy for Turkey to blackmail politicians and generals here.

 

phazed0

(745 posts)
20. Soap opera..
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 06:12 PM
Jun 2016

"She is probably a spy for Turkey to blackmail politicians and generals here." - Put it in a script, we're done!

 

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)
22. That Was The Suspicion
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 06:24 PM
Jun 2016

She had connections there and Turkey is very active in espionage pivoting between the US and Arab countries. I'm very happy Germany recognized the Armenian Genocide recently instead of caring about stupid air bases to bomb people from. The US is derelict on this. Millions were slaughtered and if we don't admit it we look like a bunch of calculating jerks who really don't care about anything above our self-interests.

athena

(4,187 posts)
42. I don't think Skinner meant what you think he meant.
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 12:35 PM
Jun 2016

You can't attack the Democratic Party's nominee for president, and then claim you're doing it to "help her succeed." We're not idiots or fools.

 

phazed0

(745 posts)
46. Looks like you were wrong.
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 02:22 PM
Jun 2016

If you read the rules, it means exactly that. What would be idiotic and foolish is to not be allowed constructive criticism. You may not like those criticisms, but that doesn't make them any less true or valid.

athena

(4,187 posts)
48. We're not yet operating under the new rules.
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 02:26 PM
Jun 2016

There is nothing constructive in what the poster wrote.

athena

(4,187 posts)
51. I was telling the poster that we're not idiots.
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 02:51 PM
Jun 2016

If they think they will get away with such posts next week, they're kidding themselves.

athena

(4,187 posts)
53. Oh, I didn't realize you were the poster!
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 02:58 PM
Jun 2016

Well, what can I say? Congratulations on not getting your post hidden because of a system glitch! If you think you will be able to get away with this sort of thing next week, when comments will not even be allowed on alerts, just enjoy this week as much as you can.

ETA: And in response to your question on why I'm "making a stink": I first alerted on your post, and when I got the pink message saying "Your alert was sent", without being asked for a comment, I assumed someone had already alerted on your post and the jury had voted to leave your post alone. So I did what we are supposed to do when a post is not hidden: respond to speech with more speech. I can't imagine why in the world you'd have a problem with that.

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)
45. Alert results.
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 12:43 PM
Jun 2016

On Fri Jun 10, 2016, 12:34 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

Was that before or after Hillary wiped her email server?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=7893890

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

No comments added by alerter

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Fri Jun 10, 2016, 12:39 PM, and the Jury voted 3-4 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Interesting that this poster used almost the same 'comeback' as reince priebus Reince Priebus on Twitter: ".@HillaryClinton If anyone knows how to use a delete key, it's you." probably a coincidence. Hiding just the same.
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No comments were provided by the alerter???? If you can't make a case for the hide, you don't get the hide.
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Since the alerter didn't see fit to explain this shit, and the author of the post seems to be going about it in a constructive criticism sort of way, I vote to leave. If there's some element of this that is truly unacceptable, please put the effort into explaining the alert next time, because I have no idea what you are on about.
Juror #7 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given

athena

(4,187 posts)
50. You might want to look at this.
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 02:32 PM
Jun 2016
http://www.democraticunderground.com/125910723

I was the alerter but was not given a chance to put in a comment. I assumed someone had already alerted on the post, but then I received mail saying the post was left alone. (It could well be that two people alerted on the post at exactly the same time.)

Two of the jurors said they chose to leave the post alone because the alerter didn't provide any comments. As far as I'm concerned, if you choose to leave such an anti-Hillary, conspiracy-theory-spreading post because there was no comment in the alert to tell you why you should hide the post, you're not voting in an unbiased way. That's precisely what I indicated in my comments on the alert I sent on the vote. So if you voted to leave that post alone, who knows, you might actually lose your voting privileges.

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)
52. Bring it.
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 02:53 PM
Jun 2016

That post that you alerted on was not as cut and dried obvious as you pretend it to be. I stand by my vote.

tblue37

(64,979 posts)
26. Unlike Trump, most high level political actors, and many other public figures, do NOT
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 07:45 PM
Jun 2016

run their own social media accounts. The wit came from some young aide whose job is to tweet in her name.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
43. I would avoid making jokes about deleting things online
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 12:36 PM
Jun 2016

Just no reason to go there considering the crap she is dealing with about her emails and whatnot.

PeaceNikki

(27,985 posts)
38. It's a 'thing' on Twitter
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 12:29 PM
Jun 2016
http://fusion.net/story/282905/delete-your-account-meme-best-tweets/

“delete your account” has become the preferred response to tweets, usually made by politicians, that are tone deaf or out of touch in one way or another. These are 10 of the best from years past.
 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
39. "delete your account" is a Twitter taunt delivered when someone says something
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 12:30 PM
Jun 2016

really stupid or tries to be funny and fails hard

it's kind of like "go home, you're drunk."

So he tried to bash Obama and her, and she responded appropriately.

Takket

(21,421 posts)
44. That was the #1 trend on twitter most of the day yesterday.
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 12:42 PM
Jun 2016

Hillary really bruised him on that one. It was a short sweet simple reply to someone who's entire campaign is nothing more than a trolling of the entire country. Trump tried to make some weak ass comeback but I know he's smarting and sulking today over the attention she got from that.

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
58. Trump responded to Warren's great take down - her response was " Seriously, delete your account"
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 04:50 PM
Jun 2016

echoing Hillary's tweet. Was awesome.

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