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jillan
Jun 2016
OP
Nice of you to say what it means but why broadbrush ALL Hillary supporters with a nasty comment?
riversedge
Jun 2016
#8
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)1. Here you go
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.
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.
Florencenj2point0
(435 posts)3. ditto
bravenak
(34,648 posts)2. It means
That whoever gets told to delete your account has said something or somethings so nasty or stupid or evil or whatever, that they need to delete their account and leave social media.
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/delete-your-account
TDale313
(7,820 posts)5. Not a Hillary supporter,
But I don't think it's that complicated. When Hillary and Warren aimed it at Trump it was basically "Stop. You're embarrassing yourself." In that context I thought it was pretty funny.
Assume it's pretty much intended to be the same (or a cutsey stfu) when aimed at Bernie supporters or other posters. It's snide, and Hillary supporters have never learned the first rule of politics and comedy: Don't punch down.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)6. Mocking Trump is punching down?
riversedge
(70,183 posts)8. Nice of you to say what it means but why broadbrush ALL Hillary supporters with a nasty comment?
Segami
(14,923 posts)7. More on it.....
But its worth noting, to the unfamiliar, that Delete your account was not a sudden turn of phrase by a coldblooded social media manager, let alone the candidate herself. The three-word phrase has a long history as a dismissive rejoinder, especially on Twitter.
It translates roughly as Your tweet or opinion is so bad that you should be immediately disqualified from further participation on the platform.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/10/us/politics/hillary-clinton-to-donald-trump-delete-your-account.html
It translates roughly as Your tweet or opinion is so bad that you should be immediately disqualified from further participation on the platform.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/10/us/politics/hillary-clinton-to-donald-trump-delete-your-account.html
DCBob
(24,689 posts)9. Basically it's saying.. "delete your account before you make an even bigger fool of yourself."
jillan
(39,451 posts)10. Typical. People who cannot debate turn to silly insults.
joshcryer
(62,269 posts)11. Debate on Twitter?
Poor Trump, Hillary wouldn't debate him over his debasing statements about Obama's historical endorsement!