2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumPeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)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)bravenak
(34,648 posts)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
(7,822 posts)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)riversedge
(81,539 posts)Segami
(14,923 posts)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)jillan
(39,451 posts)joshcryer
(62,536 posts)Poor Trump, Hillary wouldn't debate him over his debasing statements about Obama's historical endorsement!
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