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smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts) Sun Feb 23, 2020, 06:46 PM Feb 2020

If Trump wins, do you think he will shut down Democratic and Liberal websites? [View all]

That is one of my greatest fears, because I don't know what I would do without a community of other Dems/Liberals to commiserate with in a time of crisis. Imagine how isolated you would feel under a Trump dictatorship with nobody to talk to openly and honestly.

I think I would go completely mad.

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If Trump wins, do you think he will shut down Democratic and Liberal websites? [View all] smirkymonkey Feb 2020 OP

Yes. Iliyah Feb 2020 #1

Why wouldn't he? MontanaMama Feb 2020 #2

What's stopping him now? milestogo Feb 2020 #3

There are still laws in place. smirkymonkey Feb 2020 #9

There is no AG to enforce the laws. milestogo Feb 2020 #20

I'm sure this will make the facists happy lapfog_1 Feb 2020 #4

He'll do his best to shut down those sites on election night. lpbk2713 Feb 2020 #5

We need to find a way to circumvent this. smirkymonkey Feb 2020 #11

I was On DU when it happened in 2016 texasfiddler Feb 2020 #29

Dunno what he'll actually do... TDale313 Feb 2020 #6

CNN and MSNBC don't have broadcast licenses. onenote Feb 2020 #45

Sites will be at risk in direct proportion to how effective they are. Girard442 Feb 2020 #7

Do we have a backup plan? smirkymonkey Feb 2020 #10

Needs to be something distributed and decentralized. Girard442 Feb 2020 #13

We certainly bdamomma Feb 2020 #58

He will shut down sites on election day. LiberalFighter Feb 2020 #8

We need a plan. smirkymonkey Feb 2020 #12

We can use homing pigeons to communicate Generic Brad Feb 2020 #15

But then they could intercept and tag Ilsa Feb 2020 #28

I just like flipping birds at Trump Generic Brad Feb 2020 #33

Yes, if he can get away with it. Paladin Feb 2020 #14

He will do MFM008 Feb 2020 #16

Jeezus the conspiracy theorizing on here is reaching Infowars levels. Jake Stern Feb 2020 #17

Agreed. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #18

Trump says outrageous shit because he enjoys watching our side get whipped into a froth Jake Stern Feb 2020 #19

Do you honestly think Trump gives a damn about the Constitution, and that it protects us from him? VOX Feb 2020 #38

ha, bdamomma Feb 2020 #59

Don't believe me, just watch. smirkymonkey Feb 2020 #21

Never underestimate a far-right, drug-addled autocrat with a cadre of insane supporters. VOX Feb 2020 #31

+1 DashOneBravo Feb 2020 #43

Right?? AncientGeezer Feb 2020 #57

I don't think people have a reasonable understanding of what hughee99 Feb 2020 #22

Yes, I agree. smirkymonkey Feb 2020 #23

I'll bet he will repeal the laws of gravity and thermodynamics, hughee99 Feb 2020 #24

Nah! He has no idea what the fuck those are. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2020 #26

Laugh now. smirkymonkey Feb 2020 #27

Indeed. VOX Feb 2020 #34

Yes, and I think journalists he doesn't like will be poisoned. ecstatic Feb 2020 #25

No! The sites will be operational because they can be monitored nt delisen Feb 2020 #30

Really, were you here for the last presidential election? smirkymonkey Feb 2020 #35

I understand and I think it was probably an attack but not by government. delisen Feb 2020 #37

I hope you are right, but I still don't like the idea of being monitored. smirkymonkey Feb 2020 #39

Iagree with you totally. ...and monitoring leads to people being afraid delisen Feb 2020 #41

Exactly Chainfire Feb 2020 #55

No. virgogal Feb 2020 #32

Really? smirkymonkey Feb 2020 #36

Not sure but you'll see a huge change in libel laws budkin Feb 2020 #40

No. He might want to, but won't get away with that. Hoyt Feb 2020 #42

no onenote Feb 2020 #44

If Trump wins... kentuck Feb 2020 #46

In a heart beat. nt Hotler Feb 2020 #47

Putin would never allow it sarisataka Feb 2020 #48

No nt Raine Feb 2020 #49

I think if he wins, all bets are off. Happy Hoosier Feb 2020 #50

Probably, BUT Democrats Ascendant Feb 2020 #51

Come on, dude. Codeine Feb 2020 #52

Nope, but the entire judicial branch will be destroyed still_one Feb 2020 #53

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No.....why would "it"? AncientGeezer Feb 2020 #56

I see no objective evidence he would. LanternWaste Feb 2020 #60

He's not winning shit malaise Feb 2020 #61