Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[solinari6]

I honestly think Twitter is afraid to dump Trump --

It'd be more fun if they attached a warning to every one of his tweets "This tweet may contain false and defamatory information. Read at your own risk"

[Edge-]

I honestly think Twitter is afraid to dump Trump -- not because of the ensuing riot, but because of all the revenue from the Russian bots that follow him.

This, though there's a bit more. Refusing to take action against Trump's tweets that blatantly violate their rules is also a political/PR play. There's already a perception that social media companies are "anti-conservative" and this would be a clarion call for conservatives to "rise up" against them. Thus far the conservative alternatives have fizzled, but what about when Trump starts promoting one and creates an account there? That's a ton of engagement that they'll be missing out on, especially if Trump dumps the Twitter platform.

It's purely motivated by self-interest and survival. Even if it's not directly about lost ad revenue, it's indirectly due to the perception it reinforces.

Granted the perception is wrong and batshit crazy, but we live in a world where reality doesn't matter.

[Poopymonster]

Words no longer have meaning.

I gotta admit, McEnema is REALLY taking her job of turd polisher seriously.

[Belize]

Words no longer have meaning.

Sometimes I wish I could be in the WH Press Pool.

These reporters have mighty good control of themselves to not snap back a sarcastic response along the lines of "I dunno you dumb bitch, why wouldn't Biden wear a mask in his basement, explain to us why that's strange."

[Pannonian]

You're not wrong.

Man, even the worst trollbots on mmo-c are better at whataboutism...

[Milchshake]

This is the guy that wont wear a mask.

We heard the BS excuses already.

[Edge-]

Words no longer have meaning.

She's probably the best press secretary they've had yet, to be honest. Better than...jesus I'm having to look up some of these names...Sean Spicer who had difficulty simply pronouncing words , better than Sarah Sanders who admitted that she lied to reporters while complaining that she doesn't like being called a liar for lying to reporters, better than Stephanie Grisham who for all intents and purposes literally didn't exist.

It's a low bar that's being set here, but she's hurdled it with ease.

She's a garbage human being, but she's doing precisely the job she's supposed to be doing for this administration, and she's doing it very well.

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This is the guy that wont wear a mask.

We heard the BS excuses already.

Ah, but as TMZ broke, Trump does wear a mask. When he thinks nobody is looking.

https://www.tmz.com/2020/05/21/donal...9-coronavirus/



He still stands like a centaur, it's really weird.

[Pannonian]

She's probably the best press secretary they've had yet, to be honest. Better than...jesus I'm having to look up some of these names...Sean Spicer who had difficulty simply pronouncing words , better than Sarah Sanders who admitted that she lied to reporters while complaining that she doesn't like being called a liar for lying to reporters, better than Stephanie Grisham who for all intents and purposes literally didn't exist.

It's a low bar that's being set here, but she's hurdled it with ease.

She's a garbage human being, but she's doing precisely the job she's supposed to be doing for this administration, and she's doing it very well.

You're forgetting the Mooch! Great entertainer, but yeah, she's probably the most professional of the bunch.

[cubby]

This, though there's a bit more. Refusing to take action against Trump's tweets that blatantly violate their rules is also a political/PR play. There's already a perception that social media companies are "anti-conservative" and this would be a clarion call for conservatives to "rise up" against them. Thus far the conservative alternatives have fizzled, but what about when Trump starts promoting one and creates an account there? That's a ton of engagement that they'll be missing out on, especially if Trump dumps the Twitter platform.

It's purely motivated by self-interest and survival. Even if it's not directly about lost ad revenue, it's indirectly due to the perception it reinforces.

Granted the perception is wrong and batshit crazy, but we live in a world where reality doesn't matter.

Agreed - the entire notion of a "liberal media" is a conservative creation - done because facts don't help their narrative, ever, and critical journalism is their Achilles' heel. So it's not surprising that when Deplorable-in-Chief continually and daily violates the basic tenets of a social media platforms rules, and goes unpunished, we get independent confirmation that there is either a conservative bias in the media, and/or, most of the media is about $$$ and not the news.

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Absolutely.

Just listen to this video. Good grief.

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Simply to hide the gut, nothing more.

They are no longer producing a reality show - they are so far off the reservation fiction can't even handle it. I think The Onion is just running regular headlines now.

[Edge-]

You're forgetting the Mooch! Great entertainer, but yeah, she's probably the most professional of the bunch.

He wasn't gonna be Press Secretary, and he was fired 10 days before he even began. He was gonna be the communications director.

[Zan15]

Here is a letter from the husband of the woman, who Trump tweeted the conspiracy theory about Joe Scarborough.



This definitely is a time Twitter needs to take action against Trump. It has been up for awhile and yes, I'm sure they are discussing it. Maybe they don't know what to do with it or maybe they don't care. If Twitter is afraid of Trump and its followers or worse just care about the bottom line, then shame on Twitter.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...msnbc-n1214701
https://apnews.com/700c52aab0869253625b80255a397f19

whelp I got my answer on what would happen if I went on twitter and started making accusations of murder and pedophile rings against the CEO and execs of twitter...

he's above moderation, but the rest of us are not...

[Edge-]

https://apnews.com/700c52aab0869253625b80255a397f19

So, if some nutter decides to make an attempt at Scarborough or Mika resulting from Trump's tweets, what kind of legal liability falls on Trump? At least when he leaves office and can be prosecuted, that is. Would there be any? How about Twitter? Would they be an accessory for refusing to take down the information?

[Acidbaron]

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...msnbc-n1214701
https://apnews.com/700c52aab0869253625b80255a397f19

whelp I got my answer on what would happen if I went on twitter and started making accusations of murder and pedophile rings against the CEO and execs of twitter...

he's above moderation, but the rest of us are not...

Social media in general turns a blind eye to right wing extremism since it is a notable source of their user base, fanatics do need their playing field and facebook and twitter gladly accommodates. Facebook is slightly turning around but even so their track record is nothing to be proud off.

Side note not just right wing fanatics but they are probably the largest segment.

[Breccia]

So, if some nutter decides to make an attempt at Scarborough or Mika resulting from Trump's tweets, what kind of legal liability falls on Trump?

Legally probably none, but even Twitter might take action if Trump says "that guy is a murderer" and someone actually murders him.

[cubby]

https://apnews.com/700c52aab0869253625b80255a397f19

So, if some nutter decides to make an attempt at Scarborough or Mika resulting from Trump's tweets, what kind of legal liability falls on Trump? At least when he leaves office and can be prosecuted, that is. Would there be any? How about Twitter? Would they be an accessory for refusing to take down the information?

Trump eschews all legal responsibility for his words and actions, insofar as the above is concerned. The only medium for punishment, at least currently, is either Impeachment or Nov 3.

Twitter, however, might be in some serious shit (that's a legal term of art) - especially if Scarborough or Mika are killed. Twitter is violating their own terms of use - outside the political free speech category, which wouldn't be a great defense, and they would seem to be highly culpable.

[draynay]

https://apnews.com/700c52aab0869253625b80255a397f19

So, if some nutter decides to make an attempt at Scarborough or Mika resulting from Trump's tweets, what kind of legal liability falls on Trump? At least when he leaves office and can be prosecuted, that is. Would there be any? How about Twitter? Would they be an accessory for refusing to take down the information?

"I don't take responsibility at all."

[Orange Joe]

I dont see much with the tweet attacking a living member of the military, it was Memorial Day btw not Veterans day, other than an endorsement of the other person running against him.

The others meh normal stuff he tweets every day.

Calling someone a fraud and puppet isn't an attack? Ah what am I saying of course it isn't an attack to someone that is a fraud and puppet....

[cubby]

I dont see much with the tweet attacking a living member of the military, it was Memorial Day btw not Veterans day, other than an endorsement of the other person running against him.

The others meh normal stuff he tweets every day.

All those other lies and conspiracies that kill americans every day - yep, that's our Deplorable-in-Chief. Just being the worst possible human being imaginable; every; single; day.

[Zan15]

This administration continues to amaze....

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mark...cid=spartanntp


jobless benefits...for people...who get jobs....wait....huh?

I mean how does this help people who lost jobs? Who lost income?

So basically its taking the 600 dollars away from people with ZERO job income and giving it to people with....job income....

[Edge-]

This administration continues to amaze....

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mark...cid=spartanntp


jobless benefits...for people...who get jobs....wait....huh?

I mean how does this help people who lost jobs? Who lost income?

So basically its taking the 600 dollars away from people with ZERO job income and giving it to people with....job income....

Man, all those millions of job openings everywhere that are just waiting to be filled right now! These nearly 40M newly unemployed Americans are just lazy shits and there are tens of millions of well paying jobs open!

I mean, why would someone who was making decent money and is currently getting a living unemployment payment take a job working at a fast food joint for less than half of what they get on unemployment?

This should be a trigger for the administration to look at why this problem exists and how our economy is fundamentally broken and built on exploiting and keeping people poor, but nnnnaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.