Current Affairs The 2020 United States Presidential Election

[Tubey]

I shudder to raise this but iirc the President has floor privileges and can go down and appear on the floor of Congress when they restart the vote.

If he did, the 25th becomes even more possible, perhaps at that point probable.

 

[Sassy Colombian]

“Impeach the motherf-!”

That motherf just made me break my dry January. So here is a toss to him getting impeached tonight!

 

[Wat Tyler]

Tweeting from the toilet is much more his style.

Twitter from the sh!tter

 

[Papa Shango]

What was your take when the NFL censored Kaepernick?

This was overdue from Twitter given the circumstances but in general corporations censoring speech feels wrong to me.

It was wrong. However the censorship of Kaepernick and Trump are two totally different ends of the spectrum.

I'm all for the censorship of dangerous dickheads who cause all sorts of problems personally. Censoring people who are making a stand against systematic racism or what have you, less so.

 

[Shevin Keedy]

It's not ideologically driven though, in any way. Because I think the same concern is valid regardless of political view.

Ideology need not be political.

 

[Tin-Tin]

The problem idiot senators like Cruz, Rubio, Hawley etc have in sucking up to Trump and trying to gain his fanbase for their own futures is that they are not Trump.

The cult is his and his alone, them 3 dont have the same pull so are doimg more damage to themselves than their miniscule brains realise.

 

[TheBigIguana]

What was your take when the NFL censored Kaepernick?

This was overdue from Twitter given the circumstances but in general corporations censoring speech feels wrong to me.

That feels like a lifetime ago. I grew up in a strong GOP area but was at school during that and the election. My views changed a lot in that year. Just wild to think about for me.

 

[Tin-Tin]

 

[Tubey]

It was wrong. However the censorship of Kaepernick and Trump are two totally different ends of the spectrum.

I'm all for the censorship of dangerous dickheads who cause all sorts of problems personally. Censoring people who are making a stand against systematic racism or what have you, less so.

A private business having ultimate say on who constitutes a "dangerous [Poor language removed]" is the concern though.

What if the owner of Twitter tomorrow was a MAGA nutter and decided AOC was one?

That's the issue - the level of impact such decisions could have, by and large unregulated.

 

[Sassy Colombian]

Pence would be my hero tonight if he invokes the 25th amendment before the night is over.

Trump is seriously unfit to stay in office for the next few days. He continues to be a danger to the Republic

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[LinekersLegs]

Never fear, detective Palin is on the case

 

[carolinablue232]

It was wrong. However the censorship of Kaepernick and Trump are two totally different ends of the spectrum.

I'm all for the censorship of dangerous dickheads who cause all sorts of problems personally. Censoring people who are making a stand against systematic racism or what have you, less so.

Yes different sides to the same question though. I don’t think subjectivity is the right way to go in general as everyone always thinks they’re right. When there’s a situation that someone is endangering safety or threatening entire institutions like Trump was doing, then the ban is totally warranted.

In general corporate censorship is a tricky topic. You asked the initial poster why it felt wrong, and in my opinion it’s because as a general principle, companies shouldn’t be deciding what people do and don’t say.

Think we all agree the Twitter ban was overdue in this case.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[Tin-Tin]

Venezuela with some top trolling here