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Censoring the elected president is inherently anti democratic.

by googthrowaway42 6y ago

brown9-2 6y ago
A warning is not censorship.
- googthrowaway42 6y ago
  That is a depraved level of disingenuousness.
  - brown9-2 6y ago
    So is telling the public that there was massive fraud in all the states you lost and refusing to admit defeat!
    - googthrowaway42 6y ago
      He didn't allege massive fraud in all the states he lost. There are severe irregularities that have been recorded in many different areas within certain swing states. He has no obligation to admit defeat until the electors vote on the President in mid December. Another morally depraved take.
squidfish 6y ago
There is no democracy on a privately owned platform. Trump can say what he wants, but Twitter absolutely has a choice what, if anything, they allow to be published on their platform. FWIW, Trump's time on Twitter is winding down. The only reason he hasn't received the ban-hammer from Twitter is his unique position as an elected official. January 20th shortly after noon, he will no longer exist on Twitter.
- drdec 6y ago
  > There is no democracy on a privately owned platform. Interesting. Would the right-wing be better off if Twitter were a government-owned entity, thus ensuring that their right to free speech would always allow unfettered access? Would we ever be able to convince them to trust the government enough that that was actually the case? Would they be able to overcome their impulse in favor of privatization over nationalization to allow something like that to happen?
- nostromo 6y ago
  > There is no democracy on a privately owned platform. So, do you support net neutrality? It's the ISP's platform, they can do what they want with it... right?
eertami 6y ago
No it isn't. I'm quite sure you know it isn't. Being _unable_ to censor the president is what would be anti-democratic. Only in authoritarian regimes would a leader be able to force private companies to spread their message. In a democratic country, you have the freedom to choose what you want to support and not support.
- googthrowaway42 6y ago
  Authoritarianism and Democracy are not opposing ideas.

Censoring the elected president is inherently anti democratic.

brown9-2 6y ago

A warning is not censorship.

googthrowaway42 6y ago
That is a depraved level of disingenuousness.
- brown9-2 6y ago
  So is telling the public that there was massive fraud in all the states you lost and refusing to admit defeat!
  - googthrowaway42 6y ago
    He didn't allege massive fraud in all the states he lost. There are severe irregularities that have been recorded in many different areas within certain swing states. He has no obligation to admit defeat until the electors vote on the President in mid December. Another morally depraved take.

squidfish 6y ago

There is no democracy on a privately owned platform. Trump can say what he wants, but Twitter absolutely has a choice what, if anything, they allow to be published on their platform. FWIW, Trump's time on Twitter is winding down. The only reason he hasn't received the ban-hammer from Twitter is his unique position as an elected official. January 20th shortly after noon, he will no longer exist on Twitter.

drdec 6y ago
> There is no democracy on a privately owned platform. Interesting. Would the right-wing be better off if Twitter were a government-owned entity, thus ensuring that their right to free speech would always allow unfettered access? Would we ever be able to convince them to trust the government enough that that was actually the case? Would they be able to overcome their impulse in favor of privatization over nationalization to allow something like that to happen?
nostromo 6y ago
> There is no democracy on a privately owned platform. So, do you support net neutrality? It's the ISP's platform, they can do what they want with it... right?

eertami 6y ago

No it isn't. I'm quite sure you know it isn't. Being _unable_ to censor the president is what would be anti-democratic. Only in authoritarian regimes would a leader be able to force private companies to spread their message. In a democratic country, you have the freedom to choose what you want to support and not support.

googthrowaway42 6y ago
Authoritarianism and Democracy are not opposing ideas.