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MineralMan

(146,284 posts)
Thu May 28, 2020, 10:16 AM May 2020

To Prevent Any Further Injustices Against President Trump

Twitter should lock his account and not allow the President to post at all. Otherwise, Twitter will have to continue to fact check his posts and identify them as misleading. Trump believes that to be improper and a violation of his freedom of speech. Trump is incorrect.

So, Twitter should simply lock his account at once to prevent any further annoyance to the President.

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To Prevent Any Further Injustices Against President Trump (Original Post) MineralMan May 2020 OP
Twitter is not the government. Laelth May 2020 #1
He may be opening a can of worms by using an EO. 42bambi May 2020 #2
There is no law if there is no law enforcement. SoonerPride May 2020 #3
Our only solution.... safeinOhio May 2020 #4
And he doesn't have ANYTHING else to do? louis-t May 2020 #5

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
1. Twitter is not the government.
Thu May 28, 2020, 10:25 AM
May 2020

Therefore, Twitter can not violate the First Amendment. Trump IS the government. Therefore, he CAN violate the First Amendment, and it looks like he plans to do so soon with an Executive Order—all the while claiming that his own First Amendment rights have been violated by Twitter.



-Laelth

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
3. There is no law if there is no law enforcement.
Thu May 28, 2020, 10:49 AM
May 2020

1st Amendment?

Only works if someone enforces it.

Congress won't stop trump.
SCOTUS won't stop trump.

He is a king
a despot
a tyrant
a ruler

We have no functioning democracy

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