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Twitter just flagged the White House post too... (Original Post) lamp_shade May 2020 OP
Looks Like Twitter Has Started Building A Dossier... smb May 2020 #1
You are reading my mind. roamer65 May 2020 #11
Thanks Twitter spanone May 2020 #2
This is getting very interesting. sop May 2020 #3
Here you go, with the response Renew Deal May 2020 #4
Wow, that was the second looting/shooting post from the White House account. demmiblue May 2020 #5
Here's what he said, by the way, for anybody having difficulty locating the tweet Goodheart May 2020 #6
I think Twitter may have figured out that trump can't touch 'em. CincyDem May 2020 #7
Reality? Show? C_U_L8R May 2020 #8
The emperor has no Twitter. sop May 2020 #9
Oh, good one! n/t EndlessWire May 2020 #10
They should put @WhiteHouse in Twitter jail...symbolic justice n/t AntiFascist May 2020 #12
GOOD. calimary May 2020 #13
$100 he was testing to see if it was just his personal acct being flagged Roland99 May 2020 #14

smb

(3,471 posts)
1. Looks Like Twitter Has Started Building A Dossier...
Fri May 29, 2020, 10:21 AM
May 2020

...like a supervisor who's gotten fed up with the office slacker and is getting all the ducks in a row to fire them and make it stick.

demmiblue

(36,823 posts)
5. Wow, that was the second looting/shooting post from the White House account.
Fri May 29, 2020, 10:35 AM
May 2020

The President did not glorify violence. He clearly condemned it.

@Jack and Twitter's biased, bad-faith "fact-checkers" have made it clear: Twitter is a publisher, not a platform.

The White House@WhiteHouse· 2h

“These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!” twitter.com/realdonaldtrum…

Goodheart

(5,308 posts)
6. Here's what he said, by the way, for anybody having difficulty locating the tweet
Fri May 29, 2020, 10:39 AM
May 2020

"“These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!”

That ABSOLUTELY glorifies violence.

Thank you, Twitter.

CincyDem

(6,338 posts)
7. I think Twitter may have figured out that trump can't touch 'em.
Fri May 29, 2020, 10:40 AM
May 2020

He fired his best shot with this EO and the general consensus among real lawyers is that it won’t hold up in court and, other than having exec agencies start doing some work, they’re years and years away from any real teeth.

So now, hopefully, trump learns what it means to pick a fight with A guy who, to reapply the old phrase, but ink by the barrel.

C_U_L8R

(44,990 posts)
8. Reality? Show?
Fri May 29, 2020, 10:52 AM
May 2020

I'm very skeptical about what we see being performed here. Everything is a show with Trump. And surely Twitter doesn't mind the stirring the pot as well. Cui bono and caveat emptor.

calimary

(81,125 posts)
13. GOOD.
Fri May 29, 2020, 01:49 PM
May 2020

I wish they'd flag EVERY divisive, deceitful, attempted-distraction post of his.

The other game I play with myself (aside from the "if I ran MSNBC" game) is the "if I were President" game. I would have the Twitter people come to that first lunch after the inauguration and tell them I've just declared donald trump a threat to national security and I want his Twitter account TAKEN DOWN. PERMANENTLY.

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