Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump

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  1. Ddyad

    Ddyad Well-Known Member

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    LOL! There were no revolutionaries in the Capitol. The violent vanguard, whoever they were, did nothing that could have conceivably captured the politicians in the building, and the "masses" that followed them through the doors are caught on video carefully staying within the still standing rope lines. Their naive behavior was as astonishing as the lack of any effective security in the capitol.

    A serious assault would have captured the entire Congress in minutes and toppled the government within an hour. How many new cabinet agencies have we created for this kind of security?

    Where were our 17 secret police/spy agencies - watching the Hallmark Network?
     
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    WalterSobchak Well-Known Member

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    Did Trump agree to the TOS when he joined Twitter or Facebook? Did he violate their TOS?

    Soooooooooooo, how is banning him from violating the TOS that HE agreed to when he joined, censoring him?
     
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  3. Ddyad

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    When exactly did Trump criticize Pence, and how is that a call for riots? What is your source?
     
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    I haven't made up any crap. This is Twitter's decision.

    Why are you defending the indefensible?
     
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    Source was his twitter
    Trump reached a new precedent when he took to Twitter to criticize his long loyal servant. "Mike Pence didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our country and our Constitution, giving states a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. USA demands the truth!" said Trump in a tweet that has since been removed in Twitter.
     
  6. Doofenshmirtz

    Doofenshmirtz Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    The phone is commonly used for communication and is considered a utility. Would you say Twitter is used at least as often as the phone?
     
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    ChiCowboy Well-Known Member

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    Make your point.
     
  8. ChiCowboy

    ChiCowboy Well-Known Member

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    Trumpers confusing private enterprise with the government.

    That's what's going here, not your claim.
     
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    LoneStarGal Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    The Left State Shut-Uppery Platform, fairly accurately predicted by Orwell's 1984, only he called it Newspeak.

    War is peace.
    Freedom is slavery.
    Ignorance is strength.

    The Big Tech oligarchy just became The Ministry of Truth and Shut-Uppery.
     
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  10. Doofenshmirtz

    Doofenshmirtz Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    It is an abuse of power. Why do we need corporations deciding who gets to be heard? Should we disable cell service for Republicans?
     
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    cristiansoldier Well-Known Member

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    When you say phone are you referring to a land-line or do you mean a cell phone?
     
  12. Doofenshmirtz

    Doofenshmirtz Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    All phones. VOIP as well.
     
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    Nope. I responded to a post confusing censorship with capitalism, which is an utterly preposterous and laughable proposition.
     
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    WhatsApp users who do not accept the new terms of service, making data-sharing mandatory for all uses, will be deleted February 8th.

    Big Brother is Watching.

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  15. LoneStarGal

    LoneStarGal Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Don't give them any ideas. They'll think of it soon enough on their own. lol

    Remember Obama sent the IRS to target audits on Tea Party organizations. Why should the IRS care which party a person or group belongs to?
     
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    If only there was some process for getting away from this "big brother"... Like if I could delete an app, or account, or something... Hmmm, what could possibly be done?

    Trumpers seem to think this is the United States of Facebook.
     
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    I don't know what you mean Doofen. Abuse of power is something the government does, not a private company.
     
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    I think you misunderstood.
     
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    LoneStarGal Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Sure. Are the Amish accepting applications for people who want to convert?
     
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    If you include VOIP then I guess things like cisco webex and Microsoft teams may be included so in that case I still do use a headset/computer for work. For my personally life I can't remember the last time I made or received a voice call. Most communication is text or whatsapp. So in that sense I would look at twitter much more often than making voice calls. But if you include work and video conferencing then I am on the "headset/computer" more.
     
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    You think not using Facebook is akin to shunning all technology? I don't use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. (gave up FB years ago, have never used the others beyond a passing curiosity). I could ditch any company whose products I use right now if I had a problem with them. People who blindly yoke themselves to a company get what they deserve.
     
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    LoneStarGal Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Big Brother watching you is all tech, not just social media.
     
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    Burzmali Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Care to specify what you mean by "big brother watching you?"
     
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    Have yet to see a single example of Trump calling for violence pasted up here.
    Odd, given that his entire speech was caught on video.
     
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    Is the existence of the modern surveillance state supposed to be "news" to what still passes as a "progressive" movement in America?

    “While restraints such as these have come and gone over the past half century, a more formal and enduring body of curbs on political and social movements in opposition to the status quo has flourished in the form of a system of political intelligence immune to changes in political climate, judicial scrutiny, executive or congressional control. Largely extralegal, autonomous, and clandestine, this political police system has monitored dissent with ever increasing intensity since the end of World War I.”
    THE AGE OF SURVEILLANCE, The Aims and Methods of America's Political intelligence System, Frank J. Donner, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, 1980. p. 3.
     
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