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originally posted by: defiythelie
Which could easily be seen ad government blocking free speech.
originally posted by: seeker1963
a reply to: antoinemarionette
Poor poor snowflakes!
Ya know what? I don't even have a twitter account but yet I can go on an look at who is posting what. I just can't troll them. That's what this is all about!
originally posted by: antoinemarionette
a reply to: badw0lf
President Donald Trump’s tweets “are considered official statements by the President of the United States,” because “the president is the President of the United States,” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer explained patiently at Tuesday’s briefing.
If the tweets are official statements, then frankly, they should be viewed as such by all. Wouldn't you agree?
Yet there is no explanation or protocol for replies to Tweets. Any suggestions?
originally posted by: defiythelie
Twitter is a private company. But twitter is not blocking people from Trump's page, Trump is. Which could easily be seen ad government blocking free speech.
originally posted by: TruMcCarthy
I understand the premise of the argument, I just don't think it has much merit. Twitter is a private company, it's not the government passing laws to prohibit free speech, which is what the 1st amendment is all about.
I don't think replying to the President's posts automatically means the poster hates the President.
They disagree with the President. That is the correct deduction. The President is blocking those who disagree with his Twitter posts.
Do you too believe that Twitter is at fault and it is they who should be sued for providing a block function?
originally posted by: antoinemarionette
a reply to: scraedtosleep
I agree that no law was broken. I do sense a whiff of irony in this situation though...
If Twitter is used for official statements from the Whitehouse, then perhaps it would be better if no one is allowed to reply to the President's tweets.
That way his Twitter account will simply be consider an official US policy source, and not as social media, which is what Twitter was initially created to be.
My understanding was that certain users were basically lying in wait for each tweet so they'd be the first to reply and usually with something negative regardless of the subject.