How can you be "ok" with sitting president of the united states censored by social media?

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first of: i'm not a Trump fan. he certainly did things that i do not condone. HOWEVER are you even aware that this is an absolutely unprecidented and insanely dangerous case for democracy?

what is democracy gonna turn into, when a private company first gets away with spreading their opinion under the guise of "fact checking" and then actually go as far as to silence a sitting president of the united states?

this is gonna turn democracy into a hoax. a platform can just delete and "correct" what the active government says means the government loses it's power.

impeachment is the right legal tool to remove a president or certain acteurs from office. this is a good democratic process. twitter just silencing the government is absolutely not ok!

do you have any argument which makes this ok? i'm not speaking about trumps particular case. i'm speaking in general terms.

Answer 1

virtue2332

Xper 5

None of it is ok. What happened to Freedom of speech. Too many people bend their morals in the direction of that dollar. What they really are saying by censoring is that Americans aren't intelligent enough to hear what someone has to say and make a good decisions based on the information they heard. Meanwhile they create programs and hire people to build profile on all of us by collecting the data we access. This profile is suppose share the things we like as well as shed light on how we use that data when it comes to decision making. Its then monetized pkged and sold so the buyer can come up with new ways to try and influence us into doing what they want us to do. The send out targeted adds and propaganda. Its only going to get worse if we don't figure out how to regulate and limit this from being the norm

virtue2332

1 mo
I think its funny that we even have to preface our comments with Not a Trump Supporter. I do it often as well especially when commenting. We are allowed to be logical from our perspective. I know I'm not always going to agree with people and I know I get it wrong from time to time but I'm never going say some bullshit just to fit in a box of some imaginary line or please a particular party. All we can do is take the information we have and give an honest assessment from our perspective. Then talk about it like a civilized society.

Answer 2

virtue2332

I think its funny that we even have to preface our comments with Not a Trump Supporter. I do it often as well especially when commenting. We are allowed to be logical from our perspective. I know I'm not always going to agree with people and I know I get it wrong from time to time but I'm never going say some bullshit just to fit in a box of some imaginary line or please a particular party. All we can do is take the information we have and give an honest assessment from our perspective. Then talk about it like a civilized society.

Answer 3

jshm2 | 2K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic.

Yoda

Simple. In a democracy, not even the president can be above the law. Get that into your thick skull. Trump thought he was emperor, not president. Social media are private businesses and protected by section 230 to remove and shut down people who, for example, incite riots or violence - which Trump is impeached for and adjudged as doing so.

Hence US democracy, and private US enterprise, though damaged by Trumps corruption, has shone through and survived. Twitter, Facebook and congress silenced Trump (not the government) to set clear the message that no one is above the rules.

Answer 4

Anonymous

A president is not above the laws or rules on social media.

And personally I think an influential person who frequently spreads fake news and hate should not have a platform that reaches out to millions of people.

genericname85

1 mo
social media rules are not above the law either tho.
genericname85

1 mo
or let's say their "so called policies" they change all the time however they damn well please in order to then claim "what they did was according to the terms and conditions of their service"...
Opinion Owner

1 mo
I do not know if they did something illegal, but I know of normal people who got banned and censored for less.

Besides, I do not see this as undemocratic. It is not the government that is shut down, it is a single man's account. The government has its own website and outreach.
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virtue2332

1 mo
Yeah but I think you are missing the point. He shouldn't be censored he should be allowed to speak and say whats on his mind. It keeps him more accountable and it allows us to see how he is. It also allows for an open discussion on it. The problem is people need to learn how to communicate without letting their ego or emotions take over. I prefer to hear things directly from a person because it gives me better insight when it comes to voting. A lot more than the pro written 3rd party shit meant to cover as many votes as possible.
Opinion Owner

1 mo
@virtue2332 I still do not think politicians should have higher tolerance than other people. He has been violating the rules on several occasions and that normally leads to a ban.
I think by now people know who he is and if they want to follow him he can make his own platform/newsletter whatever.
virtue2332

1 mo
I know what your saying that he shouldn't be afforded any higher privilege than normal citizens right. That's happens to be exactly what Presidents get. They don't cook their own meals or drive around. They are a public figure and that comes with strings attached. To make it clear I didn't vote for him or even agree with a lot of the bullshit. Like they say when you get arrested you have the right to remain silent but anything you say or do can and will be held against you. I rather they let him be let him tell us how he really feels and let us in on what really goes down in politics. We live in the information age the way it seems at times with politics is they are up to a lot of fuckery. There is evidence of government spending in excess. Anyone that wants to be honest in the know can tell you what happens come Oct the end if fiscal year. Budgets get spent needed or not soo its not cut. I've seen it first hand with my own eyes. This was a while ago so I hope some of it has changed but I doubt much. I'm was a Democrat but it became obvious that they got exposed a tiny bit when Trump in office. He hadn't even done anything yet and they wanted the man gone. They didn't want that man to know anything because they new he was not capable of playing by their rules. We have a system of checks and balances for a reason and it takes more than just the president to mess things up. I worked with my share of politicians and I know they know better. What I saw at times was the peoples needs coming second to getting him out of office and they couldn't figure out away to get it done. So we lost and they barely succeeded this election. We all failed in my opinion and unless we figure out how to put it behind us and move forward united it doesn't look good. Especially when hard times come if they can't figure out a way to stop our economy from crashing down. It will get real bad then

How can you be "ok" with sitting president of the united states censored by social media?

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