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Not sure about this and wondered what others on here thought.
If someone is inciting violence on social media - then yes block them.
But as much as you may not agree with him - has Trump actually been doing this?
And if a single person has the power to allow who can and cannot give their views on social media - isn’t that putting too much power in the hands of an unelected individual ?
Your probably looking at it the wrong way Nudge .Quote:
Originally Posted by Young_Nudger
Whilst I haven't read Trumps tweets prior to Wednesday's events he most certainly stood up in person and addressed the mob assembled before him and incited them to storm Congress .
He even said he was going with them and then retreated to the White House to watch it on tv , some man !!!
Twitter have probably banned him because the potential is there for him to use that platform to incite his followers further whilst still in office , he's still well over a week left on his term .
Amazing to think whilst he's banned from all platforms on social media he still retains the nuclear weapon codes !!!!! .
I've noted too those Republicans who are now attempting to distance themselves from Trump and save their own skins since Wednesday and were fully onboard with him for the last four years and were banging the stolen election drum as well as pinning their name to the mob prior to the violence and loss of life .
That wasn't a demonstration by the way , that was a coup d e'tate , using violence to overthrow a democratic process and should be dealt with by the US justice system as such in my opinion .
Individuals from the mob and it's leaders too including it's head Donald Trump .
Trump tweeted that his supporters should March on capital hill which is what sparked the demonstrations! Yes he was right to have his account deleted because he’s abused it since he’s had it with his uncontrollable narcissism!
I particularly laughed out loud at the guy who entered the capital building with a taser and accidentally tasered himself in the goolies, had a massive heart attack and died........Trump supporters PMSL
I’m not really looking at it favourably in either direction.Quote:
Originally Posted by animallittle3
Just floating suggestions for discussion.
You must have an opinion one way or the other Nudge , almost impossible not to have .Quote:
Originally Posted by Young_Nudger
You either
Agree with Trump that the election was stolen from him and the only way to right the wrong was to attempt a coup d e'tate .
Or
You believe Biden was the winner in a fair and democratic election and Trump's actions and his minions are unlawful .
What other possible position is there to hold given you are the author on this subject ? .
Have your say , this isn't the bbs Nudge .
Perhaps Nudger doesn't have an opinion on whether Trump should be banned as that is the question.Quote:
Originally Posted by animallittle3
The discussion about the election is another matter.
My POV is quite clear Trump should be banned Sine Die and the sooner he does the better.
This shows how he acts in the business world as well, he's just a bully that always gets his sway.
Impeach him in record time kick him out and exclude him from the GOP.
I hoping he would refuse to leave the White House as I would pay good money to see the secret service throw him out on the street.
To be honest whilst I always knew what Trump was before he became US President I also thought that it sometimes takes something different to shake up the political arena .Quote:
Originally Posted by Olias1
The make America Great Again slogan was about returning manufacturing jobs lost during the Obama administration and between 2016 to 2019 Trump did indeed create half a million of those jobs that were lost .
He was also on a ticket to limit globalisation and it's effects on blue collar Americans hence the stand off on trade with China along with illegal immigration .
Trump was always about the Trump brand but if he took blue collar Americans with him and a good number prospered then that's not too bad in my opinion .
Although he did also cut taxes for the wealthy .
Trouble with Populist leaders is they aren't too good when a crisis hits them and so it proved when Covid came along , we've seen that here ourselves with Johnson .
Trump began to unravel and was totally out of his depth , like a rabbit in the headlights .
So they do what populist right wing leaders do in such an event and detach the blame from themselves ..... they blame everyone and everything else .
Every democrat State Governor , China , the media other than Fox News and stoke up the culture wars to shift the focus elsewhere and the heat off themselves .
The election steal was the last roll of the dice from a man whose ego wouldn't allow him to accept the US electorate didn't want him .
He wasn't ever for blue collar America , he just needed their vote , I doubt there's really a thought for anyone other than himself and his brand .
It's tragic that five of his supporters lost their lives on Wednesday for this man who having whipped them up in to a frenzy for his own personal gain abandoned them to the safety of the Oval Office and his tv set and has since thrown them under the bus .
At least Hitler shot himself in his bunker .
Trump should face more severe charges than impeachment in my opinion .
A Coup D E'tate is a pretty serious offence given it wasn't a demonstration or even a riot , attempting to remain in power by violent means against a democratic process .
The fact that he's a soon to be ex US President is neither here nor there .
5 deaths , lawmakers hiding from the mob and infiltration in to the heart of the US democratic process by force , some with weapons .
That's severe sentences for those involved and life imprisonment for the Republican fire stokers , all day long .
At least in the past right wing populists wrecked other countries too as well as their own , now they seem to just trash their own .
Trouble is millions of us don't vote for em but get the shyte they create anyways .