Deep-ish thoughts on Tech, Trump and Things

Jan 13, 2021, 12:08 PM

The POTUS is the highest office in the country and arguably the world

For the big tech firms to silence and ban the president sounds awful, right? Aside from the law, the office is above pretty much everything. Before you scream whataboutism or anything like that, can you imagine something like this happening to the highest office? Me neither, never would have flown.

So then there’s Trump. I think we all knew from the beginning he would be a president that’s a little rough around the edges (to be polite). I can’t believe that someone has been able to tarnish the office of president this much. All of the accusations aside he’s been posting from a personal Twitter account since day 1 and has been claiming voter fraud since before he was even elected

If he used a POTUS Twitter account to spread useful and helpful information to the general public that would have been great. He used a personal account and apparently had no filter. In my mind, that means Twitter is essentially banning him as a user and not necessarily as the President. I wish he would have been more presidential towards the end

I don’t think he actually used words to incite a riot. I do think the rioters felt empowered by all of the massive riots and crime spread across the country all year. I’m not even sure (some to most) even realized the extent of what they were actually doing in terms of breaking laws. It never should have happened, but to me there was way more building upto this than a speech.

In conclusion, I don’t think he should be impeached. I’m on the side of that would only cause more problems than help solve anything. 75 million voters would be pretty unhappy. He needs to be punished in some way to show that we can’t treat the office with no respect. (Remember when getting a letter or an award or a visit to the White House was considered amazing regardless of who held office? Now it’s political for example, Bill B from NE)

The very first thing Biden will be judged on is his approach to healing and unifying the country. That should be top priority to breaking down the extreme my side vs your side situation we are in.

TLDR
Tech is “censoring” a person, not the position
Trump needed to learn to keep his mouth shut somewhere along the line, or at least have a filter
Impeachment will yield more Chaos
Biden needs to act fast in uniting US.

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Republicans should love the precedent to impeach a Democratic president should they incite violent uprisings against the government through demonstrably false statements. In my mind, we should all welcome that type of accountability.

I laugh to think how Republicans would react had Obama explicitly told a crowd of angry SJW's that Trump stole the election and his supporters hate America. Were the situations switched, I think we would be even closer to civil war than we are now.

I think there are better arguments against impeachment than 'further division'. It feels like giving in even though we know his actions are well within the realm of impeachable. I urge our representatives to protect our democracy now through impeachment, and trust that it's what is best for the future of America.

I'm hearing arguments in the house today 'dems lied about russia so why should we remove trump for inciting a riot'. I just don't see how one has bearing on the other when trump has crossed the line as far as he has. I'm done ranting.

Deep-ish thoughts on Tech, Trump and Things

That's the defense for Trump

Re: That's the defense for Trump

On uniting the nation...

I can get behind the long term implications

How about this for a win/win.

What about McDonald’s does that stay or go?***

Yeah, impeachment seems the only option.

I can go along with most of that. I do think he needs to

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