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Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms

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707 points patd | 2 comments | 27 May 20 12:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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Ididntdothis ◴[27 May 20 13:54 UTC] No.23323232[source]▶
I feel like we are slowly reaching the state the movie “Idiocracy” describes. I feel very torn about this. On the one hand I don’t think we should leave it up to companies like Twitter to censor things. On the other hand I find it hard to believe that the president is constantly claiming things without any evidence backing up. It started with the claims of millions of illegal voters in 2016 and the commission they started disbanding quietly after finding nothing. And now publicly spreading rumors about killing somebody.

It’s insane how little respect the US has for the integrity of its political system. As long as it may hurt the “other” side everything is ok without regard to the damage they are constantly doing the health of the system.

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pinopinopino ◴[27 May 20 14:00 UTC] No.23323342[source]▶
>Idiocracy

Or how they call it on the right side: Clown World. Guess nobody is happy with the current affairs.

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1. WaxProlix ◴[27 May 20 14:03 UTC] No.23323406[source]▶
From what I've seen, "clown world" can refer to perceived injustices like white women choosing black men as partners more than the incompetence or silliness of our president (or other world leadership).
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2. pinopinopino ◴[27 May 20 14:15 UTC] No.23323599[source]▶
Of course, it is colored by the viewpoints of the other side. But there are also connections, like the idiotic emphasis on consuming. And they laugh about the incompetence of Bernie Sanders (getting cucked all the time!) or "Creepy" Joey. Same abstraction, other implementation.