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Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms

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707 points patd | 3 comments | 27 May 20 12:21 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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101404 ◴[27 May 20 14:04 UTC] No.23323418[source]▶
I think that's just symptoms of the real problem: the extremely profit oriented media industry.

Senselessly creating and reporting on "conflicts" and "scandals" makes them the most money. Trump is just playing their game.

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zentiggr ◴[27 May 20 14:08 UTC] No.23323487[source]▶
Trump plays no game but his own. There is no world to him except what he perceives, even more so than 99.9% of people his own self-supporting delusions drive his entire existence. No one can puncture that bubble, at least not that I've seen.
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1. 101404 ◴[27 May 20 14:17 UTC] No.23323650[source]▶
I am surprised how people can still have this simplistic, lazy view. Including most "journalists".

Anyways, by downvoting you already showed that you don't care about open discussions. Good luck with that.

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2. zentiggr ◴[27 May 20 21:08 UTC] No.23329998[source]▶
Simplistic? I've been reading investigative reports of his very narcissistic, unstable behavior for decades. He's no different in office, just far more visible.

He's not playing a media game when he praises every network that talks him up, and calls everyone else Never Trumpers, conspiracies, and fake news.

That's a narcissist who can't accept ever being wrong. Have you ever seen how he waffles and grabs at any straw any time he's told to his face that something he said or tweeted was blatantly wrong? It's very obvious, diagnosable behavior.

Not simplistic at all. More like all too well informed, and honestly afraid of what his personality cult might do even beyond the damage they've already caused.

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3. 101404 ◴[27 May 20 23:04 UTC] No.23331246[source]▶
The "Trump personality cult" that I see most often is the one you practice. Kind of a "reverse cult", where you are so focused on "not following" a person that it hinders rational thought.

Pretty interesting phenomenon.