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Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms

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707 points patd | 1 comments | 27 May 20 12:21 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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djohnston ◴[27 May 20 13:29 UTC] No.23322847[source]▶
The head of integrity has unabashedly showcased his strong political bias on Twitter, and I suspect things will begin going poorly for either him or Twitter shortly.
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josefresco ◴[27 May 20 13:40 UTC] No.23323003[source]▶
Turns out, people with important jobs that require impartiality (like judges) have real, personal, opinions and feelings.
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1. devtul ◴[27 May 20 15:37 UTC] No.23324906[source]▶
The amount of leeway given to one side of the political spectrum is what causes this whole heated political climate.

Whenever some known person from the "right side of history" says something clearly bad, there are always comments like yours "but but but", whereas when the source is on the "wrong side of history" it is taken as final and irrefutable proof of their evilness and no amount of perspective or depth is allowed.

Things will get better when we can give a level headed non-partisan response to statements like

>Today on Meet The Press, we're speaking with Joseph Goebbels about the first 100 days...' - What I hear whenever Kellyanne is on a news show.'