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Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

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1061 points danso | 4 comments | 29 May 20 07:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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adrianN ◴[29 May 20 07:34 UTC] No.23347217[source]▶
I'm a bit surprised that this fight with the POTUS doesn't have a stronger influence on Twitter's stock value.
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viraptor ◴[29 May 20 07:38 UTC] No.23347242[source]▶
He's not moving anywhere and any Twitter controversy gets more people to tweet about that controversy... Until he forces a significant part of his followers to leave, it's not a bad situation for Twitter to be in.
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jacquesm ◴[29 May 20 07:41 UTC] No.23347267[source]▶
> Until he forces a significant part of his followers to leave, it's not a bad situation for Twitter to be in.

That would be even better for Twitter.

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all2 ◴[29 May 20 07:47 UTC] No.23347338[source]▶
Or worse, in terms of discourse. I suppose twitter is awful for something as complex as political debate, but removing an entire half of a political spectrum would only serve to further divide our country, something which the real demagogues of the world would love to capitalize on.
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1. jacquesm ◴[29 May 20 07:50 UTC] No.23347359{3}[source]▶
Trump is not half of the political spectrum, he's organized a hostile take-over of a political party that was vulnerable to such take-overs.
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2. all2 ◴[29 May 20 07:58 UTC] No.23347429[source]▶
There's a reason he got elected, and it isn't because of some minority group in the US.
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3. totalZero ◴[29 May 20 08:37 UTC] No.23347688[source]▶
I would suggest that maybe Hillary Clinton's campaign and candidacy alienated many people in the center. In my mind, that seems to be the simplest explanation for the existence of Obama-Trump voters.
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4. jacobush ◴[29 May 20 15:06 UTC] No.23350773{3}[source]▶
I think the Obama-Trump voters were a result of 8 years of partly empty promises. (He did a lot, but people hoped for much more. Yes we can / yes we scan.)