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Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

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1061 points danso | 3 comments | 29 May 20 07:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.841s | source
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umvi ◴[29 May 20 13:05 UTC] No.23349461[source]▶
At this point I feel like Twitter is _trying_ to push Trump's buttons. 4 years of not censoring Trump's tweets and now all of a sudden they have an ethical obligation? Which straw broke the camel's back?
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Covzire ◴[29 May 20 13:11 UTC] No.23349523[source]▶
I really don't understand what part of Trump's tweet is "glorifying" violence, can anyone help me out on the rationale?
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mdszy ◴[29 May 20 13:13 UTC] No.23349551[source]▶
"when the looting starts, the shooting starts."

Just read that a few times until you get it through your head.

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umvi ◴[29 May 20 13:21 UTC] No.23349644[source]▶
rubber bullets? Everything need not be interpreted with such lethal intent.
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1. mdszy ◴[29 May 20 13:28 UTC] No.23349728[source]▶
Are you joking? You really think that given Trump and his base that's how he means for it to be interprted?
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2. umvi ◴[29 May 20 13:34 UTC] No.23349795[source]▶
> given Trump and his base

Considering a huge chunk of Trump's base is the religious right, I don't think Trump's base is as bloodthirsty as you think it is.

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3. mdszy ◴[29 May 20 13:36 UTC] No.23349815[source]▶
You've clearly never met anyone who claims to be religious and yet is incredibly ready to shoot a non-white person the moment they look at them funny.