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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: 0s | source
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bilbo0s ◴[29 May 20 08:38 UTC] No.23347697[source]▶
In fairness, Trump's tweets are not about actually doing anything, they are more about getting votes. So arguing the feasibility of suggestions outlined in a Trump tweet kind of misses the point.
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tehwebguy ◴[29 May 20 12:54 UTC] No.23349351[source]▶
It was a message, directly to law enforcement, that he thinks it’s okay for them to shoot protestors so long as there is looting. I can’t see how anyone would see that as anything other than a crime against humanity
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1. eanzenberg ◴[29 May 20 16:58 UTC] No.23352446[source]▶
I think it’s a threat directed at private gun-owning citizens that would be willing to take the law into their own hands. I’m old enough to remember the L.A. riots, where the police essentially peace’d out and let the resulting storm “work” itself out. It was God-awful for everyone involved, from the looters to the business owners to the innocent bystanders watching idly by.

Trump is warning the looters that they are taking their lives in their own hands, not just against the police, but against other private citizens protecting their property.

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2. Simulacra ◴[29 May 20 17:00 UTC] No.23352482[source]▶
"a threat directed at" I'm not trying to be pedantic here, forgive me, but I reiterate that it was an observation. Any meaning beyond that is your own. The statement stands as it is, any interpretation by Twitter is editorializing.
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3. eanzenberg ◴[29 May 20 17:08 UTC] No.23352572[source]▶
This is true, I agree. It was an observation that the people rioting and looting are choosing to put their lives into their own hands.