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Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

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1061 points danso | 1 comments | 29 May 20 07:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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shiado ◴[29 May 20 07:38 UTC] No.23347239[source]▶
The service that hosts the accounts of all branches of the US military, all major weapons contractors, all three letter agencies, and many foreign militaries, governments, and world leaders guilty of all manner of war crimes, and this is where they draw the line for violence. Really interesting.
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doublesCs ◴[29 May 20 07:44 UTC] No.23347293[source]▶
The president is the most visible face of the government. Of all the ones you mentioned, it's the only one people actually vote for. What he says and does has the most impact. So I don't find it "interesting", I find it entirely reasonable.
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jacquesm ◴[29 May 20 07:47 UTC] No.23347330[source]▶
People in the United States do not vote for a president. They vote for an elector who in turn will vote for the president. This is an important and often left out detail in how the American political system works, in theory it could have protected us from the current dumpster fire.
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djannzjkzxn ◴[29 May 20 07:49 UTC] No.23347352[source]▶
My ballot has the candidate’s name on it, not some elector. If electors conspired to change the outcome, the people would rightfully consider it nothing more than a coup, regardless of the 18th-century design of the electoral college.
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ashtonkem ◴[29 May 20 14:58 UTC] No.23350665[source]▶
In many states “faithless electors”, who override the public will are illegal. They’re also exceedingly rare.

At this point, Americans vote for the president, arguing to the contrary is just pedantry.

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pbhjpbhj ◴[29 May 20 15:24 UTC] No.23351044[source]▶
Why have the electoral college then?
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1. djannzjkzxn ◴[29 May 20 17:43 UTC] No.23353055[source]▶
The electoral college as a system for weighting the votes of people based on where they live is unjust in my opinion, but it’s well-understood as part of the rules of the system as it exists today. The mechanics of that system where the electors are humans who cast votes instead of just points that get tallied is a formality we could get rid of.