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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Also these Conservatives seem to have the Po V that since they are part of the 'elite' and 'specials' (since they are being courted and presented all over the place) the 'rules' don't apply to them. It's what makes Serena's story in The Handmaid's Tale a huge case of "Careful what you Wish For" She long advocated for 'Stay in the Kitchen' as the proper path for women and once that happened she was downright shocked that those rules now applied to HER, she no longer had a high flying career no longer a place at her husband's side making decisions to run the country, she was 'a woman' nothing more.
Here’s a thought, if Trump makes one of his calls for interference (which is a felony) via Twitter (he may have already) could Twitter be charged as an accessory to the crime if they leave the tweet up?
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranIf it doesn't, then they'll just appeal the ruling until it reaches the Conservative-led Supreme Court.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Except that doesn’t work, otherwise they wouldn’t remove copyrighted music would they? Because they’d face no legal issues from leaving it up.
That’s the real madness of Twitter’s leadership, they’ll stop Trump from sharing music he doesn’t own via twitter, but they won’t stop him committing felonies via twitter.
To say that a media platform has no legal responsibility for letting this users use it to commit crimes would open up huge floodgates, not just piracy, but also much worse stuff.
Edited by Silasw on Oct 3rd 2019 at 7:35:40 PM
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranTrump could literally rob a bank and not be arrested until he leaves office.
This counter-weighs the fact that in theory, a President could be impeached because Congress doesn't like his stupid hair. The Founding Fathers didn't really think there needed to be more checks on his power than "The Legislative branch can literally have him removed from office at any time for any reason whatsoever." And yet, here we are.
Edited by TobiasDrake on Oct 3rd 2019 at 1:55:14 PM
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Trump doesn’t have to be charged for others to be charged for playing a role in his crime.
We have a literal precedent off someone being charged and convicted with breaking election law for acting for Trump, with Trump going uncharged.
If Trump tweeted out child porn and Twitter left it up Twitter would almost certainly face serious legal issues, I’m wondering if they’d face the same legal issues if Trump used twitter to commit others crimes and they left his tweets up.
They’re already refusing to aid him in breaking copyright law.
I’m not talking about Trump being charged with a crime, I’m talking about Twitter being charged with a crime the same way they would be if they let people upload child porn onto twitter.
Edited by Silasw on Oct 3rd 2019 at 8:01:57 AM
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranTo add bring levity to the thread, lying liar who lies/right-wing muckraker Jacob Wohl has a new target in Elizabeth Warren
. He's claiming that she was involved in an extended sexual relationship with a 24-year-old former Marine Bodybuilder.
Yes, he's actually claiming this and it's not a satire/spoof article
The most amazing thing about this is that it literally doesn't hurt her either way, either 1) everyone recognizes that he's a known liar and this is ridiculous or 2) her support increases because she's apparently an absolute Chad.
Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Oct 3rd 2019 at 4:47:52 AM
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangI don't know too much about Warren's husband, but I have been told by a source I trust (to not lie to me, if not 100% to be always right) that if someone rocks up to Professor Mann and tries to get his reaction, he's liable to troll the fuck out of them and just go 'Oh, did she? Good for her!'
Angry gets shit done.
x3 So she was in a consensual relationship with one other man in her life (if the ~~lie~~story is to be believed)? I hope at least she didn't pay for it, then have to get her lawyer to pay him illegally to cover it up.
Seriously, when compared to Donald "Playboy" (more like Payboy) Trump, this story is a literal nothingburger.
Seriously, when compared to Donald "Playboy" (more like Payboy) Trump, this story is a literal nothingburger.
Indeed, its irrelevancy is outweighed only by its hilarity.
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangThe FEC Chairwoman, Ellen Weintraub, posted for the first time ever on Twitter, warning President Trump that his repeated demand that Foreign Countries investigate his primary Rival, Joe Biden, violates Election law.
If he continues to break election law, the FEC may have to ban Trump from official ballots. In other words, Trump may be banned from running in 2020, not because he's been impeached, but because he's violating election law. He also wouldn't be a valid write-in name either (similar to Mickey Mouse or that Gorilla that died in 2016).
So now I hope Trump keeps running his big mouth so he'll be ineligible to run for office in 2020.
Edited by DingoWalley1 on Oct 3rd 2019 at 10:29:14 AM
From that Newsweek article on the attempt to smear Warren:
"Jacob Wohl is is this curious combination of utter vileness tempered by hilarious incompetence and stupidity"
...Yeah, that pretty much matches how I feel about this. While I find the incompetence amusing as well, I'm also utterly disgusted by the sheer vileness of this blatant smear job. It's in the same spirit as birtherism and Pizzagate. I also think this is only a harbinger of worse to come. It's really going to ramp up after the primaries are finished.
Edited by M84 on Oct 3rd 2019 at 10:47:13 PM
Disgusted, but not surprised

Conservatives love giving a platform to internalized categorists. If you're a dude who makes videos on the internet saying that feminists are evil bitches and women should stay in the kitchen, you might get an audience. Maybe.
But if you're a woman making those videos, the Right will go out of their way to prop you up and parade you around at every event. "This WOMAN with her WOMAN PARTS hates feminists, and because a WOMAN is saying it, that proves that feminism really is evil and bad all along!"
Same reason every racist Conservative likes to have a black guy on hand to talk about how black people are the worst race ever. Same reason homophobic churches love trotting out "Ex-Gays" to preach about the importance of resisting "sinful urges". Getting an internalized categorist on the team adds a sense of legitimacy to the hate.
Note that some of these people really are hateful assholes. Others, it's been noticed, can smell where the money's coming from. Omarosa Manigault made some serious cash by being a mouthpiece for Trump. He's suddenly a racist asshole now that she's been booted from the White House, but he was a cool dude who just wants good things for America when she was collecting a paycheck from him.
Edited by TobiasDrake on Oct 3rd 2019 at 12:38:42 PM
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